Motorola 2006 Annual Report Download - page 9

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PART I
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Motorola, Inc. and its subsidiaries, or one of our segments, as the context requires. ""Motorola'' is a registered
trademark of Motorola, Inc.
Item 1: Business
General
We build, market and sell products, services and applications that make simple and seamless connections to
people, information and entertainment possible through broadband, embedded systems and wireless networks. Our
vision is to provide cutting-edge technologies that empower mobile consumers to go anywhere and do anything
without sacrificing connectivity. This is seamless mobility.
Motorola is a market leader in the following businesses:
‚Mobile Devices: We are one of the world's premier providers of wireless handsets, which transmit and
receive voice, text, images, multimedia and other forms of information, communication and entertainment.
‚Networks and Enterprise: We are a leading provider of wireless communications systems and services for
government, enterprise and commercial mobile service providers around the world. We deliver high-
availability network infrastructure systems to commercial mobile service providers and mission-critical
end-to-end wireless communications networks, primarily for the government and public safety markets.
Through our recent acquisition of Symbol Technologies, Inc. coupled with our existing enterprise product
portfolio, we will deliver leading-edge mobile computing, mobile office and enterprise wireless local access
network solutions. We are also an industry leader in the development of next-generation IP wireless
broadband mobility technologies, offering an entire suite of end-to-end WiMAX infrastructure and customer
premises equipment products. In addition, we offer a family of point-to-point and point-to-multipoint
wireless broadband products to serve WiFi and wireless DSL operators.
‚Connected Home: We are a global leader in developing end-to-end broadband systems that deliver
entertainment, communication and information systems into the home. We offer consumer products,
including digital video, voice-over-IP, and wireless data gateway devices, and service provider products,
including video encoding and distribution systems, content protection solutions, data edge routers, optical
networking equipment and remote management software solutions.
Motorola is a corporation organized under the laws of the State of Delaware as the successor to an Illinois
corporation organized in 1928. Motorola's principal executive offices are located at 1303 East Algonquin Road,
Schaumburg, Illinois 60196.
Business Segments
Motorola reports financial results for the following three operating business segments:
Mobile Devices Segment
The Mobile Devices segment (""Mobile Devices'' or the ""segment'') designs, manufactures, sells and services
wireless handsets with integrated software and accessory products, and licenses intellectual property. In 2006, the
segment's net sales represented 66% of the Company's consolidated net sales.