Motorola's 1999 annual report summarizes the company's focus on wireless communications and embedded electronics solutions. It highlights key accomplishments in 1999 including strengthening the company's strategic focus, completing a merger with General Instrument to integrate broadband technologies, and consolidating research organizations. The summary also notes financial metrics such as net sales reaching $30.9 billion and diluted earnings per share of $1.31.
Comarch Technology Review, in Focus: Mobile TechnologiesComarch
Published twice a year, Comarch Technology Review (Telecom Edition) provides expert commentary and analysis on current trends shaping the telecommunications market, as well as insight on how to solve problems most commonly faced by telecom operators.
telcwho? Filling the void of meaning.
Trends and Implications of the Berlin Telco Summit 2010
As consumer power is gaining momentum and the democratization of technology is revealing the limits of our current infrastructure, Telco Companies have a great opportunity to shape their identities by filling the void of meaning. These are the key findings of the Berlin Telco Summit 2010.
The participants of this year’s summit – 19 brand and communication strategists from 12 countries – discussed current developments in 15 different markets around the world ranging from India to Mexico. The global strategists identified two areas of conflict that Telecommunication brands should address by clearly positioning themselves, in order to meet the enormous challenges and remain relevant in people’s lives:
Consumers in Power versus Limits of Consumer Power
The growth of consumer power and freedom in the realm of Telecommunication is reflected through several developments. Most obvious is a higher degree of flexibility in terms of tariff plans, allowing consumers to tailor their own tariffs and releasing them from minimum contract terms. In the case of the UK brand giffgaff, which was launched by o2 last year, customers are even turning into the brand’s marketing managers. Smartphones and Social Media Networks are transforming into platforms for people to start their own business and to share and spread their opinion publicly.
However, there are still limits to consumer power. In many cases co-creation is reduced to advertising and communication. And the restriction of consumer power goes even further with some powerful brands establishing themselves as gatekeepers and censors such as Apple, which hit the headlines after banning certain apps from its App store, dictating what is appropriate or not.
Beyond, Social Media and Telecommunication bear great risks and dangers, with millions of people sharing their entire lives with the public, however sometimes too much of it or in a highly addictive way. And these days Social Media is unfortunately not only an agent for positive social and economic change, but also a powerful tool for the evil.
Democratization of Technology versus Limits of Technology
Smartphones and mobile Internet become available to the masses, thanks to attractive financing concepts, affordable data plans and handsets. Also many services are available to more people, e.g. pedestrian navigation, which is increasingly offered for free.
However, the process of democratization of technology poses huge challenges to Telecommunication Companies, especially in terms of infrastructure and data volumes. Thus, network quality has become a big issue again in markets with high smartphone penetration. It is picked up in communications and fuels the current trend of improving basic services and products.
These trends and observations result in two major challenges for the telecommunication industry:
Meaning is Fundamental.
Telco Companies need to develop a clear point of view of what they want to be and what they want to stand for – in the long-term, to avoid turning into replaceable commodity providers and to escape from the ongoing price competition.
Becoming more meaningful can be achieved in various ways e.g., by focussing and thus being able to champion in a few things, such as products or services, rather than averaging in many. Meaning can also be created by being good and acting as responsible corporate citizen, such as the brand “idea” in India, which addresses subjects like education, caste or health that are highly relevant to the Indian society. In order to become more meaningful, Telcos also need to redefine their relationship towards people, acknowledging and leveraging consumer power instead of restricting it and thus turning it into something that is beneficial for both, brands and people.
Innovation is Future.
To avoid losing ground to new competitors from other in
Mobile - A path to win in china - For DownloadNuno Santos
China is the fastest growth market in almost very sector and, as elsewhere, digital competences will split the field between winners and losers.
There is one characteristic however that sets China apart: Digital in China is “mobile first”, having mostly leapfrogged the wired desktop stage.
To Win in China brands will have to master mobile, and the intrinsic differences to the west.
The purpose of this document is to provide brands and advertising agencies with a simplified guide to understanding and building successful approaches to the Chinese market.
This document provides a summary of a presentation by Professor Son Vuong on mobile commerce (m-commerce). It includes:
1. An introduction to m-commerce and how it differs from e-commerce by being conducted on wireless devices.
2. An overview of key issues in m-commerce like technical challenges, security, usability, and regulations.
3. A brief discussion of LIVES, a company spun off from the University of British Columbia, and how it applies to m-commerce.
4. Conclusions that m-commerce will succeed as part of an integrated model complementing traditional commerce, and be most successful for small transactions via applications like games and media on mobile devices.
SIP - Open Communications For Smart Grid DevicesJoe DiAdamo
A discussion and proposal of how SIP (Session Initiation Protocol) can be used for device communication in the smart grid.
** Smart Grid is an intelligent electricity grid.
This document discusses how Generation Y can contribute to sustainable growth in Greece. It describes how digital technologies and open platforms are empowering individuals and enabling new forms of entrepreneurship. Networks of producing individuals are creating new marketplaces outside traditional business models. Flexible, collaborative entrepreneurship characterized by openness and sharing is replacing traditional models of secrecy and protection. The future includes fully autonomous vehicles and a true network of mobility solutions. Digital technologies will disrupt many industries by enabling new forms of interaction and innovation.
Business Insights Consumer Technology Portfolio provides in-depth strategic analysis and future forecasts of converging consumer technology areas such as internet, cloud, social networks, telecoms, gaming, music and video. It offers unique insights into key trends, disruptions, and their impact on major players and business models. The reports are written by experienced industry analysts and cover emerging technologies, platforms, and companies in each market from both a business and consumer behavior perspective.
Comarch Technology Review, in Focus: Mobile TechnologiesComarch
Published twice a year, Comarch Technology Review (Telecom Edition) provides expert commentary and analysis on current trends shaping the telecommunications market, as well as insight on how to solve problems most commonly faced by telecom operators.
telcwho? Filling the void of meaning.
Trends and Implications of the Berlin Telco Summit 2010
As consumer power is gaining momentum and the democratization of technology is revealing the limits of our current infrastructure, Telco Companies have a great opportunity to shape their identities by filling the void of meaning. These are the key findings of the Berlin Telco Summit 2010.
The participants of this year’s summit – 19 brand and communication strategists from 12 countries – discussed current developments in 15 different markets around the world ranging from India to Mexico. The global strategists identified two areas of conflict that Telecommunication brands should address by clearly positioning themselves, in order to meet the enormous challenges and remain relevant in people’s lives:
Consumers in Power versus Limits of Consumer Power
The growth of consumer power and freedom in the realm of Telecommunication is reflected through several developments. Most obvious is a higher degree of flexibility in terms of tariff plans, allowing consumers to tailor their own tariffs and releasing them from minimum contract terms. In the case of the UK brand giffgaff, which was launched by o2 last year, customers are even turning into the brand’s marketing managers. Smartphones and Social Media Networks are transforming into platforms for people to start their own business and to share and spread their opinion publicly.
However, there are still limits to consumer power. In many cases co-creation is reduced to advertising and communication. And the restriction of consumer power goes even further with some powerful brands establishing themselves as gatekeepers and censors such as Apple, which hit the headlines after banning certain apps from its App store, dictating what is appropriate or not.
Beyond, Social Media and Telecommunication bear great risks and dangers, with millions of people sharing their entire lives with the public, however sometimes too much of it or in a highly addictive way. And these days Social Media is unfortunately not only an agent for positive social and economic change, but also a powerful tool for the evil.
Democratization of Technology versus Limits of Technology
Smartphones and mobile Internet become available to the masses, thanks to attractive financing concepts, affordable data plans and handsets. Also many services are available to more people, e.g. pedestrian navigation, which is increasingly offered for free.
However, the process of democratization of technology poses huge challenges to Telecommunication Companies, especially in terms of infrastructure and data volumes. Thus, network quality has become a big issue again in markets with high smartphone penetration. It is picked up in communications and fuels the current trend of improving basic services and products.
These trends and observations result in two major challenges for the telecommunication industry:
Meaning is Fundamental.
Telco Companies need to develop a clear point of view of what they want to be and what they want to stand for – in the long-term, to avoid turning into replaceable commodity providers and to escape from the ongoing price competition.
Becoming more meaningful can be achieved in various ways e.g., by focussing and thus being able to champion in a few things, such as products or services, rather than averaging in many. Meaning can also be created by being good and acting as responsible corporate citizen, such as the brand “idea” in India, which addresses subjects like education, caste or health that are highly relevant to the Indian society. In order to become more meaningful, Telcos also need to redefine their relationship towards people, acknowledging and leveraging consumer power instead of restricting it and thus turning it into something that is beneficial for both, brands and people.
Innovation is Future.
To avoid losing ground to new competitors from other in
Mobile - A path to win in china - For DownloadNuno Santos
China is the fastest growth market in almost very sector and, as elsewhere, digital competences will split the field between winners and losers.
There is one characteristic however that sets China apart: Digital in China is “mobile first”, having mostly leapfrogged the wired desktop stage.
To Win in China brands will have to master mobile, and the intrinsic differences to the west.
The purpose of this document is to provide brands and advertising agencies with a simplified guide to understanding and building successful approaches to the Chinese market.
This document provides a summary of a presentation by Professor Son Vuong on mobile commerce (m-commerce). It includes:
1. An introduction to m-commerce and how it differs from e-commerce by being conducted on wireless devices.
2. An overview of key issues in m-commerce like technical challenges, security, usability, and regulations.
3. A brief discussion of LIVES, a company spun off from the University of British Columbia, and how it applies to m-commerce.
4. Conclusions that m-commerce will succeed as part of an integrated model complementing traditional commerce, and be most successful for small transactions via applications like games and media on mobile devices.
SIP - Open Communications For Smart Grid DevicesJoe DiAdamo
A discussion and proposal of how SIP (Session Initiation Protocol) can be used for device communication in the smart grid.
** Smart Grid is an intelligent electricity grid.
This document discusses how Generation Y can contribute to sustainable growth in Greece. It describes how digital technologies and open platforms are empowering individuals and enabling new forms of entrepreneurship. Networks of producing individuals are creating new marketplaces outside traditional business models. Flexible, collaborative entrepreneurship characterized by openness and sharing is replacing traditional models of secrecy and protection. The future includes fully autonomous vehicles and a true network of mobility solutions. Digital technologies will disrupt many industries by enabling new forms of interaction and innovation.
