Motorola, Inc. (NYSE: MOT) today announced the latest addition to its portfolio of WiMAX customer premises equipment (CPE) - the CPEi 100. The CPEi 100 is a single data port, 2.5 GHz “plug-and-play” WiMAX solution that delivers reliable, wireless broadband Internet connectivity.

It is designed to sit on a desktop and serve as the interface between a computer and the WiMAX network. The CPEi 100 joins Motorola’s award-winning portfolio of WiMAX 802.16e CPEs and is part of the MOTOwi4™ family of broadband wireless access products. It is expected to be available in 2008 for WiMAX operators who have systems in the 2.5 GHz band and will be on display at the International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Motorola’s booth, #8545 in Central Hall 2. Performance and ease-of-use are essential to motivate consumers to upgrade to higher performance wireless broadband technologies, “said Fred Wright, Motorola senior vice president, Cellular Networks and Broadband. “The CPEi 100 provides that experience and enables WiMAX operators to offer a home device that consumers can install and setup in only a matter of minutes.”

Today that its subsidiary, MI, Inc., has successfully completed its tender offer to acquire a controlling interest in Vertex Standard Co., Ltd.(JASDAQ: 6821), a global provider of 2-way radio communication solutions. The tender offer period expired on January 15, 2008, with approximately 5.4 million shares tendered and accepted.

Following the settlement of the tender offer for approximately 12.0 billion Yen in cash and starting on January 22, 2008, Motorola will have a total ownership stake of approximately 78% of Vertex Standard on a fully diluted basis (excluding certain stock acquisition rights that are scheduled to be cancelled), while Tokogiken Co., Ltd., a privately held Japanese company controlled by Vertex Standard’s president and CEO Jun Hasegawa, will retain a 20% stake. Through a subsequent restructuring process Motorola will own 80% of Vertex Standard.

As previously announced on November 5, 2007, Motorola launched the tender offer in cooperation with Tokogiken with the intention of forming a joint venture to develop and sell Vertex Standard branded products and develop select Motorola branded products. All regulatory clearances required for the completion of the transaction have been obtained.” We are extremely pleased to team with Motorola, a global technology leader that has been a leading provider and pioneer in 2-way radio communication solutions,” said Jun Hasegawa, president and CEO of Vertex Standard. “With Motorola, Vertex Standard will be stronger and better positioned to deliver new and innovative 2-way radio solutions for professionals and consumers.” We are delighted to have successfully completed this stage of the transaction so that Motorola and Vertex Standard can move forward with our plan to deliver a combined and enhanced product offering to new regions and consumers around the world,” said Mark Moon, senior vice president of Motorola’s Government and Commercial Markets.

Today announced that in 2007 it filed a lawsuit against a Chinese company known as Guangzhou Weierwei Electronic Science and Technology. (Weirwei). The lawsuit related to the Chinese Company’s two-way radio model number VEV3188 that was claimed to fall within the scope of a Motorola Chinese Design Patent. In a ruling last December, the First Intermediate People’s Court of Beijing (the court in the first instance) determined that the VEV 3188 two-way radio infringed Motorola’s Design Patent.

Weierwei was therefore ordered to cease the manufacture and sales of VEV 3188 two-way radios and to financially compensate Motorola. “We are very pleased that the First Intermediate People’s Court of Beijing recognizes the importance of intellectual property protection and has ruled in Motorola’s favor,” said Jonathan P. Meyer, Motorola senior vice president for Intellectual Property Law. “Motorola invests extensive human and financial resources to bring compelling designs to market, and the company will remain vigilant in protecting the value of this investment”.

Today announced Paul J. Liska has been named executive vice president and chief financial officer (CFO) of Motorola, effective March 1, 2008. Mr. Liska will report directly to Greg Brown, president and chief executive officer. Tom Meredith, the company’s acting CFO will continue as a non-management board member and will work closely with Mr. Liska to ensure a smooth transition. Brown stated, “Since appointing Tom Meredith as acting CFO, we have undertaken a thorough search process to identify candidates with financial, operational and strategic experience.  We are fortunate that Paul has such a broad set of general management and CFO experience. 

