Motorola may exit its handset business: analyst

LONDON (MarketWatch) -- There is a possibility that Motorola, Inc. may exit the handset business and concentrate on becoming an enterprise and government company, Richard Windsor, an analyst with Nomura International, told clients a in note published on Tuesday. He added that speculation anout Chinese vendors buying the company has risen again, but said a deal is unlikely as those vendors don't have much of an idea how to fix Motorola's problems, which he believes are related to platform and software more than hardware.