Business Insights Consumer Technology Portfolio provides in-depth strategic analysis and future forecasts of converging consumer technology areas such as internet, cloud, social networks, telecoms, gaming, music and video. It offers unique insights into key trends, disruptions, and their impact on major players and business models. The reports are written by experienced industry analysts and cover emerging technologies, platforms, and companies in each market from both a business and consumer behavior perspective.
txtNation provides mobile billing solutions that allow organizations to charge customers for products and services via text messages on their mobile phones across networks globally. It offers premium and non-premium SMS, one-way billing, and phone billing solutions that are easy to integrate and can reach millions of users. txtNation aims to simplify mobile payments through plug-and-play technologies without the complexity of other solutions.
The document discusses cross-industry innovation driven by cloud computing and the Internet of Things. It provides examples of how cloud computing has changed the role of networked devices from information processing to information handling. This new process flow enabled by cloud computing can be applied across many industries and business processes. The document also discusses examples of innovation in Japan, South Korea, and China driven by developments in cloud computing, the Internet of Things, and mobile technologies.
The document provides information about the 11th annual Telematics Detroit conference in June 2011. The conference will focus on key topics in the telematics industry, including how telematics can help electric vehicles, integrating smartphone technology, and understanding consumer demands. It will feature keynote speakers from automakers like Ford, GM and Hyundai. The event will include a conference with multiple tracks, a large exhibition, and an awards ceremony recognizing leadership in the telematics industry. The document promotes the business opportunities and insights that will be available at the conference.
This document discusses the potential for next generation machine-to-machine (M2M) platforms to help companies leverage connected products and services. It notes that current M2M solutions still face complexity challenges. New platforms that embed automation and provide application development tools could help address these issues by reducing costs and time to market while unlocking the full value of connected devices. The white paper examines opportunities for product manufacturers and the role of M2M platforms and developers in driving further adoption of these technologies.
The document provides 10 tips for mobile app developers to prepare for the future of pervasive, ubiquitous computing and the Internet of Things (IoT). It discusses how mobile development currently focuses too narrowly on smartphones and a few platforms, but the future will involve a vast array of connected devices from sensors to appliances to vehicles. Developers need to design apps that can operate across any device, share content between devices and clouds, and allow for discovery and sharing within transient communities of both human and machine participants.
Video available via this link: https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=10200377851621524
Case Study in Social Media presented by:
Nadim Khater, CCO, touch Lebanon
Omar Abou Ezzedine, Deputy General Manager, Cleartag
at ArabNet Beirut 2013, March 20-22
Beirut, Lebanon
Saiful hidayat strengthening cooperation in ict research & development best...Saiful Hidayat
The document discusses research and development in information and communication technologies and how market trends are driving convergence across different areas. It explores key areas for ICT research and development as well as new approaches to market research. Examples of best practices from Telkom's research and development activities are also presented.
This document is an introduction to the Enterprise Mobility Guide 2011 published by Sybase, an SAP Company. It discusses how mobile applications and tablets are transforming businesses by allowing employees to work from anywhere using powerful smartphones and tablets. The guide contains articles written by industry experts on topics like managing a highly mobile workforce, adopting tablets in the enterprise, and building a successful mobile ecosystem through collaboration between technology providers.
Ultra-broadband networks enabled by fiber optic technology and 4G wireless networks will transform society and drive economic growth. Verizon is investing $17 billion annually to build these networks. They will enable virtual classrooms, remote medicine, smart appliances, and reinvent industries. Ultra-broadband can help reform healthcare, save energy, improve education, empower people with disabilities, and connect more people globally. These networks represent the next wave of innovation that will change our lives even more than previous technologies.
Rugged Mobile Business Solution - Top 10 Trend in Supply Chain TechnologyIntermec Asia
It's easy to name "mobility" and "wireless" as trends, but it's less clear exactly what direction these developments are taking and how they can be used to improve business, particularly in the supply chain area. This comprehensive white paper will give you good overview of the possibilities and what's to come
Future Business Models using Virtual Simulation and AugmentationBiju Shoolapani
Changes in social, economic and technologies will impact way business is conducted in future. This presentation was presented during the 2011/4th IEEE conference on Utility and Cloud Computing
Brian pickering introduction to seserv - seserv se workshop june 2012ictseserv
This document discusses socio-economic issues related to the future internet. It explores perspectives from both researchers who study the internet and technologists who build the internet. Some key topics discussed include converged networks and internet-connected devices, online identity and privacy, challenges around infrastructure control and regulation, and who the important stakeholders are in these areas.
To deliver on this potential, smarter media and entertainment companies are transforming business models, operations and customer experiences. (1) Innovate business models and seize digital market opportunities, (2) Differentiate the consumer experience, (3) Improve operational efficiencies.
The document discusses the concepts of smart cities and the FIREBALL project. It provides an overview of smart city developments in four cities - Barcelona, Thessaloniki, Manchester, and Helsinki - focusing on their smart city strategies, digital initiatives, and use of living labs. The cities highlighted are working to transform into innovation ecosystems and experiment with future internet technologies through open innovation approaches.
This document discusses the need for a new digital media distribution model that meets the needs of both content owners and end users. It introduces MxMedia as a company that has developed an innovative solution involving a portable media player called mumeGo that allows high quality, digital content to be securely downloaded, stored, and played back on any device without restrictions. Financial projections estimate the company could achieve significant market share and profitability in European markets by 2018.
Wireless Broadband Delivers The 21st Centuryandrescarvallo
The document discusses the growth and impact of wireless technologies over the next 10 years. Some key points:
1) A study found that the wireless industry will create 3 million jobs and save enterprises $600 billion over the next 10 years through reduced costs and increased productivity.
2) Wireless technologies go through cycles of adoption driven by reaching critical price points, critical mass usage, displacing older technologies, and achieving near-zero costs.
3) The document discusses the growth of wireless broadband for both network-based technologies used by carriers and enterprises and client-based technologies used by end users.
This document discusses how cities can become more resilient by gathering data from various systems and devices, using machine learning to develop knowledge representations, and employing reasoning algorithms to decide the best actions in response to unexpected events. The goal is for cities to respond to events effectively by coordinating public services and resources through interoperable systems informed by sophisticated event analysis.
Technology Vision 2022: Communications Industry | Accentureaccenture
Accenture's Technology Vision 2022 for the Communications industry details the key building blocks of the Metaverse Continuum that every CSP needs to know. accntu.re/3l8fmT8
Technology Vision 2022: Communications Industry | Accentureaccenture
Accenture's Technology Vision 2022 for the Communications industry details the key building blocks of the Metaverse Continuum that every CSP needs to know. accntu.re/3l8fmT8
BRIDGING THE GAP BETWEEN PHYSICAL AND DIGITAL REALITIES
The key role that connectivity plays in our personal and professional lives has never been more obvious than it is today. Thankfully, despite the sudden, dramatic changes in our behavior earlier this year, networks all around the world have proven to be highly resilient. At Ericsson, we’re committed to ensuring that the network platform continues to improve its ability to meet the full range of societal needs as well as supporting enterprises to stay competitive in the long term. We know that greater agility and speed will be essential.
This issue of our magazine includes several articles that explain Ericsson’s approach to future network development, including my annual technology trends article. The seven trends on this year’s list serve as a critical cornerstone in the development of a common Ericsson vision of what future networks will provide, and what sort of technology evolution will be required to get there.
ERIK EKUDDEN
Senior Vice President, Chief Technology Officer and Head of Group Function Technology
txtNation provides mobile billing solutions that allow organizations to charge customers for products and services via text messages on their mobile phones across networks globally. It offers premium and non-premium SMS, one-way billing, and phone billing solutions that are easy to integrate and can reach millions of users. txtNation aims to simplify mobile payments through plug-and-play technologies without the complexity of other solutions.
The document discusses cross-industry innovation driven by cloud computing and the Internet of Things. It provides examples of how cloud computing has changed the role of networked devices from information processing to information handling. This new process flow enabled by cloud computing can be applied across many industries and business processes. The document also discusses examples of innovation in Japan, South Korea, and China driven by developments in cloud computing, the Internet of Things, and mobile technologies.
The document provides information about the 11th annual Telematics Detroit conference in June 2011. The conference will focus on key topics in the telematics industry, including how telematics can help electric vehicles, integrating smartphone technology, and understanding consumer demands. It will feature keynote speakers from automakers like Ford, GM and Hyundai. The event will include a conference with multiple tracks, a large exhibition, and an awards ceremony recognizing leadership in the telematics industry. The document promotes the business opportunities and insights that will be available at the conference.
This document discusses the potential for next generation machine-to-machine (M2M) platforms to help companies leverage connected products and services. It notes that current M2M solutions still face complexity challenges. New platforms that embed automation and provide application development tools could help address these issues by reducing costs and time to market while unlocking the full value of connected devices. The white paper examines opportunities for product manufacturers and the role of M2M platforms and developers in driving further adoption of these technologies.
The document provides 10 tips for mobile app developers to prepare for the future of pervasive, ubiquitous computing and the Internet of Things (IoT). It discusses how mobile development currently focuses too narrowly on smartphones and a few platforms, but the future will involve a vast array of connected devices from sensors to appliances to vehicles. Developers need to design apps that can operate across any device, share content between devices and clouds, and allow for discovery and sharing within transient communities of both human and machine participants.
Video available via this link: https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=10200377851621524
Case Study in Social Media presented by:
Nadim Khater, CCO, touch Lebanon
Omar Abou Ezzedine, Deputy General Manager, Cleartag
at ArabNet Beirut 2013, March 20-22
Beirut, Lebanon
Saiful hidayat strengthening cooperation in ict research & development best...Saiful Hidayat
The document discusses research and development in information and communication technologies and how market trends are driving convergence across different areas. It explores key areas for ICT research and development as well as new approaches to market research. Examples of best practices from Telkom's research and development activities are also presented.
This document is an introduction to the Enterprise Mobility Guide 2011 published by Sybase, an SAP Company. It discusses how mobile applications and tablets are transforming businesses by allowing employees to work from anywhere using powerful smartphones and tablets. The guide contains articles written by industry experts on topics like managing a highly mobile workforce, adopting tablets in the enterprise, and building a successful mobile ecosystem through collaboration between technology providers.
Ultra-broadband networks enabled by fiber optic technology and 4G wireless networks will transform society and drive economic growth. Verizon is investing $17 billion annually to build these networks. They will enable virtual classrooms, remote medicine, smart appliances, and reinvent industries. Ultra-broadband can help reform healthcare, save energy, improve education, empower people with disabilities, and connect more people globally. These networks represent the next wave of innovation that will change our lives even more than previous technologies.
