Motorola Moves 3G Chip Business Away From Qualcomm

“would mean $700 million in sales and 10 cents in earnings per share of lost opportunity for Qualcomm.” Isn’t that much to a company that earns revenue of more than $8b and EPS of $1.65 or more. That is basically a 8.8% drop in overall revenue and 6% drop in EPS. With their cash at about $10B+ and no debt plus the expansion of WCDMA, CDMA and other technologies like OFDM growing, they can make up that revenue and EPS downfall. Don’t think for a minute that $700m revenue and EPS downfall of 10 cents will hurt their future or current business models. It will just make them to get other customers besides for Motorola, which hasn’t been doing well anyway. Moreover, Motorola can always change their minds whenever they w...
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