To: Jim Lurgio who wrote (647 ) 5/24/1998 9:39:00 AM From: tero kuittinen Read Replies (1) | Respond to
Interesting stuff. It's fascinating to see how many journalists are willing to defend Motorola even after the worst blunders, there's obviously tons of goodwill towards this company. That can be a big asset. I don't quite understand the focus on CDMA, probably Mot's bigger headache is their lack of competitiveness in GSM. Europe's and Asia's GSM markets are growing at 45% annual pace and GSM is predicted to have a 47% global market share in 2002 in the latest projections. Looking at this springs consumer surveys and tech magazine product ratings Mot is in danger of losing the number 3 position in the European digital phone market. It's also being squeezed out of China as well, just as the Chinese GSM phone sales are mushrooming towards 34 million units by 2000.