Rugged Mobile Business Solution - Top 10 Trend in Supply Chain TechnologyIntermec Asia
It's easy to name "mobility" and "wireless" as trends, but it's less clear exactly what direction these developments are taking and how they can be used to improve business, particularly in the supply chain area. This comprehensive white paper will give you good overview of the possibilities and what's to come
Future Business Models using Virtual Simulation and AugmentationBiju Shoolapani
Changes in social, economic and technologies will impact way business is conducted in future. This presentation was presented during the 2011/4th IEEE conference on Utility and Cloud Computing
Brian pickering introduction to seserv - seserv se workshop june 2012ictseserv
This document discusses socio-economic issues related to the future internet. It explores perspectives from both researchers who study the internet and technologists who build the internet. Some key topics discussed include converged networks and internet-connected devices, online identity and privacy, challenges around infrastructure control and regulation, and who the important stakeholders are in these areas.
To deliver on this potential, smarter media and entertainment companies are transforming business models, operations and customer experiences. (1) Innovate business models and seize digital market opportunities, (2) Differentiate the consumer experience, (3) Improve operational efficiencies.
The document discusses the concepts of smart cities and the FIREBALL project. It provides an overview of smart city developments in four cities - Barcelona, Thessaloniki, Manchester, and Helsinki - focusing on their smart city strategies, digital initiatives, and use of living labs. The cities highlighted are working to transform into innovation ecosystems and experiment with future internet technologies through open innovation approaches.
This document discusses the need for a new digital media distribution model that meets the needs of both content owners and end users. It introduces MxMedia as a company that has developed an innovative solution involving a portable media player called mumeGo that allows high quality, digital content to be securely downloaded, stored, and played back on any device without restrictions. Financial projections estimate the company could achieve significant market share and profitability in European markets by 2018.
Wireless Broadband Delivers The 21st Centuryandrescarvallo
The document discusses the growth and impact of wireless technologies over the next 10 years. Some key points:
1) A study found that the wireless industry will create 3 million jobs and save enterprises $600 billion over the next 10 years through reduced costs and increased productivity.
2) Wireless technologies go through cycles of adoption driven by reaching critical price points, critical mass usage, displacing older technologies, and achieving near-zero costs.
3) The document discusses the growth of wireless broadband for both network-based technologies used by carriers and enterprises and client-based technologies used by end users.
This document discusses how cities can become more resilient by gathering data from various systems and devices, using machine learning to develop knowledge representations, and employing reasoning algorithms to decide the best actions in response to unexpected events. The goal is for cities to respond to events effectively by coordinating public services and resources through interoperable systems informed by sophisticated event analysis.
Technology Vision 2022: Communications Industry | Accentureaccenture
Accenture's Technology Vision 2022 for the Communications industry details the key building blocks of the Metaverse Continuum that every CSP needs to know. accntu.re/3l8fmT8
Technology Vision 2022: Communications Industry | Accentureaccenture
Accenture's Technology Vision 2022 for the Communications industry details the key building blocks of the Metaverse Continuum that every CSP needs to know. accntu.re/3l8fmT8
BRIDGING THE GAP BETWEEN PHYSICAL AND DIGITAL REALITIES
The key role that connectivity plays in our personal and professional lives has never been more obvious than it is today. Thankfully, despite the sudden, dramatic changes in our behavior earlier this year, networks all around the world have proven to be highly resilient. At Ericsson, we’re committed to ensuring that the network platform continues to improve its ability to meet the full range of societal needs as well as supporting enterprises to stay competitive in the long term. We know that greater agility and speed will be essential.
This issue of our magazine includes several articles that explain Ericsson’s approach to future network development, including my annual technology trends article. The seven trends on this year’s list serve as a critical cornerstone in the development of a common Ericsson vision of what future networks will provide, and what sort of technology evolution will be required to get there.
ERIK EKUDDEN
Senior Vice President, Chief Technology Officer and Head of Group Function Technology
2nd Annual M2M and IoT Strategies Summit - production-1-new brochure-2Jorge Rivero Sanchez
This document contains the agenda for an IoT telecom summit taking place in Berlin on October 11-13. The summit will include keynote presentations, panel discussions, and workshops on topics related to IoT, smart cities, connected devices, security, privacy, and monetization strategies. Presenters will represent major telecom and technology companies such as British Gas, Siemens, GE Digital, Sony, Scania, Vodafone, T-Mobile, Reliance Communication, and Telia Company. The agenda provides details on each session, including speaker biographies and discussion topics.
Telecommunications Industry Newsletter | February 2019Rick Lievano
The Microsoft Worldwide Telecommunications Industry team is pleased to share with you the February 2019 Telecommunications Industry newsletter, available to both internal and external audiences. We encourage you to share it with your colleagues and distribute it to your customers and partners as appropriate. As always, we welcome your input, feedback and suggestions!
Book Review : TGC5 Transformative Telco TechnologiesSadiq Malik
This document summarizes key transformative technologies that will shape the telecom industry over the next decade, including 5G, artificial intelligence, cloud computing, blockchain, and the Internet of Things. It explores how these technologies will automate processes and connect not just people but "things". The document then analyzes six specific technologies in more detail: cloud migration, software-defined networking, the Internet of Everything, ultra-fast optical networks, graphene replacements for silicon, and self-organizing networks. It concludes by discussing new computing architectures and the challenges of accelerating technological change.
The document summarizes keynotes and events from Mobile World Congress 2016. Some of the main topics discussed were 5G, IoT, virtual reality, and how mobile technology is disrupting and transforming various industries. Over 101,000 people from 204 countries attended, and speakers included leaders from Facebook, Cisco, AT&T, MasterCard, Ericsson, Intel, BuzzFeed, Qualcomm, and Huawei. Three hottest topics discussed were 5G, IoT, and virtual reality.
The document discusses trends in the communications industry for 2022, focusing on the metaverse and the need for transparency and trust with customers. It outlines how the metaverse could transform customer experiences and industries. It also discusses how communication service providers must provide transparent, truthful answers to customer questions and personalized experiences to build trust during interactions.
Information Technology that drives growth in Telecommunications.pdfAnil
The document discusses how information technology drives growth in the telecommunications industry. It outlines several key ways IT impacts telecoms, including through cloud computing, artificial intelligence, machine learning, natural language processing, immersive technologies, the internet of things, and 5G. These technologies help automate processes, reduce costs, enhance customer experience, and support new services and business models for telecom providers. The role of IT is poised to expand further and reshape the telecommunications landscape.
This slide was presented for the fulfillment of the course Bachelor in Information Management, Affiliated to TU, Kathmandu Nepal at Thames International College, Old-Baneshwor, KTM, Nepal.
ery Human Technology - How Nokia is facing the population ageing.Petra Soderling
Petra Söderling, Nokia. An online chapter of "Challenges for Assistive Technology", AAATE 2007 conferene proceedings.
Volume 20 Assistive Technology Research Series, Edited by: G. Eizmendi, J.M. Azkoitia and G.M. Craddock
October 2007, 972 pp., hardcover
ISBN: 978-1-58603-791-8
The document discusses the evolution of mobile computing and its impact. It summarizes that mobile computing allows people to access and share information from anywhere using portable devices. It has generated excitement but also challenges around issues like interoperability, security, and battery life. Future technologies like 5G will further drive data sharing and convergence of digital devices, requiring organizations to adapt their business processes.
NKonnect Infoway is an information technology company headquartered in Rajkot, India that was founded in 2011. It develops innovative solutions including mobile and cloud technologies, the Internet of Things, embedded mobile systems, and human-machine interfaces. The company's vision is to use technology to solve common problems and make systems accessible to all.
Mi Media Holdings Limited (MMH) is a global digital media content provider that has developed a proprietary "miRoamer" software platform that embeds digital media content into internet-enabled devices. The software allows users to access audio, visual, and text content from anywhere globally. MMH aims to have its software in over 15 million devices by 2013. It generates revenue through licensing fees to manufacturers, advertising, subscription services, and other premium offerings. The company has strong relationships with major content providers and device makers.
The document discusses 13 mobile trends for 2013 and beyond. Some key points:
- Everything Is Connected: Machine-to-machine communication is maturing, enabling objects like washing machines and coffee makers to communicate wirelessly. Cars are also becoming mobile devices with built-in connectivity.
- Everyone Gets Connected: Efforts aim to connect the next billion users in developing regions by expanding 3G/4G networks and designing more accessible hardware/software.
- The Mobile-Driven Life: Younger generations expect constant connectivity. Mobile will become the primary screen and starting point for brands. Consumers will get personalized recommendations and offers tailored to their location and profiles from connected devices like cars.
The document discusses the evolution of mobile computing and its impact. It summarizes that mobile computing allows people to access and share information from anywhere using small, portable devices. This has led to new opportunities for applications, services, and business models. However, challenges remain regarding interoperability, security, and improving underlying technologies. The future of mobile computing is expected to see continued convergence of technologies and the replacement of multiple devices by single, multifunctional mobile devices.
Mobile computing is transforming how people access information through wireless technologies and converged devices. This allows accessing information from anywhere instantly. Challenges remain around interoperability, security, and battery life as technologies continue evolving. Future technologies like 5G will further drive this revolution by enabling more data exchange on the move.
The document discusses the evolution of mobile computing and its impact. It summarizes that mobile computing allows people to access and share information from anywhere using small, portable devices. This has led to new opportunities for applications and services in many industries. However, mobile computing still faces challenges related to interoperability, security, and battery life that technologies continue working to address.
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Return on total capital for the trailing 12 months ended June 28, 2008 was 20.8%. Net earnings for the 4 fiscal quarters spanning September 29, 2007 to June 28, 2008 totaled $1,104,607. The average total capital over the last 5 quarters, consisting of long-term debt, short-term debt, and equity, was $5,303,913. Return on capital was calculated by taking net earnings for the 12 month period and dividing by the average total capital.
This document is Sysco Corporation's 2000 annual report. It summarizes that fiscal 2000 was Sysco's 30th anniversary as a public company and marked record sales of $19.3 billion, up 11% from the previous fiscal year. Key drivers of growth were increased sales to customers served by Sysco marketing associates and continued growth of Sysco Brand sales. The report discusses Sysco's strategy of pursuing both acquisitions and internal expansion to continue driving future success through offering customers a breadth of products and superior service.
