According to an article in The Wall Street Journal, Motorola
Rather than simply slicing today's monolithic business into a consumer products company and a separate enterprise for infrastructure products, Motorola is thinking about simply selling the telecom equipment division outright. In a deal valued at more than $1 billion, Nokia
Selling out to Nokia-Siemens rather than going it alone would make Motorola-Nokia-Siemens a formidable competitor for market leader LM Ericsson
When Canadian networking veteran Nortel Networks went out of business, a lively auction erupted over the component parts. The same thing could happen again, unless Motorola decides to stay the course and let the networking operation simply go public. Squeezing up-front cash out of the European invaders would make a lot more sense from a shareholder perspective, because nothing is guaranteed when it comes to IPO spinoffs at the mercy of Mr. Market. In other words, I'd be surprised if Motorola didn't end up selling this unit off to the highest bigger. The only question in my mind is, who will front the cash?
I'm thinking it'll be Nokia-Siemens, after Ericsson pulls out amid monopoly scrutiny. Where do you think Motorola's telecom unit is going? Discuss in the comments box below.