Paul will be a very valuable addition to our team and he is well-suited to drive forward the important work already underway to enhance our financial performance.” Brown added, “On behalf of the board and the management team, I want to thank Tom for his significant contributions over the last year. He has played an important role in improving Motorola’s cash conversion cycle and cost structure.   The changes implemented under Tom’s leadership have helped position Motorola for renewed success. I am pleased that Tom will help through this key transition period.”

Motorola’s latest addition to their FM radio, entry-level mobiles is the W180, that’s called the MOTOYUVA in India. This is a totally simplistic mobile with a singular feature that stands out i.e. the Stereo FM radio, much like.

The YUVA however, has adopted a more traditional candy bar design. The display has a 128 x 128 pixel resolution with 65K colors. Its internal memory has a capacity to store 500 numbers which roughly equals up to around 70KB of space. The YUVA has no other mentionable features except that it has a microUSB v1.1 port that serves as a charging port as well. Thus we know know that Motorola has begun. The W810 also employs Motorola’s Crystal Talk technology.

Motorola Inc said on Wednesday it will post an operating loss in the current quarter as its cell phone business is taking longer than expected to turn around, dashing Wall Street hopes for a profit and sending its shares down as much as 23 percent. The company, whose weak cell phone product line caused it to lose customers to rivals like Nokia and Samsung Electronics in 2007, warned of further market share losses this quarter and backed off its forecast for its mobile devices division to return to profitability in 2008. Motorola forecast a first-quarter loss per share from continuing operations of 5 cents to 7 cents, before any reorganization charges. Analysts had expected a profit of 9 cents per share, according to Reuters Estimates. “The figures had us scratching our heads, checking the date to see if we were looking at an earnings release from 2002,” JPMorgan analyst Ehud Gelblum said in a note to clients.

Some analysts questioned if Motorola would stay intact after its outlook overshadowed quarterly results that were in line with expectations. Activist shareholder Carl Icahn has called for a break-up of the company. He was not immediately available for comment on Wednesday. “They’re flirting with the handset death spiral. They’re losing share, which makes them smaller, which makes them less competitive on costs, which makes their phones less compelling, which loses more share,” said Charter Equity Research analyst Ed Snyder. Asked about the potential for a company break-up, Motorola Chief Executive Greg Brown would only say he was focused on cutting costs, getting mobile devices back to profit and expanding the set-top box and enterprise mobility units.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has teamed up with cell phone makers, service providers, and retailers to promote cell phone recycling. Partners in the EPA’s Plug-In to eCycling program for cell phones include AT&T Wireless, Best Buy, LG Electronics, Motorola, Nokia, Office Depot, Samsung, Sony Ericsson, Sprint, Staples, and T-Mobile. The old phones can be dropped off at retail stores or mailed back to the manufacturers.

The agency said an estimated 100 to 130 million cell phones are no longer being used, with many languishing in storage.” Recycling a cell phone offers an opportunity for everyone to help reduce greenhouse gas emissions, save energy, and conserve natural resources,” the EPA said Tuesday in a release. “If Americans recycled 100 million phones, we could save enough upstream energy to power more than 194,000 U.S. households for a year.” Reusing those 100 million cell phones would save enough energy to power more than 370,000 U.S. homes each year, the EPA added.

The nation’s leading cell phone makers, service providers, and retailers have teamed up with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to answer America’s call for easy cell phone recycling. As part of EPA’s Plug-In to eCycling program, partners supporting the cell phone recycling campaign include AT&T Wireless, Best Buy, LG Electronics, Motorola, Nokia, Office Depot, Samsung, Sony Ericsson, Sprint, Staples, and T-Mobile.

“Thanks to our Plug-In partners’ efforts, recycling an old cell phone has become a quick and easy way for Americans to help protect the environment,” said Susan Bodine, assistant administrator for EPA’s Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response. “By dropping it off at a store or sending it through the mail, Americans have more recycling options today than ever before.” To kick-off the campaign, EPA released today a series of print public service announcements, “Recycle Your Cell Phone.