1) SYSCO reported strong sales and earnings growth in fiscal year 2001, with sales topping $20 billion for the first time.
2) Net earnings increased over 30% compared to the previous year, and return on shareholders' equity reached 31%.
3) Growth was driven by acquisitions, internal expansion, and a focus on customer relationships through initiatives like C.A.R.E.S.
SYSCO is a food distribution company that supplies over 415,000 customers like restaurants, hospitals, and schools. In fiscal year 2002, SYSCO reported $23.35 billion in sales, a 7% increase from the previous year. Net earnings increased 14% to $679.78 million compared to fiscal year 2001. SYSCO has over 46,800 employees and operates from 142 locations across North America, helping their customers succeed by providing food and related products and services.
This annual report summarizes Sysco Corporation's financial performance for fiscal year 2003. Key highlights include:
- Sales increased 12% to $26.14 billion and net earnings increased 14% to $778.28 million.
- Diluted earnings per share increased 17% to $1.18.
- Return on average shareholders' equity was 36%.
- The company distributed products from 145 locations across North America to over 420,000 customer locations.
This document provides an annual report for Sysco Corporation for the fiscal year ending July 3, 2004. It includes financial highlights showing sales increased 12% to $29.3 billion and net earnings increased 17% to $907 million. It discusses challenges in the year from high product cost inflation of 6.3% and fuel costs. It outlines Sysco's focus on growing profitable customer businesses and improving customer relationships. It describes Sysco's national supply chain initiative including new regional distribution centers to enhance service and reduce costs. In closing, it expresses confidence in addressing economic uncertainty through its employees, products/services, and financial resources.
The passage discusses the importance of summarization in an age of information overload. It notes that with the massive amounts of data available online, being able to quickly understand the key points of lengthy documents, articles, or reports is crucial. The ability to produce clear, concise summaries helps people filter through large amounts of information and identify what is most important or relevant to them.
- SYSCO achieved record sales of $37.5 billion and record net earnings of $1.1 billion in fiscal year 2008 despite challenging economic conditions.
- The company's focus on supply chain efficiency and helping customers succeed through business reviews allowed it to contain costs while growing market share.
- SYSCO continues to invest in its business, people, facilities, fleet and technology to support long-term growth while exploring alternative energy sources.
This document summarizes reconciling items for 2001 by quarter and fiscal year. It reports reorganization costs of $19.1 million in Q2 2001, $11.7 million in Q3 2001, and $10.6 million in Q4 2001 for workforce reductions and facility consolidations worldwide. Special items include a $19.4 million write-off in Q3 2001 and $3.5 million impairment charge in Q4 2001. The total net reconciling items after tax was $42.1 million for fiscal year 2001.
This document shows the reconciliation between GAAP and non-GAAP operating income for different regions and worldwide for 2001. For each quarter and the full year, it provides the operating income under GAAP and non-GAAP measurements, as well as the reconciling items between the two. On a non-GAAP basis, operating income margins ranged from -1.25% to 1.23% by region for the full year.
This document provides a reconciliation of GAAP to non-GAAP financial metrics for 2001. For each quarter and full year, it shows gross sales, gross profit, operating expenses, operating income, net income, and diluted EPS under GAAP and non-GAAP after adjusting for reconciling items. The reconciling items reduced operating expenses and increased operating income, net income, and diluted EPS for the non-GAAP results compared to GAAP.
This document summarizes reconciling items for 2002 by quarter and fiscal year total. It includes reorganization costs, other major program costs, gains/losses on securities sales, and tax effects. Total net reorganization and other major program costs for the fiscal year were $116.6 million. A $280.9 million cumulative effect of a new accounting standard adoption was also recorded. The total net impact of reconciling items for the fiscal year was $350.2 million.
The document shows the reconciliation between GAAP and non-GAAP operating income for North America, Europe, Asia-Pacific, Latin America, and worldwide total for Q1 2002 through FY 2002. It provides the operating income under GAAP and non-GAAP measurements, as well as the reconciling items and non-GAAP operating income as a percentage of revenue for each region and time period.
This document provides a reconciliation of net income and earnings per share (EPS) between Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) and non-GAAP measures for 4 quarters (Q1 2002 - Q4 2002) and the full fiscal year 2002 for an unnamed company. It shows that reconciling items reduced operating expenses and increased operating income, net income, and EPS under the non-GAAP measures compared to the GAAP measures.
This document summarizes reconciling items for 2003, including reorganization costs and other major program costs by quarter. Total reorganization costs for the year were $21.6 million. Other costs included in selling, general and administrative expenses were $23.3 million and costs of sales were $0.5 million. Pre-tax items totaled $45.4 million for the year. A favorable tax resolution of $70.5 million occurred in Q3 03. The total net effect was a $39.6 million benefit.
This document shows the operating income for different regions and worldwide both according to GAAP (Generally Accepted Accounting Principles) standards and on a non-GAAP basis for Q1 2003, Q2 2003, Q3 2003, Q4 2003 and FY 2003. It provides the figures in US dollars and also shows the operating income as a percentage of revenue. The non-GAAP operating income is higher due to reconciling items which are additional costs excluded from the non-GAAP calculation.
This document presents a bridge between GAAP and non-GAAP financial results for a company for 2003. It shows GAAP and non-GAAP results for net income, earnings per share, gross profit, operating expenses, operating income, and sales on a quarterly and full year basis. Reconciling items between GAAP and non-GAAP results include adjustments to operating expenses that increased non-GAAP operating income and net income compared to GAAP.
This document summarizes reconciling items for 2004 by quarter and fiscal year. It includes reorganization costs, other major program costs, foreign exchange gains and losses, and tax effects. Reorganization costs were credits in Q3 and Q4 2004 due to lower than expected facility consolidation costs. Foreign exchange gains stemmed from a currency contract for an acquisition. A favorable tax resolution in Q3 and Q4 2004 reversed previously accrued federal and state income taxes. The total net tax effect for the fiscal year was a credit of $58.8 million.
OJP data from firms like Vicinity Jobs have emerged as a complement to traditional sources of labour demand data, such as the Job Vacancy and Wages Survey (JVWS). Ibrahim Abuallail, PhD Candidate, University of Ottawa, presented research relating to bias in OJPs and a proposed approach to effectively adjust OJP data to complement existing official data (such as from the JVWS) and improve the measurement of labour demand.
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Michael, LMIC Economist, presented findings that reveal a weakened relationship between labour market tightness and job quality indicators following the pandemic. Labour market tightness coincided with growth in real wages for only a portion of workers: those in low-wage jobs requiring little education. Several factors—including labour market composition, worker and employer behaviour, and labour market practices—have contributed to the absence of worker benefits. These will be investigated further in future work.
Vicinity Jobs’ data includes more than three million 2023 OJPs and thousands of skills. Most skills appear in less than 0.02% of job postings, so most postings rely on a small subset of commonly used terms, like teamwork.
Laura Adkins-Hackett, Economist, LMIC, and Sukriti Trehan, Data Scientist, LMIC, presented their research exploring trends in the skills listed in OJPs to develop a deeper understanding of in-demand skills. This research project uses pointwise mutual information and other methods to extract more information about common skills from the relationships between skills, occupations and regions.
2. A SHARPENED FOCUS A NEW MOTOROLA EMERGES
Linking People’s Dreams With Technology’s Promise
BUILDING DYNAMIC
ON A
VISION
FOR A DYNAMIC
MARKETPLACE.
Motorola is extending human capabilities by providing integrated
wireless communication and embedded electronic solutions for
the individual, the workteam, the vehicle and the home.
The new Motorola develops and delivers new ways to meet
people’s insatiable desire to communicate. We are one of the
leading architects of a world without wires, without borders,
without limitations.
We’ve created a better, stronger Motorola – more market and cus-
tomer-oriented, more aggressive, more integrated – in just two years.
We are strategically focused on harnessing the power of wire-
less, broadband and the Internet in ways that are designed to
create substantial value for our customers and our stockholders.
1 MOTOROLA, INC.
3. 1.0
We focus on three layers of the value chain that cre-
ate high-growth, high-profit opportunity: • End-to-end
networked communications solutions • Integrated
embedded solutions, and • Solutions on a chip. In
billion
doing so, we are building on our heritage as a market
maker, from car radios, two-way radios and semicon- The projected number of wireless
phone users worldwide by 2002.
ductors to wireless phones and networks.
In a world where wireless is pervasive, the wireless
Internet offers a new world of personal networking. For business
enterprises and government agencies, it offers flexibility to bet-
ter manage their communications systems. With the convergence
of voice, video and data, Motorola is focusing on broadband solu-
tions that deliver interactive television, Internet and telephone
services. In a world where embedded systems are proliferating,
we make things smarter, simpler, safer and more synchronized.
Motorola is more focused than ever: • On the customer • On the
marketplace • On developing total solutions • On high-contributed-
value businesses, and away from commodity businesses, and
• On our financial performance.
We are just beginning – Motorola is committed to being the
link between people’s dreams and technology’s promise.
FREEDOM FROM WIRED CONNECTIONS means
WEB WIRES
people can access the limitless possibilities of
the World Wide Web wherever they are, when-
ever they want.
MOTOROLA, INC. 2
4. BUILDING LINK
THE CONSUMER-DRIVEN TECHNOLOGY
50
Motorola’s strategic focus on marketing means
Linking People’s Dreams With Technology’s Promise
connecting with customers – finding out what
people want and building it – and partnering with
other manufacturers.
billion
As marketers as well as engineers, we sense
the pulse of cultures, and we anticipate where The estimated number of smart
chips to be sold globally in the
these cultures are going. No one else has our next five years.
mix of disciplines – solutions on a chip, embedded
electronic systems, Internet, wireless, broadband – increasingly
integrated to share knowledge and leverage strength.
The DigitalDNA brand embodies the excitement of our embedded
TM
technologies – The Heart of Smart products. Embedded solutions
TM
are designed for specific applications – for example, a chip for wire-
less phones that can interpret any telecom protocol, or an embedded
system that routes traffic across the Internet. We are partnering with
manufacturers to blend our platforms with their needs.
Motorola is bringing the Internet new life by bringing it to wireless.
We are developing a new Internet Protocol (IP)-based communica-
tions architecture to serve
as the foundation for our
BELOW THE SURFACE AND BEYOND is where
Motorola embedded solutions are opening
exciting new worlds in every aspect of life.
