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Other U.S. firms are trying to enter or expand in Asia by forming new joint ventures or buying pieces of debt-burdened local companies. Motorola, for instance, has recently acquired 51% of South Korea's Appeal Telecom. That strengthens its competitive position against giant Samsung...
CELL PHONE The first cellular phone was developed in 1973 by Martin Cooper at Motorola, and a test of 1,000 such phones followed in Chicago. The Federal Communications Commission authorized cellular service in 1982, and we haven't shut up since. More than a third of all households in the U.S. subscribe...
Meanwhile, a select few continue to reap the benefits of FSCs. Only about two-tenths of 1% of corporations that file tax returns have an FSC. Of those that do, fewer than 50 big exporters enjoy most of the tax benefits. Among them: AlliedSignal, Boeing, Caterpillar and Motorola, which together have escaped payment of more than $600 million in federal income tax over the past three years, thanks to their FSCs...
...price tag on the new lightweight satellite phones made by Kyocera and Motorola seems a bit high, globetrotters on tight budgets might consider Iridium's $500 Go Anywhere pager instead. When Iridium's 66-satellite network becomes operational--which is supposed to happen next month--the little pager will receive messages anywhere in the world. Usage fees aren't set, but could be $50 to $100 a month...
...what will the next generation of PCs look like? "The iMac embodies a lot of the things I'm talking about," says Grove. "Sometimes what Apple does has an electrifying effect on the rest of us." The iMac, it should be noted, is built around processors made by Motorola, not Intel. Grove is not uncritical of the translucent blue box; like other die-hard Mac fans, he misses the floppy-disk drive...