Word: motorolas
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...mobile-phone industry used to be straightforward. Operators, like Vodafone, ran networks based on cellular technologies that transmitted signals through the air from giant, ground-based antennas. And handset vendors, like Nokia and Motorola, churned out phones that worked on those networks, which they'd sell through the operators. An easy-enough, symbiotic relationship for all involved. [an error occurred while processing this directive...
...dominance of traditional cellular networks - a shift that has left the carriers scrambling for a strategy as they increasingly face the prospect of competing head-on with their long-term collaborators, the handsetmakers. At stake? Potentially nothing less than the structure of the $600 billion worldwide mobile industry. Motorola ceo Ed Zander says: "There's going to be a lot of turmoil in the next couple of years...
...devices probably won't be ready until next year, handsetmakers are already giddy at the prospect. With WiMax's roots in the Internet, the reasoning goes, mobile networks based on that technology will be able to deliver the multimedia goods to mobile-phone customers better than traditional cellular networks. Motorola chief technology officer Padmasree Warrior says WiMax offers "three times the data transfer and half the cost" of cellular networks, which were originally designed only to handle voice calls. Handset vendors also like the prospect of a WiMax future which may help to free them from intellectual property payments. (Many...
Considering their widely divergent views on WiMax, it's no surprise that relations between phonemakers and mobile carriers are getting crackly. Motorola's Zander found that out after he struck a $300 million deal with Clearwire in July that gave Motorola access to WiMax technology and equipment. "I do the Clearwire deal, and I get 10 hate mails," Zander quipped to Time...
...even strained alliances with their old best customers is not stopping Motorola and its competitors from rolling out a range of new wi-fi and WiMax handsets. Nokia, the world's leading handset vendor, for example, offers at least 12 wi-fi devices, and says it's prepared to offer WiMax phones if the market wants them. Motorola started shipping its A910 wi-fi phone in Europe this month, and is providing WiMax handsets to Japanese provider Softbank for a planned trial. It's enough to make mobile-phone operators long for the days when they knew who their friends...