3 MOTOROLA, INC.
5. end-to-end solutions “portfolio” of networks, access devices,
content, applications and services. Our vision of a third-genera-
tion (3G) wireless IP future is becoming a reality through the
Aspira TM communications architecture, which we are creating in
alliance with some of the best minds in IP and networking –
including Cisco Systems and Sun Microsystems.
The Cisco alliance leverages our wireless system expertise
and Cisco’s Internet and networking capability to create a peer-
to-peer, distributed, IP-based architecture. Through the Sun
alliance, we are creating a platform designed to provide an
unprecedented level of wireless availability – the equivalent of
near-infinite dial tone in a wireline world.
DEVELOPING TECHNOLOGIES THAT
EXPAND
POSSIBILITIES FOR
PEOPLE AND
ENTERPRISES.
MOTOROLA, INC. 4
6. IN TOUCH EVERYONE IS A NETWORK
200
Welcome to the Web without wires – a world of
Linking People’s Dreams With Technology’s Promise
wireless access for the person – a world where
you can call home, check the stock market,
access e-mail from anywhere.
Our customers want solutions that think and
link. Personal networking places users at the The number of messages per
day the average U.S. office
center of their network – where they can share worker receives.
and deliver experiences that foster personal and
business growth, promote local and global relationships, and
make communication convenient, relevant and personal.
Motorola’s personal networking vision provides the infrastruc-
ture, devices, content, applications and services to the user
while they are at home, work, play – or anywhere in between.
Motorola has invested more in consumer research over the
last few years than in the history of the company. The insights
gained have resulted in a
new generation of power-
ful, easy-to-use wireless
Internet products and
services.
YOUR MIND IS YOUR DESK – check a fact on
the Internet from a lunch meeting or e-mail a
friend from the beach. Your address is wherever
you happen to be.
5 MOTOROLA, INC.
7. Timeport TM
MOTOROLA P8167
TECHNOLOGY AND
PRODUCTS ARE HELPING TO MAKE THE
ERA OF THE PERSONAL NETWORK A REALITY.
MOTOROLA, INC. 6
8. MOTOROLA DIGITAL SOLUTIONS
Mobile
AND SOFTWARE ARE CHANGING THE WAY
Workstation 520
ORGANIZATIONS COMMUNICATE, OPERATE AND SUCCEED.
7 MOTOROLA, INC.
9. NET-WORKTEAM THE POWER OF MANY
TM
100
Motorola’s mission-critical and enterprise solutions
Linking People’s Dreams With Technology’s Promise
for the workteam provide businesses and govern-
ment agencies with the ability to deliver the right
million
information to the right people at the right time
and enhance an organization’s overall performance.
Motorola’s ASTRO ®, Dimetra and iDEN ® digital
TM
The estimated number of two-way
radios in use worldwide by 2002.
wireless systems help organizations to communi-
cate rapidly, reliably and cost-effectively with
colleagues, vendors and clients in order to increase productivity,
reduce costs and improve quality. Our private and public commu-
nications solutions have the ability to integrate two-way radio,
digital cellular phone, wireless Internet, alphanumeric messaging
and data/fax capabilities.
Organizations also benefit from smart Motorola solutions rang-
ing from embedded computer systems to smart card and
BiStatix technology solu-
TM
tions used for applications
ranging from automated
fare collection to tracking
inventory.
GETTING THE FACTS from one point to another,
instantly, is taking the public safety contribu-
tions of law enforcement to new levels.
MOTOROLA, INC. 8
10. SMART VEHICLES ONLINE BETWEEN THE WHITE LINES
26.5
$
In many of today’s vehicles there are more chips
Linking People’s Dreams With Technology’s Promise
than in any other consumer product, including a
billion
high-end PC. Motorola’s smart, embedded tech-
nology is the catalyst that enables networks and
smart vehicles to link to people and information.
We are the leading supplier of semiconductors The annual worldwide demand
projected for automotive elec-
for the automotive industry. And to ensure a creative tronics by 2002.
advantage for our customers, we plan to continue
to create advanced solutions built upon these market-leading
smart, embedded technologies.
Motorola’s Telematics Communications Group delivers products
that provide emergency calling, roadside assistance and other
security and convenience services. In the future, Telematics
is expected to include real-time navigation and traffic updates, a
broad range of Internet services and car-to-car communications
for families, as well as
remote diagnostics, soft-
ware upgrades and repairs
to improve engine perform-
ance and fix problems.
COMMAND CENTERS YOU CAN WASH and drive
away – that’s what today’s automobiles are
becoming with Motorola technology.
9 MOTOROLA, INC.
11. MOTOROLA’S EMBEDDED Mercedes-Benz S-Class
ELECTRONIC SOLUTIONS ARE CONNECTING THE VEHICLE
AND THE DRIVER TO A NEW WORLD OF POSSIBILITIES.
MOTOROLA, INC. 10
12. MOTOROLA’S VISION IS
DCT-5000+ Digital Cable
TO COMPLETE THE PICTURE AT HOME,
Set-top Terminal
INTEGRATING BROADBAND WITH WIRELESS ACCESS.
11 MOTOROLA, INC.
13. BRINGING IT HOME THE BROADBAND LINK
80
$
Our merger with General Instrument Corp. on
Linking People’s Dreams With Technology’s Promise
January 5, 2000 integrates the essential technolo-
gies we need to bring the potential of converged
billion
video, voice and data networking into the home.
We are now a leading end-to-end solutions provider
to the broadband access market, with cable Estimated U.S. cable industry
revenues by 2008 through
modems, telephony home gateways, hybrid fiber deployment of digital cable,
high-speed Internet access
and telephony via broadband.
coaxial (HFC) cable network systems, and televi-
sion set-top devices that decode digital cable programming as
well as enable advanced TV services like video-on-demand,
e-mail and shopping. Motorola’s latest generation of set-top
devices uses built-in cable modems to enable interactive services
ranging from high-speed Web access to home networking. The
home of the future could have multiple TVs, phones and personal
computers doing high-speed Internet access simultaneously – all
connected to home hubs
from Motorola that pro-
vide the interfaces to
broadband cable systems.
THE PICTURE IS CLEAR while the lines are
blurring between video, voice and data in the
home – creating interactive, integrated services
accessible from the comfort of your couch.
MOTOROLA, INC. 12
14. FORWARD FASTER DRIVING THE DIGITAL FUTURE
21,807
Motorola is creating value for stockholders by devel-
Linking People’s Dreams With Technology’s Promise
oping new platforms for future growth. Motorola
Labs has consolidated the enormous talent through-
out the company’s research organizations.
Examples of the exciting breakthroughs from
Motorola Labs include the world’s thinnest func- The number of patents Motorola
holds worldwide.
tional transistor using a new class of semiconductor
materials called perovskites. It will enable future
chips to be faster and more powerful while consuming far less
power. With new image sensor technology, a single fingerprint
could replace the personal identification number (PIN) used to
gain access to information and devices in the computing, wire-
less communications and financial industries. Motorola is
helping to develop a biochip-based device for rapid diagnosis of
life-threatening bacterial infections. The goal is to produce an
inexpensive, disposable
microfluidics device that
could perform genetic
analysis in doctors’ offices
and hospitals.
WIRELESS JOY for a grandmother can mean
sharing in the excitement of a new life, in real
time – being there without actually being there.
13 MOTOROLA, INC.
15. MOTOROLA IS ACCELERATING ITS
DRIVE TO LINK PEOPLE’S DREAMS
Prototype videophone
WITH TECHNOLOGY’S PROMISE. with third-generation (3G)
wireless technology
MOTOROLA, INC. 14
16. MOTOROLA is a global
FINANCIAL
leader in providing integrated
HIGHLIGHTS (Dollars in millions, except as noted)
communications solutions Years Ended December 31
and embedded electronic
1999 1998
1,3 2,3
solutions. These include:
• Software-enhanced wireless
telephone, two-way radio, Net sales $30,931 $29,398
messaging and satellite com- Earnings (loss) before income taxes 1,168 (1,374)
munications products and %
% to sales 3.8% (4.7)
systems, as well as network- Net earnings (loss) 817 (962)
ing and Internet-access % to sales 2.6% (3.3) %
products, for consumers, Diluted earnings (loss) per common share 1.31 (1.61)
(in dollars)
network operators, and com- Research and development expenditures 3,438 2,893
mercial, government and Capital expenditures 2,684 3,221
industrial customers. Working capital 4,087 2,091
Current ratio 1.33 1.18
• Embedded semiconductor
Return on average invested capital 5.5% (6.2) %
solutions for customers in
Return on average stockholders’ equity 5.9% (7.6) %
networking, transportation,
% of net debt to net debt plus equity 10.1% 26.8 %
wireless communications
Book value per common share (in dollars) 26.67 20.33
and imaging and entertain-
Year-end employment (in thousands) 121 133
ment markets.
Earnings before income taxes, net earnings and diluted earnings per common share include special charges of
1
• Embedded electronic systems
$684 million pre-tax, or 77 cents per share after-tax, resulting primarily from charges related to Iridium offset by
for automotive, communica- gains from the sales of investments and businesses.
The loss before income taxes, net loss and diluted loss per common share include special charges of $1.9 billion
2
tions, imaging, manufacturing
pre-tax, or $2.19 per share after-tax, resulting primarily from manufacturing consolidation, cost reduction and
systems, computer and indus- restructuring programs.
Excludes the impact of the merger with General Instrument.
trial markets.
3
• Digital and analog systems
and set-top terminals for
Net Sales Earnings Diluted Earnings Return
broadband cable television (loss) Before (loss) per Share on Average
(In billions)
operators. Income Taxes Invested Capital
(In dollars)
(In millions) (In percentages)
CONTENTS
Linking People’s Dreams
32 4200 6 21
With Technology’s Promise 1
Financial Highlights 15
To Our Stockholders and
Other Friends 16 24 2800 4 14
Motorola at a Glance 20
Consolidated Financial
Statements 22
Condensed Notes to 16 1400 2 7
Consolidated Financial
Statements 26
Five-Year Financial
Summary 32 8 0 0 0
Board of Directors of
Motorola, Inc. 33
Stockholder
Reference Information 0 -1400 -2 -7
Inside Back Cover 95 96 97 98 99 95 96 97 98 99 95 96 97 98 99 95 96 97 98 99
15 MOTOROLA, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
17. TO OUR STOCKHOLDERS
AND OTHER FRIENDS
This year’s annual report introduces a new Motorola
that is a very exciting place for investors. We are strategically
focused on harnessing the power of wireless, broadband and the Internet to deliver end-to-
end network, embedded and chip-based solutions for the individual, the workteam, the
vehicle and the home. Our investments in these rapidly growing global industry segments
are designed to create substantial value for our stockholders. We made notable progress in
1999, although the change process is still in its early stages, and much remains to be done.
