Back in 2008, Motorola said it wanted to split its mobile phone operations into a separate business to help it regain its market leadership. Last month it was suggested that the company might split in three – and this week Bernstein Research analyst Pierre Ferragu has told investors he expects a four-way split in 2010.
He called Motorola "a combination of four business entities with no synergies", suggesting that the company could be broken up into its Networks division, a home equipment division, the Enterprise Mobility Solutions unit and the mobile devices division next year. [Source: BusinessWeek.com]