A leading mobile phone manufacturer, Motorola Mobility Holdings, Inc. (MMI) plans to enter into a joint venture with Polycom, Inc. (PLCM) in order to provide high definition (HD) video conference solutions on MOTOROLA XOOM tablets. The venture will kick off in the middle of the year.
One of the essential features of Motorola’s XOOM tablet is the video communication service. This service facilitates communication between different users located in different places. Such service will mainly help the corporate clients for enhancing managerial efficiency, cost reduction and time management.
Motorola plans to provide such services in a better manner in order to stay one step ahead of Apple Inc’s (AAPL) iPads and Research In Motion Ltd. (RIMM) PlayBook.
The relationship with Polycom will allow Motorola to access more than two million virtual communication solution providers available in the market. The service to be offered by Polycom to Motorola mobile users are at no extra network configuration.
Polycom, Inc. is one of the leading virtual communications solutions provider, which offers telepresence, video, voice and infrastructure solutions built on open standards. It was one of the first companies to provide high definition (HD) video conference solutions to the clients.
Motorola Mobility is gradually regaining its lost ground in the lucrative U.S. smartphone market. The recent acquisition of privately held Zecter will enhance Motorola Mobility’s innovative capacity with synchronization and streaming technologies for on-demand mobile digital contents. However, rapidly changing technology, stiff competition from other tablets like Apple Inc’s iPads and Samsung’s Galaxy Tab will act as headwinds for the stock in the coming years.
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