Chicago & Cork, Ireland—Motorola Solutions (NYSE: MSI) is opening a Research and Development Centre in Cork, Ireland. Over time, the Centre is expected to generate 200 highly skilled jobs. The initial team of professionals would concentrate on designing software for the company’s comprehensive land mobile radio (LMR) portfolio. Additionally, the Centre intends to expand to other technologies in the future.
What’s Happening & Why This Matters
Motorola Solutions builds and connects technologies to protect people, property, and places. These technologies enable public safety agencies and enterprises to work collaboratively on a proactive approach to safety and security. Motorola Solutions’ communications portfolio is known for public safety services and remains a sizable player in the design and manufacturing of public safety equipment. The company’s future investment in Ireland is supported by the Irish Government through IDA Ireland.
Motorola’s new R&D Centre, planned for Cork’s city centre, complements the company’s current investment in Ireland, the National Digital Radio Service. The company has ventured into an era of high tech innovation and future-proof security technologies. The new Centre in Cork is a leap into that future landscape and represents Motorola’s continuing investment in Ireland.
Motorola Solutions’ is a significant player in the design and manufacturing of public safety equipment. The company also has a growing research and development landscape. With the growth of broadband and the incorporation of advanced data applications, safety networks continue to evolve.
TF Summary: What’s Next
There is no assurance that the company’s gamble on the new R&D Centre, including its ability to design software for the land mobile radio portfolio and attract the talent to design the software, will be pay off. Any ventures denotes a variety of risks and uncertainties which could cause actual results to differ materially — but the prospects are still exciting nonetheless.