The other half of the business, Motorola Solutions, has hardly been a laggard, climbing 28.8%.
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"I don't want people to look at Motorola Solutions and say they had a great start, " says Brown.
Motorola Solutions is also betting public-safety communications networks will be upgraded to the speedy 4G wireless technology LTE.
Motorola Solutions Inc. shares are currently trading down about 7.8% on the day.
Motorola Solutions is a leading provider of business- and mission-critical communication products and services for enterprise and government customers.
But not just walkie-talkies: Motorola Solutions is betting on the growth of ubiquitous broadband but without the consumer focus of Motorola Mobility.
Indeed, Motorola Solutions is focused on creating new wireless products and services.
Attendees of that meeting include Greg Brown from Motorola Solutions, Douglas Oberhelman from Caterpillar, and Virginia Rometty from IBM Corporation.
The other pieces enterprise products like two-way radios for public safety agencies and bar-code scanners became Motorola Solutions, with Brown at the helm.
This agreement formally extends Sprint and Motorola Solutions' contractual iDEN relationship through 2013 and covers the supply of software and services.
Another similar-but-bulkier device is the the Golden-i (pictured above), a standalone wearable computer produced by Kopin in collaboration with Verizon and Motorola Solutions.
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Novellus Systems, Motorola Solutions and Advanced Micro Devices all make the top 25, reflecting the ongoing boom in chip stocks and mobile technology.
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Working with Omnicom agency BBDO, New York, Motorola Solutions will tap trade- and b2b-focused print, online and direct marketing to get its message out.
Motorola Solutions (MSI) is hoping its third quarter earnings report on Wednesday, October 24, 2012 will help continue the momentum its stock price has enjoyed.
Another collaberation between Kopin Corporation and Motorola Solutions, Golden-i is available in Developer Kits now, with full production, rugged, all-weather Golden-i headsets available in Q1 2012.
"In line with Motorola Solutions' ongoing support of the iDEN network, Motorola Mobility is committed to working with Sprint, " said Mark Shockley, senior vice president, Motorola Mobility.
Since then, the Golden-i has been replaced by the Motorola Solutions HC1, which uses the same technology but is now rugged enough to withstand four-foot drops.
Motorola Mobility was created in 2011 when Motorola Inc split the company into a mobile devices unit and a government and public safety division known as Motorola Solutions.
Motorola Solutions announced its HC1 headset computer system in October.
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Icahn increased his bets on Motorola Solutions trying to capitalize on a weakened giant in the mobile industry, and Simons bet big on Hewlett-Packard and eBay.
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Investors are not worried about the pedestrian parts of Motorola's business, which include emergency-services radios and hand-held scanners, and which will be hived off into a firm called Motorola Solutions.
"Motorola has been a proud partner with Sprint in delivering the industry's best PTT service for more than 17 years, " said Mike Fox, general manager, iDEN Products and Solutions, Motorola Solutions.
The HC1 is made by Motorola Solutions, which should not to be confused with the other half of what used to be the same company, Motorola Mobility, a handset-maker now owned by Google.
Based on Golden-i, Motorola Solutions (MSI) is producing its HC1 modular head mounted computer that offers connectivity and support to industries like defense, utilities, telecommunications, aerospace, and aviation industries that are fieldwork heavy.
Among the largest underlying components of IGN, in trading today Motorola Solutions Inc. ( NYSE: MSI) is off about 0.6%, F5 Networks, Inc. ( NASD: FFIV) is off about 1.4%, and Juniper Networks Inc ( NYSE: JNPR) is lower by about 2.7%.
Among the largest underlying components of IGN, in trading today Motorola Solutions New ( NYSE: MSI) is up about 0.8%, Motorola Mobility Holdings Incorporated ( NYSE: MMI) is up about 0.6%, and Research in Motion Ltd ( NASD: RIMM) is up by about 1.8%.
He reduces his forecasts and stock targets for 14 companies, including not only Arrow, but also Avnet, Ingram Micro, Tech Data, Synnex, Molex, Amphenol, Sensata, Tyco Electronics, Jabil, Flextronics, Sanmina and Motorola Solutions.
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He was previously co-founder and CEO of Accept.com, a consumer-to-consumer payment services company acquired by Amazon in 1999, and Good Technology, a provider of secure mobility solutions, which Motorola bought in 2007.
But John Burke, a senior vice president and general manager of Motorola Mobility's "Converged Solutions" service, said consumers want more flexibility in how and where they watch movies and TV shows.
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