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Motorola's CEO Ed Zander Steps Down

Nov 30, 2007, 9:00 AM by Eric M. Zeman
updated Nov 30, 2007, 9:39 AM

Ed Zander, Motorola's CEO, has agreed to step down from his post effective January 1. Zander has been with Motorola since January 2004. Motorola has had a tough year and seen sales figures and revenues drop over the last 12 months. The handset division will close out 2007 at a loss. The company recently slipped to the world's third largest supplier of mobile phones, behind Nokia and Samsung. Some Motorola shareholders have been pushing for a change in leadership. Zander will be replaced by Motorola's COO Greg Brown. Zander will remain as the chairman of the board until May 2008.

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alpha1

Nov 30, 2007, 9:16 AM

good for moto

hopefully now they can get back to becoming better again

PaulRivers

I don't know about that - Motorola's phones are typically rated the best on this board for Reception and Call Quality. Maybe a new CEO will cut costs by reducing those. :-(

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SystemShock

Dec 3, 2007, 12:17 PM

It's All for Naught Unless...

... they fix quality control. Both in software and in hardware.

Terrible Moto reliability and bugs galore is what's REALLY making ppl run screaming from Motorola. 😲

cwcanty

Good point, and I totally agree. When you put out good, RELIABLE, products, people will support your business.

WM6user

Dec 1, 2007, 5:49 PM

Cool!!

A new era begins!!

alpha1

not really a new era.. greg brown has held the reins at the company for almost a year under Zander as COO and prior to that led their infrastructure group for a while too..

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