GEORGE TOWN: It will be business as usual for Motorola in Malaysia despite the announcement last week by its parent, Motorola Inc, that Nokia Siemens is buying Motorola's wireless network equipment unit for US$1.2 billion (RM3.8 billion).
Motorola Malaysia communications and public affairs manager Tham Mei Ling said there were no specific details pertaining to the impact on each country where Motorola has a presence including in Malaysia.
It was announced recently by Motorola Inc and Nokia Siemens in a joint statement that Motorola's 7,500 employees in the US, India and China could be transfered to Nokia Siemens and no layoffs were planned.
"As for the Malaysian operations, it is business as usual for Motorola and we will continue to focus on engineering and TECHNOLOGY [] development.
"Malaysia remains a key strategic market for Motorola and we plan to continue our role as technology partner of choice to our customers in the government and public safety, enterprise and wireless communications space," Tham said in an email reply to The Edge Financial Daily.
The deal between both companies is to be completed by year-end with Nokia Siemens acquiring at least 50 new customers.
Motorola has a presence in Penang for more than 36 years, where it is now a major site for its operations in Asia Pacific. Penang is also home to the company's largest research and development and manufacturing facility of two-way radio products in Asia.
It is also the only full-fledged design centre for two-way radios in the world.
Motorola Malaysia communications and public affairs manager Tham Mei Ling said there were no specific details pertaining to the impact on each country where Motorola has a presence including in Malaysia.
It was announced recently by Motorola Inc and Nokia Siemens in a joint statement that Motorola's 7,500 employees in the US, India and China could be transfered to Nokia Siemens and no layoffs were planned.
"As for the Malaysian operations, it is business as usual for Motorola and we will continue to focus on engineering and TECHNOLOGY [] development.
"Malaysia remains a key strategic market for Motorola and we plan to continue our role as technology partner of choice to our customers in the government and public safety, enterprise and wireless communications space," Tham said in an email reply to The Edge Financial Daily.
The deal between both companies is to be completed by year-end with Nokia Siemens acquiring at least 50 new customers.
Motorola has a presence in Penang for more than 36 years, where it is now a major site for its operations in Asia Pacific. Penang is also home to the company's largest research and development and manufacturing facility of two-way radio products in Asia.
It is also the only full-fledged design centre for two-way radios in the world.
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