This new Motorola is grounded in some enduring principles and solid fundamentals. In our
1998 annual report we articulated clear business and financial objectives: • Attain global lead-
ership in our core businesses • Provide total solutions through alliances • Develop new
platforms for future leadership • Achieve performance excellence. How have we done?
G LOBAL Creating value for stockholders begins with
LEADERSHIP IN CORE BUSINESSES
achieving global leadership in our core businesses. The first is end-to-end networked com-
munications solutions. In its first year of existence, the Communications Enterprise, which
aligns all of Motorola’s communications businesses, has made significant progress.
It shifted from product to market-focused organizations, and put customers first. It hired
outside leadership talent for key positions, and reassigned thousands of engineers to
higher-growth businesses. It delivered new digital phones, as promised, and improved
network stability. Digital wireless telephone unit sales increased 85% in 1999. It unlocked
capabilities through key alliances, and by working as one team. It began redesigning core
business processes, and reduced costs through adjustments in its business portfolio.
The second of our core competencies is providing embedded electronic solutions. During
1999, we sold our Semiconductor Components Group to focus on our four key embedded
MOTOROLA, INC. 16
18. chip markets. After a difficult 1998, the Semiconductor Products Sector completed its
restructuring, achieved nearly a $1 billion reduction in its breakeven point, and returned to
profitability. Our Integrated Electronic Systems Sector, which repositioned itself around
embedded systems, recorded improved results. The sector sold its non-semiconductor com-
ponents group and now focuses on systems solutions in the automotive, communications
and computer markets. The Telematics Communications Group had significantly higher sales.
T O TA L A second objective to create value is to provide total
SOLUTIONS THROUGH ALLIANCES
solutions for our customers by forming alliances. Many of these key alliances are enabling
Motorola to bring the Internet new life by bringing it to wireless, as discussed on pages 3-4.
The Wireless Application Protocol (WAP) standardizes the way a wireless telephone accesses
and displays Internet content. Motorola led the development of the WAP Forum, which is now
backed by more than 175 of the world’s leading telecommunications and software companies.
Our merger with General Instrument Corporation integrates the essential broadband
technologies we need to bring the vast potential of converged video, voice and data net-
working into the home, as discussed on pages 11-12. The merger, valued at approximately
$17 billion, was completed January 5, 2000. Through the merger, Motorola also acquired
majority ownership of Next Level Communications, Inc., which provides broadband systems
based on digital subscriber line (DSL) technology.
With the formation of SpectraPoint Wireless, Motorola, in alliance with Cisco Systems,
entered the market for broadband access through Local Multipoint Distribution Service
(LMDS), which uses point-to-point microwave systems.
P L AT F O R M S A third objective to create value for stockholders is
FOR FUTURE LEADERSHIP
developing new platforms for future growth. This means building open extensible architec-
tures upon which other companies can build and add value. These range from the platforms
such as AspiraTM that make us a central player in third-generation wireless systems to the
17 MOTOROLA, INC.
19. Christopher B. Galvin,
Chairman of the Board and
Chief Executive Officer
(right)
Robert L. Growney,
President and
Chief Operating Officer
(left)
DigitalDNATM platforms designed to make us leaders in the embedded electronics market-
place. These include the M•CORE TM family of low-power, low-cost processors; the PowerPCTM
architecture used in more than 1,000 designs for networking, telecom, automotive and
industrial control as well as desktop applications, and the StarCoreTM digital signal pro-
cessing alliance with Lucent Technologies.
P ERFORMANCE Our fourth objective for creating value is performance excellence.
EXCELLENCE
We improved our performance during 1999, both in terms of service to our customers and
in financial results. These results, however, are well short of our goals, and the year 2000
will be one of renewed emphasis on comprehensive core process improvements and rigor-
ous focus on the Performance Excellence System.
Sales in 1999 rose 5% to $30.9 billion from $29.4 billion in 1998. Full-year earnings,
excluding special items, were $1.3 billion, or $2.08 per share, compared with $347 million,
or 58 cents per share, a year earlier. Including special items, earnings were $817 million,
or $1.31 per share, compared with a loss of $1.0 billion, or $1.61 per share, in 1998.
Several Motorola businesses have been sold since the beginning of 1998. Sales from ongoing
operations in 1999 rose 9% to $30.0 billion from $27.6 billion in 1998.
MOTOROLA, INC. 18
20. Our objective is to consistently achieve attractive financial returns by selecting and invest-
ing in a forward-looking business portfolio that provides self-funding revenue growth potential
of 15% or more over the long run. We intend to do this with a strong balance sheet, which gives
us operational and financial flexibility. We have made progress. For example, our net debt/net
debt plus equity ratio improved to 10.1% in 1999 from 26.8% in 1998. Detailed financial results
appear in the 2000 Proxy Statement, which is on our website at www.motorola.com.
Performance Excellence is resulting in significant changes in the way Motorola does busi-
ness. We have challenged the orthodoxies and dogmas of the past. We replaced the
isolated product teams with broad architectures and platform approaches to creating end-
to-end solutions. The business-unit focus has evolved into a market focus and a consumer
focus. Performance Excellence balances our traditional emphasis on financial results with
measures of customer and employee satisfaction, market share and other dynamic indica-
tors. They range from strategic planning, customer and market focus and human resources
to process management and business results. The criteria are used to assess every busi-
ness, identify gaps and fix problems. Management compensation is tied to results.
T HE As we begin a new century, we are confident that we can continue to improve
FUTURE
on our ability to reach the objectives that create value at an attractive rate for our stock-
holders. We intend to build on what we have done best since the founding of the corporation –
linking people’s dreams with technology’s promise. We intend to listen even more attentively
to those dreams and respond even more creatively. We intend to differentiate, simplify and rein-
vent industries made possible by technology’s promise. We intend to extend human capabilities
as we harness the power of wireless, broadband and the Internet to deliver end-to-end network,
embedded and chip-based solutions for the individual, the workteam, the vehicle and the home.
Christopher B. Galvin Robert L. Growney
Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Of ficer President and Chief Operating Of ficer
19 MOTOROLA, INC.
21. 1999 Net Sales by
MOTOROLA
Business Segment*
AT A GLANCE
(In percentages)
8%
COMMUNICATIONS ENTERPRISE The Communications Enterprise (CE) aligns all of Motorola’s com-
13%
munications businesses into an actively managed and coordinated unit to provide integrated com-
39%
munications solutions to a variety of customers and consumers around the world. The CE is made
up of seven major business units and comprises more than 70% of Motorola’s global business.
19%
Merle L. Gilmore Commercial, Government and Network Systems Group
Executive Vice President, Industrial Solutions Sector Strategic Marketing Group
21%
President, Communications Organization: Value-Added Services
Enterprise Global Marketing & Sales Group
Personal
Personal Communications
Global Technology
Segment Broadband Communications Sector
Development Group
Communications Sector Organization:
Smartcard Solutions
Network Systems Segment
Organization: Americas Group
Supply Chain Operations Group
Semiconductor Products Advanced Network Systems Asia Pacific Group
Systems Solutions Group
Segment Digital Network Systems Europe, Middle East
Internet Protocol Network Solutions Sector and Africa Group
Commercial, Government and
Network Systems Organization: Personal Networks Group
Industrial Systems Segment
Satellite and Broadcast CDMA Systems Group Technology and Product
Other Products Segment Network Systems Core Networks Group Realization Group
Transmission Network Systems Customer Solutions Group
Global Telecom Solutions Group
e-Business and Operations
Fixed Wireless Systems Group Internet and Networking Group
Network Management Group
*Excludes the impact of the
merger with General Instrument.
1999 Market Sales
by Region*
SEMICONDUCTOR PRODUCTS SECTOR As the world’s No. 1 producer of embedded processors,
(In percentages)
Motorola’s Semiconductor Products Sector (SPS) offers multiple DigitalDNA™ technologies
which enable its customers to create “smart” products and new business opportunities in
7%
7%
the networking and computing, wireless communications, transportation and imaging and
entertainment markets.
8%
37%
Frederick T. Tucker Organization: Standard Embedded
10%
Executive Vice President, Deputy Imaging and Entertainment Solutions Group
to the Chief Executive Office, Solutions Transportation Systems Group
10%
President, Semiconductor Networking and Computing Wireless Subscriber
Products Sector Systems Group Systems Group
21%
United States
Europe
INTEGRATED ELECTRONIC SYSTEMS SECTOR The Integrated Electronic Systems Sector (IESS)
China
designs and manufactures a broad range of electronic components, modules and integrated
Asia-Pacific
electronic systems and products for automotive, industrial, transportation, navigation, communi-
Latin America
cation and energy systems markets.
Japan
Other Markets
Joseph M. Guglielmi Organization: Motorola Computer Group
Executive Vice President, Automotive and Industrial Telematics Communications
President, Integrated Electronic Electronics Group Group
Systems Sector Energy Systems Group
*Excludes the impact of the
merger with General Instrument.
MOTOROLA, INC. 20
22. MANAGEMENT’S RESPONSIBILITY
FOR FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
Management is responsible for the preparation, integrity and objectivity of the consolidated financial statements and
other financial information presented in this report. The accompanying consolidated financial statements were prepared
in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, applying certain estimates and judgments as required.
Motorola’s internal controls are designed to provide reasonable assurance as to the integrity and reliability of the
financial statements and to adequately safeguard, verify and maintain accountability of assets. Such controls are based
on established written policies and procedures, are implemented by trained, skilled personnel with an appropriate seg-
regation of duties and are monitored through a comprehensive internal audit program. These policies and procedures
prescribe that the Company and all its employees are to maintain the highest ethical standards and that its business
practices throughout the world are to be conducted in a manner which is above reproach.
KPMG LLP, independent auditors, are retained to audit Motorola’s financial statements. Their accompanying report
is based on audits conducted in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards, which include the considera-
tion of the Company’s internal controls to establish a basis for reliance thereon in determining the nature, timing and
extent of audit tests to be applied.
