Motorola ships 4mn digital entertainment devices in Q1

May 2, 2008 – Motorola has announced significant milestones achieved by its Home & Networks Mobility business during the first quarter of this year, including the shipment of 4mn digital entertainment devices, including digital cable set-top boxes, HDTV set-top boxes, DVR devices and IPTV devices.

The company also passed a cumulative shipments total of 4mn IPTV set-top boxes during the period.

“Changes in how much, how often and where content is delivered and consumed are fundamentally driving the convergence of wired and wireless broadband devices and networks,” said Dan Moloney, President of Motorola’s Home & Networks Mobility unit.  “Motorola’s goal is to help our operator customers deliver the vision of media mobility to consumers.  Leveraging advanced video delivery, wireless broadband access and other solutions, our technologies are delivering the personal media experiences today’s users demand.”