December 13, 2004

After many months of either keeping silent or completely denying a pending corporate restructuring, Motorola today unveiled its new realignment program to the media.

In the same way of other big players like Nokia, L.M. Ericsson and Nortel Networks, Motorola has organized its operations into four business groups: personal devices, networks, government and enterprise, and the connected home. The new changes take effect Jan. 1, according to the company.

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"Today's announcement builds on the progress we have made over the past two years in improving our focus and operating efficiency. Aligning our organization with our vision of seamless mobility takes it to the next level," said Ed Zander, chairman and chief executive of Motorola.

"With a more streamlined structure, Motorola will boost its flexibility and speed to capitalize on new opportunities, allowing us to deliver seamless mobility to our customers worldwide."

Ron Garriques will take charge of the personal devices group. Adrian Nemcek will lead the networks division. Greg Brown will preside over the government and enterprise division, while Don Moloney will head the connected home division. They all are presidents of their divisions.

The company said all the activities of the divisions will be centrally architected, and this will include supply chain operations, information technology, finance, human resources, legal, strategy and business development, marketing, quality and technology.

Motorola will also form a new organization to oversee its supply-chain business. This will entail manufacturing, distribution and procurement worldwide, said the company. It has not picked a person to fill the position.

The personal devices division will work on multi-mode, multi-band devices for enterprises and homes, said the company.

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The networks division will leverage talent, research and development, as well as operating efficiency for such existing radio access networks, core Internet Protocol networks businesses like IMS/softswitch, iDEN infrastructure, wireline access, wireless local area network technologies and other broadband services and applications, said the company.

Its government and enterprise areas will focus on Fortune 500 class enterprises, governments and automobile manufacturers. The connected home group will leverage existing and new cable and satellite customers for broadband networked homes.

Source: RCR News

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