Handsets Quotes

Motorola has led the mobile phone industry in turning our vision of low- cost, yet quality, handsets for the developing world into a reality. In so doing, Motorola has played a major role in transforming the mobile phone from a luxury item for the few into an affordable tool for the many.

Motorola is set to exceed the program`s target of 12 million phones, proving that there is a huge appetite for mobile communications beyond the affluent markets traditionally served by this industry. The widespread availability of ultra-low cost handsets is bringing major social and economic benefits to people who have never before had access to information and communication technologies.

They`re a very small portion, at best a couple of percent, in a global market of millions of handsets, which would indicate that the demand isn`t there either ... People seem to be happy to communicate with voice and SMS,

It`s only when major handset vendors start bringing out handsets ... that the market can take off. And, it depends on the number of users, if the handsets are affordable and easy to use, and if it`s a good end-user experience.

AOL owes its strong position in the mobile domain to its ability to provide seamless access to AIM buddy lists on handsets through an elegantly designed service and its strong relationships with mobile carriers. Its challenge is to demonstrate that it can use AIM as the foundation to engage users with a broader base of services, much as it is seeking to do on the desktop by opening access to its portal and e-mail services and linking these with AIM.

In China, we are selling the PHS handset. We`re selling almost one million right now, and these handsets are very cost effective, especially for low-end customers.