The Board of Directors exercises its responsibility for these financial statements through its Audit and Legal Committee,
which consists entirely of independent non-management Board members. The Audit and Legal Committee meets peri-
odically with the independent auditors and with the Company’s internal auditors, both privately and with management
present, to review accounting, auditing, internal controls and financial reporting matters.
Christopher B. Galvin Carl F. Koenemann
Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
INDEPENDENT
AUDITORS’ REPORT
The Board of Directors and Stockholders of Motorola, Inc.:
We have audited, in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards, the consolidated balance sheets of
Motorola, Inc. and subsidiaries as of December 31, 1999 and 1998, and the related consolidated statements of oper-
ations, stockholders’ equity, and cash flows for each of the years in the three-year period ended December 31, 1999,
appearing in the appendix to the proxy statement for the 2000 Annual Meeting of Stockholders of the Corporation
(not presented herein); and in our report dated January 17, 2000, also appearing in that proxy statement appendix,
we expressed an unqualified opinion on those consolidated financial statements.
In our opinion, the information set forth in the accompanying condensed consolidated financial statements is fairly
presented, in all material respects, in relation to the consolidated financial statements from which it has been derived.
KPMG LLP
Chicago, Illinois
January 17, 2000
21 MOTOROLA, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
23. CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS
OF OPERATIONS (In millions, except per share amounts)
Years Ended December 31
1999 1998 1997
Net sales $30,931 $29,398 $29,794
Costs and expenses
Manufacturing and other costs of sales 19,169 18,043 17,283
Selling, general and administrative expenses 5,045 5,443 5,160
Restructuring and other charges (226) 1,980 327
Research and development expenditures 3,438 2,893 2,748
Depreciation expense 2,182 2,197 2,329
Interest expense, net 155 216 131
Total costs and expenses 29,763 30,772 27,978
Earnings (loss) before income taxes 1,168 (1,374) 1,816
Income tax provision (benefit) 351 (412) 636
Net earnings (loss) $÷«÷817 $÷÷(962) $««1,180
Basic earnings (loss) per common share $÷««1.35 $÷«(1.61) $««««1.98
Diluted earnings (loss) per common share $÷««1.31 $÷«(1.61) $««««1.94
Basic weighted average common shares outstanding 606.4 598.6 595.5
Diluted weighted average common shares outstanding 624.7 598.6 612.2
See accompanying condensed notes to consolidated financial statements.
MOTOROLA, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES 22
24. CONSOLIDATED
BALANCE SHEETS (In millions, except per share amounts)
December 31
1999 1998
Assets
Current assets
Cash and cash equivalents $÷3,345 $÷1,453
Short-term investments 699 171
Accounts receivable, net 5,125 5,057
Inventories 3,422 3,745
Deferred income taxes 3,162 2,362
Other current assets 750 743
Total current assets 16,503 13,531
Property, plant and equipment, net 9,246 10,049
Other assets 11,578 5,148
Total assets $37,327 $28,728
Liabilities and Stockholders’ Equity
Current liabilities
Notes payable and current portion of long-term debt $÷2,504 $÷2,909
Accounts payable 3,015 2,305
Accrued liabilities 6,897 6,226
Total current liabilities 12,416 11,440
Long-term debt 3,089 2,633
Deferred income taxes 3,481 1,188
Other liabilities 1,513 1,245
Company-obligated mandatorily redeemable
preferred securities of subsidiary trust holding
solely company-guaranteed debentures 484 –
Stockholders’ equity
Preferred stock, $100 par value issuable in series
Authorized shares: 0.5 (none issued) – –
Common stock, $3 par value
Authorized shares: 1999 and 1998, 1,400
Issued and outstanding: 1999, 612.8; 1998, 601.1 1,838 1,804
Additional paid-in capital 2,572 1,894
Retained earnings 8,780 8,254
Non-owner changes to equity 3,154 270
Total stockholders’ equity 16,344 12,222
Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity $37,327 $28,728
See accompanying condensed notes to consolidated financial statements.
23 MOTOROLA, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
25. CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS
OF STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
(In millions, except per share amounts)
Non-owner Changes to Equity
Common Fair Value
Stock and Adjustment Foreign Minimum
Additional to Certain Currency Pension
Paid-in Cost-based Translation Liability Retained Comprehensive
Capital Investments Adjustments Adjustment Earnings Earnings (Loss)
Balances at January 1, 1997 $3,332 $÷«÷(26) $(121) $÷«– $8,610
Net earnings ÷ ÷ 1,180 1,180
Conversion of zero coupon notes 7 ÷
Fair value adjustment to certain
cost-based investments:
Reversal of prior period adjustment 26 26
Recognition of current period
unrecognized gain ÷ 533 ÷ 533
Change in foreign currency
translation adjustments ÷ (119) ÷ (119)
Minimum pension liability adjustment ÷ (38) (38)
Stock options and other 174
Dividends declared ($.48 per share) ÷ (286)
Balances at December 31, 1997 $3,513 $÷«533 $(240) $(38) $9,504 $1,582
Net loss ÷ ÷ (962) (962)
Conversion of zero coupon notes ÷3 ÷
Fair value adjustment to certain
cost-based investments:
Reversal of prior period adjustment (533) (533)
Recognition of current period
unrecognized gain ÷ 476 ÷ 476
Change in foreign currency
translation adjustments ÷ 34 ÷ 34
Minimum pension liability adjustment ÷ 38 38
Stock options and other 182
Dividends declared ($.48 per share) ÷ (288)
Balances at December 31, 1998 $3,698 $÷«476 $(206) $÷«– $8,254 $««(947)
Net earnings ÷ ÷ 817 817
Conversion of zero coupon notes 9 ÷
Fair value adjustment to certain
cost-based investments:
Reversal of prior period adjustment (476) (476)
Recognition of current period
unrecognized gain ÷ 3,466 ÷ 3,466
Change in foreign currency
translation adjustments ÷ (33) ÷ (33)
Minimum pension liability adjustment ÷ (73) (73)
Stock options and other 703
Dividends declared ($.48 per share) ÷ (291)
Balances at December 31, 1999 $4,410 $3,466 $(239) $(73) $8,780 $3,701
See accompanying condensed notes to consolidated financial statements.
MOTOROLA, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES 24
26. CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS
OF CASH FLOWS (In millions)
Years Ended December 31
1999 1998 1997
Operating
Net earnings (loss) $÷««817 $«÷(962) $«1,180
Adjustments to reconcile net earnings (loss) to
net cash provided by operating activities:
Restructuring and other charges (226) 1,980 327
Iridium charges 2,119 360 178
Depreciation 2,182 2,197 2,329
Deferred income taxes (415) (933) (98)
Amortization of debt discount and issue costs 11 11 10
Gain on disposition of investments and businesses,
net of acquisition charges (1,034) (146) (116)
Change in assets and liabilities, net of effects of
acquisitions and dispositions:
Accounts receivable 15 (238) (812)
Inventories (661) 254 (880)
Other current assets (30) 31 (114)
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities 270 (753) 698
Other assets and liabilities (1,120) (780) (106)
Net cash provided by operating activities 1,928 1,021 2,596
Investing
Acquisitions and advances to affiliates (552) (786) (286)
Proceeds from dispositions of investments and businesses 2,536 371 248
Capital expenditures (2,684) (3,221) (2,874)
Proceeds from dispositions of property, plant and equipment 468 507 443
(Purchases) sales of short-term investments (496) 164 (37)
Net cash used for investing activities (728) (2,965) (2,506)
Financing
(Repayment of) proceeds from commercial paper
and short-term borrowings (403) 1,627 (100)
Proceeds from issuance of debt 501 773 312
Repayment of debt (47) (293) (102)
Issuance of common stock 481 99 137
Issuance of preferred securities of subsidiary trust 484 – –
Payment of dividends (291) (288) (286)
Net cash provided by (used for) financing activities 725 1,918 (39)
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents (33) 34 (119)
Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents $«1,892 $÷«÷÷«8 $÷«««(68)
Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of year $«1,453 $«1,445 $«1,513
Cash and cash equivalents, end of year $«3,345 $«1,453 $«1,445
Supplemental Cash Flow Information
Cash paid during the year for:
Interest $÷««265 $÷««286 $÷««211
Income taxes $÷««279 $÷««388 $÷««611
See accompanying condensed notes to consolidated financial statements.
25 MOTOROLA, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
27. CONDENSED NOTES TO
CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
1. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies
Consolidation and Investments: The consolidated financial statements include the accounts of Motorola, Inc. and all
majority-owned subsidiaries (the Company) in which it has control. The Company’s investments in non-controlled entities
in which it has the ability to exercise significant influence over operating and financial policies are accounted for by the
equity method. The Company’s investments in other entities are carried at their historical cost. Certain of these cost-
based investments are marked-to-market at the balance sheet date to reflect their fair value with the unrealized gains
and losses, net of tax, included in a separate component of stockholders’ equity.
Cash Equivalents: The Company considers all highly liquid investments purchased with an original maturity of three
months or less to be cash equivalents.
Revenue Recognition: The Company uses the percentage-of-completion method to recognize revenues and costs asso-
ciated with most long-term contracts. For contracts involving certain new technologies, revenues and profits or parts
thereof are deferred until technological feasibility is established, customer acceptance is obtained and other contract-
specific factors have been completed. For other product sales, revenue is recognized at the time of shipment, and
reserves are established for price protection and cooperative marketing programs with distributors.
Advertising and Sales Promotion Costs: Advertising and sales promotion costs are expensed as incurred and are
included in selling, general and administrative expenses in the consolidated statements of operations.
Inventories: Inventories are valued at the lower of average cost (which approximates computation on a first-in, first-out
basis) or market (net realizable value or replacement cost).
Property, Plant and Equipment: Property, plant and equipment are stated at cost less accumulated depreciation.
Depreciation is recorded principally using the declining-balance method, based on the estimated useful lives of the
assets (buildings and building equipment, 5-40 years; machinery and equipment, 2-12 years).
Intangible Assets: Goodwill and other intangible assets are recorded at cost and amortized on a straight-line basis
over periods ranging from 3 to 10 years.
Long-Lived Assets: Long-lived assets held and used by the Company are reviewed for impairment whenever events or
changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount of assets may not be recoverable. The Company evaluates
recoverability of assets to be held and used by comparing the amount of an asset to future net undiscounted cash
flows to be generated by the asset. If such assets are considered to be impaired, the impairment to be recognized
is measured by the amount by which the carrying amount of the assets exceeds the fair value of the assets. Assets
to be disposed of are reported at the lower of the carrying amount or fair value less costs to sell.
