Reviving Motorola - The Zander Way

In 1941, Motorola introduced an AM⁷ radio, followed by an FM⁸ radio in 1943. During the Second World War, Motorola diverted its resources to war efforts and produced handie-talkies and walkie-talkies for the US armed forces. By the end of the 1940s, Motorola introduced taxi and fleet management radio systems. In 1947, Motorola entered the television market and its first television was Golden View Model VT71, of which over 100,000 sets were sold in one year. The semiconductor development group of the company was started in 1952, and it introduced power transistors. The first transistorized auto radio was introduced in 1956. In 1958, Motorola introduced 'Motrac' radio, which was the first vehicular two-way radio; the X11 pocket radio was launched in 1959.

In the same year, it came up with eight track tape players and pagers called Pageboy. In the mid-1960s, Motorola expanded into international markets, establishing sales and manufacturing operations in countries including Australia, Canada, France, Hong Kong, Israel, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Malaysia, Puerto Rico, South Korea, Taiwan, the United Kingdom, and Germany.

In the 1970s, Motorola faced increasing competition from Japanese companies in consumer electronics business. The company sold off the television division to Matsushita in 1974. In the same year, it launched the 6800 microprocessor, which was capable of completing two million calculations per second...