Monday, December 2, 2002		Companyspeak

New Motorola handsets

Motorola last week introduced three new handsets - C330 (Rs9,495), E360 (Rs12,995) and T720 (Rs17,995) in India. The three new handsets further empower Motorola’s recently launched marketing theme —’MotoRising’— aimed at personalising the Motorola brand and growing its marketshare, says a company Press note. While the C330 is India’s first handset with three customisable body shape options, the T720 and E360 are with colour displays. "The Indian handset market is growing at a CAGR of over 60per cent, making it among the fastest growing markets in the world. Motorola has set its target on growing faster than the market," says Narendra Nayak, Country Operations Manager, Motorola India PCS.

Flash memory up

Intel Corp. has announced it is raising prices 20 to 40 per cent on flash memory semiconductors based on stronger demand for next-generation cellular phones, which use the chips. Shares of Intel, the world’s largest chipmaker, and other flash-memory chip-makers rose on the news. Newer handsets "are using double, triple, sometimes quadruple the amount of flash memory per cell phone as previous generations," said Dan Scovel, an analyst at Needham & Co. Intel, which is the biggest maker of flash memory, and its rival Advanced Micro Devices, already are benefiting from the need for more memory, Scovel said. "But this is the first time we’ve heard numbers this pronounced associated with it," he added, referring to the price hikes. Reuters