It’s An Easy Call,” which highlight the convenience and environmental and social benefits of recycling a cell phone. EPA also introduced a podcast that addresses many common questions on cell phone recycling. EPA started the campaign because many consumers still do not know where or how they can recycle their unwanted cell phones. Consequently, less than 20 percent of unwanted cell phones are recycled each year.

Recycling a cell phone offers an opportunity for everyone to help reduce greenhouse gas emissions, save energy, and conserve natural resources. An estimated 100 to 130 million cell phones are no longer being used, many languishing in storage. If Americans recycled 100 million phones, we could save enough upstream energy to power more than 194,000 U.S. households for a year. If consumers were able to reuse those 100 million cell phones, the environmental savings would be even greater, saving enough energy to power more than 370,000 U.S. homes each year.

Nextel Communications Inc. (Nasdaq: NXTL) and Motorola, Inc. (NYSE: MOT) have teamed up to add color to the mobile phone user’s life with the first color display, Java(TM) technology-enabled phone in the U.S. — the Motorola i95cl, available today from Nextel. The handset’s large color screen, maximized memory, faster processor, and improved network connectivity allow Nextel customers to take advantage of robust Java applications including maps, animation, games, and graphics.

The Motorola i95cl features a large high-contrast screen with a color display, backlighting and customizable color palettes. It allows users to personalize the phone to meet their individual needs by downloading applications — from business productivity tools to games. The Java application environment is ideal for 256- color, PC-type business applications and can support fully animated 3D wireless gaming engines. Ten pre-loaded musical files and nine selectable ring styles allow users to personalize the handset with rich polyphonic sound. A color, animated icon-based menu allows easy navigation of the phone’s many features. Pre-installed Java applications include the games EA SPORTS(TM) PGA TOUR(R) Golf provided by JAMDAT Mobile Inc. and MotoGP(TM) from THQ (NASDAQ NMS: THQI); as well as a calculator tool, expense pad and several selectable wallpaper patterns.

Nextel Wireless Web customers can download additional applications and musical MIDI ring tone This feature-rich handset offers a built-in speakerphone, voice- activated dialing, and a voice recorder. The long-range digital walkie-talkie function, known as Nextel Direct Connect(R), allows users to communicate instantly with one or up to 100 individuals at the touch of a button. The flip phone’s exterior display allows access to the Caller ID, date and time, and VibraCall(R) alert without opening the handset, and the smart button enables multiple tasks to be performed with a single keystroke. The large interior display makes dialing more accessible, as each number pressed can be confirmed by a large, full-screen digit. The Motorola i95cl handset has a cool silver finish with a navy blue flip. It measures 3.5 x 1.9 x 1.2 inches (90 mm x 50 mm x 32.25 mm), has a 1.14 x 1.49 inch (29 mm x 38 mm) color display. It weighs 4.9 ounces (155 grams) with the slim battery and 5.3 ounces (165 grams) with the standard battery. It comes with a high-performance battery that offers 206 minutes of talk time and 75 hours of standby time, a rapid travel charger, and a belt clip.

The arrival of camera-enabled mobile phones from the world’s top three handset manufacturers; the MotorolaA820, the Nokia7560 and SonyEricsson’s P800 provides new opportunities to access information, services and graphics. Using new technology from a partnership between International Wireless and Bango.net, users can now simply point a seeing handset at a bar code and content is delivered straight to the mobile phone creating an instant transaction.“I could purchase theatre tickets by scanning a code on a poster or download a train timetable simply by scanning a bar code at the train station,” said Anil Malhotra, Director of Alliances at Bango.net. “There are endless possibilities such as this for people to receive highly targeted and up-to-date information when they are on the move.”

Content providers register the bar codes as Bango Numbers and then link these to specific content such as pictures, text, video and sound, located on mobile-enabled web sites and data servers. International Wireless’ CodePoint software interprets these symbols and sends a coded number to Bango.net where it is mapped onto a specific URL.