Motorola reported record first-quarter sales of $10.01 billion, up 23% compared to first-quarter 2005 sales of $8.16 billion. Earnings were $.27 per share, including $.02 per share for stock compensation expense. Some additional highlights:
- Record handset shipments of 46.1 million units, up 61% compared to the first quarter of 2005 — and up 3% compared to 44.7 million handsets shipped during Q4 2005.
- Global handset market share estimated at 21%, up 4.8 percentage points versus the year-ago quarter.
- Record digital set-top box shipments of more than 2.0 million units
- Shipped a record 632,000 voice modems during the quarter. Total modem shipments for the quarter were 2.6 million.
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