摩托罗拉移动7月28日发布的财报显示,其二季度净亏损5600万美元,与去年同期8000万美元的盈利大相径庭。这份财报还预计,由于一款重要智能手机发布日期的持续推迟和平板电脑价格的下调,其三季度利润可能低于预期。摩托罗拉移动首席执行官桑杰·贾自己也承认,公司本可以在营销上做得更好。
Underlying Motorola’s challenges is a fast-evolving cellphone market in which the definition of success has been changing dramatically. In 2005,Motorola scored a blockbuster with its super-thin Razr phone,because shape was largely what set handsets apart. Now,the focus has moved to the operating system and its ecosystem of applications. Motorola benefited from an early start with Android. But the shift has made it harder for phone makers to distinguish their products and could create an opening for players that don’t have much of an established brand in the U.S.,like China’s Huawei Technologies Co. and ZTE Corp.
摩托罗拉的挑战根源是迅速发展的手机市场,在这个市场上,成功的定义一直在急剧变化。2005年,摩托罗拉以超薄的Razr手机而一鸣惊人,因为当时形状是使手机与众不同的主要因素。如今,关注点转移到了操作系统和应用程序上。摩托罗拉因与安卓合作较早而获益。不过,对操作系统和应用程序的关注加大了手机生产商使自己产品脱颖而出的难度,可能给在美国没有老牌品牌的厂商创造一个机会,比如中国的华为和中兴。
(《华尔街日报》)
中兴美国公司首席执行长程立新说,今天的消费者到店里找智能手机的时候,更多地是在找iPhone、安卓或Windows手机;在过去,他们进店是要找一部诺基亚、三星或摩托罗拉的手机。
Chief Executive Sanjay Jha said Motorola’s Bionic,a high-speed device for Verizon Wireless,would be delayed until September,which was later than analysts had expected for the device whose launch had already been delayed to the summer from its original target for a second quarter launch. The delay,which also involves a Motorola tablet computer,will put Motorola under ever more pressure to compete with Apple Inc, which is expected to launch a new iPhone this fall at Verizon Wireless.
公司首席执行官桑杰·贾表示,摩托罗拉为韦里孙无线提供的高速设备(4G智能手机)Bionic将推迟到9月发布。这比分析师预计的日期还要晚。原先摩托罗拉瞄准在第二季度推出Bionic,后推迟至今年夏天。此次的新品发布推迟计划还涉及到摩托罗拉的平板电脑(4G版XOOM平板电脑),让其在同苹果的竞争中处于更大的压力之下。后者预计今年秋季将在韦里孙无线推出一款新型iPhone手机。(路透社)
蒙特利尔银行资本市场公司提供的数据显示,摩托罗拉在美国最大无线运营商——韦里孙无线智能手机中的份额下降幅度很大,今年一季度从上年同期的38%下降到18%。
Mr Icahn disclosed his discussions with Motorola in a Securities and Exchange Commission filing. He said that he had held talks with the Libertyville,Illinois-based company and noted that Motorola’s patent portfolio is “substantially larger” than Nortel’s and includes numerous patents for so-called 4G telecommunication technologies that have “significant”value.
伊坎在递交给美国证券交易委员会的文件中披露,他已同摩托罗拉展开过讨论,认为这家公司在专利组合的规模方面比北电网络大得多,并且摩托罗拉在4G通讯技术方面拥有很多有重大价值的专利。(英国《金融时报》)
投资大亨卡尔·伊坎在摩托罗拉持股11.36%,为其最大的股东。分析师们指出,谷歌可能将有意购买摩托罗拉的一些无线技术专利。不过,已有业内人士对摩托罗拉出售其专利资产的建议存疑,称如此一来摩托罗拉将只是一家硬件制造厂,专利费用支出将会增加。
When Motorola Mobility Holdings Inc. reports its second-quarter results Thursday,all eyes will be on how the U.S. cellphone maker is handling its separation from the more stable network-technology business,which now exists as Motorola Solutions Inc. Since the Jan. 4 split,Mobility’s shares are down 26% while Solution’s shares are up 15%.
摩托罗拉移动周四公布二季度收益报告时,外界将聚焦这家美国手机生产商从更为稳定的网络技术业务中分拆出来后的表现,后者目前作为摩托罗拉解决方案公司(Motorola Solutions)而独立存在。自1月4日分拆以来,摩托罗拉移动的股价跌了26%,而摩托罗拉解决方案的股价涨了15%。(《华尔街日报》)
与摩托罗拉移动二季度净亏损5600万美元形成鲜明对比的是,摩托罗拉解决方案公司二季度的净利润为3.49亿美元,主要来自于企业和政府客户的需求强劲。