Fair Values of Financial Instruments: The fair values of financial instruments are determined based on quoted market
prices and market interest rates as of the end of the reporting period.
Foreign Currency Translation: The Company’s European and Japanese operations and certain non-consolidated affiliates
use the respective local currencies as the functional currency. For all other operations, the Company uses the U.S. dollar
as the functional currency. The effects of translating the financial position and results of operations of local functional
currency operations into U.S. dollars are included in a separate component of stockholders’ equity.
MOTOROLA, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES 26
28. CONDENSED NOTES TO
CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Dollars in millions)
Years Ended December 31
Foreign Currency Transactions: The effects of remeasuring the non-functional currency assets or liabilities into the
functional currency as well as gains and losses on hedges of existing assets or liabilities are marked-to-market, and
the result is recorded within selling, general and administrative expenses in the consolidated statements of operations.
Gains and losses on financial instruments that hedge firm future commitments are deferred until such time as the
underlying transactions are recognized or recorded immediately when the transaction is no longer expected to occur.
Foreign exchange financial instruments that hedge investments in foreign subsidiaries are marked-to-market, and the
results are included in stockholders’ equity. Other gains or losses on financial instruments that do not qualify as
hedges are recognized immediately as income or expense.
Use of Estimates: The preparation of financial statements in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles
requires management to make certain estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and lia-
bilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of financial statements and the reported amounts
of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates.
Reclassifications: Certain amounts in prior years’ financial statements and related notes have been reclassified to
conform to the 1999 presentation.
Recent Accounting Pronouncements: In June 1998, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (the FASB) issued
Statement of Financial Accounting Standards (SFAS) No. 133, “Accounting for Derivative Instruments and Hedging
Activities,” subsequently amended by SFAS No. 137, which the Company is required to adopt in the first quarter of
2001. The Company does not expect the adoption of SFAS 133 to materially affect its consolidated financial position,
liquidity or results of operations.
2. Motorola Credit Corporation
Motorola Credit Corporation (MCC), the Company’s
SUMMARY FINANCIAL DATA OF
wholly owned finance subsidiary, is engaged principally MOTOROLA CREDIT CORPORATION
in financing long-term commercial receivables arising out 1999 1998 1997
of equipment sales made by the Company to customers
throughout the United States and internationally. Total revenue $«÷159 $«÷««72 $««29
Net earnings ÷53 21 11
MCC’s interest revenue is included in the Company’s
Total assets ÷2,015 1,152 458
consolidated net sales. Interest expense totaled $72
Total liabilities ÷1,768 977 367
million in 1999, $37 million in 1998 and $13 million
Total stockholders’ equity ÷$«««247 $«««175 $««91
in 1997, and is included in manufacturing and other
costs of sales. In addition, long-term finance receivables
of $1.7 billion and $1.1 billion (net of allowance for losses on commercial receivables of $292 million and $167 mil-
lion, respectively) at December 31, 1999 and 1998 are included in other assets.
27 MOTOROLA, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
29. 3. Information by Segment and Geographic Region
In July 1998, the Company’s communications-related businesses began realigning into the Communications Enterprise,
a structure intended to enable integrated solutions and improved responsiveness to the needs of distinct customer
segments. For the 1998 year-end reporting, the Company continued to use the previous segments because the
Company’s management made operating decisions and assessed performance based on these segments. With the
completion of the realignment in 1999, the Company changed its segment reporting. Therefore, the Company has
restated previously reported segment information to reflect the realignment and to conform to the management approach
of Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 131, “Disclosures about Segments of an Enterprise and Related
Information,” which the Company implemented as of January 1, 1998.
The Company’s new reportable segments have been determined based on the nature of the products offered to
customers. The Personal Communications Segment focuses on delivering integrated voice, video and data communi-
cations solutions to consumers. This segment includes subscriber products and accessories for cellular, iDEN ® radio,
paging, and satellite and consumer two-way radio markets. The Network Systems Segment focuses on providing total
system solutions for telecommunications carriers and operators. This segment includes the Company’s cellular infra-
structure, iDEN infrastructure and satellite communications infrastructure businesses. The Commercial, Government
and Industrial Systems Segment focuses on the commercial, governmental and industrial markets, providing integrated
communications solutions, including infrastructure and non-consumer two-way radio products. The Semiconductor
Products Segment continues to focus on the design, manufacture and distribution of integrated semiconductor solu-
tions and components. The Other Products Segment is comprised primarily of the Integrated Electronic Systems
Sector (which primarily manufactures and sells automotive and industrial electronics); the Internet and Networking
Group (which focuses on the development of servers, applications and internet solutions); the Network Management
Group (which continues to hold and manage investments in terrestrial and satellite-based network operators); and
other corporate programs.
The accounting policies of the segments are the same as those described in Note 1 Summary of Significant
Accounting Policies. Segment operating results are measured based on profit (loss) before income tax adjusted, if
necessary, for certain segment-specific items and corporate allocations. Intersegment and intergeographic sales are
accounted for on an arm’s length pricing basis. Intersegment sales included in adjustments and eliminations were
$2.7 billion, $2.8 billion and $3.2 billion for the years ended December 31, 1999, 1998 and 1997, respectively.
These sales were primarily from the Semiconductor Products Segment and the Integrated Electronic Systems Sector.
Intersegment sales from the Semiconductor Products Segment were $1.6 billion for the years ended December 31,
1999 and 1998, and $1.8 billion for the year ended December 31, 1997. For these same periods, intersegment sales
from the Integrated Electronic Systems Sector were $0.8 billion, $0.9 billion and $1.0 billion, respectively. Net sales
by geographic region are measured by the location of the revenue-producing operations.
Domestic export sales to third parties were $2.4 billion, $3.1 billion and $4.0 billion for the years ended December 31,
1999, 1998 and 1997, respectively. Domestic export sales to affiliates were $6.6 billion, $5.0 billion and $6.9 billion
for the years ended December 31, 1999, 1998 and 1997, respectively.
Identifiable assets (excluding intersegment receivables) are the Company’s assets that are identified with classes
of similar products or operations in each geographic region. General corporate assets include primarily cash and cash
equivalents, marketable securities, cost- and equity-based investments, the fair value adjustment of certain cost-based
investments and the administrative headquarters of the Company.
In 1999, 1998 and 1997, no single customer or group under common control represented 10% or more of the
Company’s sales.
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31. (Dollars in millions)
Years Ended December 31
SPECIAL ITEMS
1999 1998 1997
Income (Expense)
Personal Communications Segment $««««««18 $«««(479) $««(20)
Network Systems Segment (1,272) (167) «–
Commercial, Government and Industrial Systems Segment 186 (46) 10
Semiconductor Products Segment 331 (752) (174)
Other Products Segment (95) (419) (94)
Segment totals (832) (1,863) (278)
General corporate 148 (6) (28)
Total special items ÷ $«««(684) $(1,869) $(306)
GEOGRAPHIC AREA INFORMATION
Net Sales Assets Property, Plant and Equipment, Net
1999 1998 1997 1999 1998 1997 1999 1998 1997
United States $«19,956 $20,397 $«21,809 $14,135 $14,932 $14,000 $5,142 $««5,294 $5,661
United Kingdom ÷6,221 5,709 5,254 ÷2,186 2,083 2,098 947 999 887
Other nations 20,686 12,812 12,778 ÷13,244 8,804 7,966 2,638 3,221 2,901
Adjustments and eliminations (15,932) (9,520)) (10,047) ÷(2,638) (851) (651) (88) (134) (111)
Geographic totals $«30,931 $29,398 $«29,794 ÷26,927 24,968 23,413 8,639 9,380 9,338
General corporate ÷10,400 3,760 3,865 607 669 518
Consolidated totals $37,327 $28,728 $27,278 $9,246 $10,049 $9,856
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32. CONDENSED NOTES TO
CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Dollars in millions, except per share amounts)
4. Merger with General Instrument Corporation
On January 5, 2000, the Company and General Instrument Corporation completed their previously announced merger.
The merger positions the Company as a leader in the convergence of voice, video and data technologies. The new
Broadband Communications Sector will focus on solutions that deliver interactive television, the Internet and telephone
services over wired networks. The new sector combines the operations of General Instrument with the cable modem
and cable telephony businesses of the Company’s Internet and Networking Group. Through the merger the Company
also acquired a majority ownership in Next Level Communications, Inc., which completed an initial public offering in
the fourth quarter of 1999. The Company issued 100.6 million shares to effect the merger and will account for the
merger under the pooling-of-interests method of accounting. The following tables present capsule combined operating
results for the three years ending December 31, 1999, 1998 and 1997 and capsule combined balance sheets as of
December 31, 1999 and 1998 as if the merger had occurred on January 1, 1997. The Company will record a charge
in the first quarter of 2000 for costs associated with the merger and expected integration costs. Full-line combined
operating results and balance sheets are included in the appendix to the Company’s proxy statement for the 2000
Annual Meeting of Stockholders.
CAPSULE COMBINED OPERATING RESULTS (UNAUDITED) Years Ended December 31
1999 1998 1997
Net sales $33,075 $31,340 $31,498
Earnings (loss) before income taxes 1,298 (1,280) 1,806
Net earnings (loss) $«««««900 $««««(907) $««1,164
Basic earnings (loss) per common share $««««1.27 $«««(1.31) $««««1.71
Diluted earnings (loss) per common share $««««1.23 $«««(1.31) $««««1.67
Basic weighted average common shares outstanding 706.5 690.3 680.3
Diluted weighted average common shares outstanding 734.0 690.3 697.6
CAPSULE COMBINED BALANCE SHEETS (UNAUDITED) December 31
1999 1998
Assets
Total current assets $17,579 $14,421
Property, plant and equipment, net 9,591 10,286
Other assets 13,313 6,244
Total assets $40,483 $30,951
Liabilities and Stockholders’ Equity
Total current liabilities ÷ ÷ 12,891 11,889
Long-term debt and other liabilities ÷ 8,406 5,149
Total liabilities 21,297 17,038
Company-obligated mandatorily redeemable
preferred securities of subsidiary trust holding
solely company-guaranteed debentures 484 –
Total stockholders’ equity ÷ 18,702 13,913
Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity ÷ $40,483 $30,951
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