Motorola Bidding to take Control of Vertex Standard Corp

[NorthStar]

http://www.marketwatch.com/News/Sto...4210-956A-2ACDC840E4CE}&siteid=yhoo&dist=yhoo

 

[Cheech]

There goes the price on anything vertex makes right through the roof! Motorola makes some nice comercial radios but the price is crazy! I guess motorola may be having trouble keeping up with vertex because from my understanding alot of the public services and businesses have been switching to vertex because they cost less and are easier to get software for.

 

[Happy_Hamer]

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[FL Native]

the link wasnt working right i fixed it. 8) YW

 

[NorthStar]

You get what you pay for Vertex doesn't make Public Safety Radios. They just take amatuer gear and change model name and features and get it type accepted for commercial Gear. Motorola sets the standard and as for years in Commercial Gear.

 

[Cheech]

Yeah motorola may set the standard and I do admit like their equipment but its just way over priced for what it is not to mention the software. Motorola stoped making their equipment in the us a long time ago as well and look at the prices for the radios. What they are doing is highway robbery in my opinion.

We at Motorola are frustrated giving support and warranty replacements for entry level products we push out before thorough testing. So, let us merge with a company to deal with all the little people that can't spend at least $3k per portable."

:?

An even bigger implication....Vertex has been the main competition for Moto in public safety. NYPD has pretty much abandoned M in favor of Vertex in the past couple of years. So, is Moto saying if we can't get the contract...we'll buy the company that did? Wow.

I also think this will be the end of Yaesu amateur radio products. Motorola hates ham radio- and would love to shut down the least profitable division of their latest acquisition. So enjoy your Yaesu gear while you can...

Motorla has seen the light is all this means.Motorola Two way radios sales div is down.The quality of there radios in the last 5 years are poor.I sure moto knows this and knows that vertex is doing well.The Dont think moto will do away with the ham radios.The reason they dont like them is because their are to many options and you dont need to purchase 350.00 software to use it....

Some great info there from the people who know best at batlabs.