Motorola Solutions celebrates 50th anniversary in Malaysia

Motorola Solutions is celebrating its 50th anniversary in Malaysia with a showcase that highlights their significant contributions to the nation from providing cutting edge technological solutions to a host of government agencies and the Royal Malaysia Police and helping to form the next generation of industry-ready talent by forging strong connections with Malaysia’s academic and skills institutions.

Vice President of Motorola Southeast Asia, Subodh Vardhan during the panel discussion

To date, Motorola’s 1700-strong workforce includes 1,100 engineers at the company’s R&D Innoplex centre in Penang of which 40% are women. “Our highly talented and passionate local teams have delivered and supported many homegrown breakthroughs. This includes the next generation MXP600 TETRA radio, the MOTOTRBO Ion converged smart radio and Android device and the compact Avigilon H5A Modular Camera that provides exceptional video analytics and security in the most challenging environments,” said Soloman Lorthu, vice president of Motorola Solutions’ Penang operations.

Motorola Solutions has also contributed significantly towards charitable and philanthropic causes in Malaysia via their Motorola Solutions foundation that has, to date, donated over US$725,000. For more on Motorola check out www.motorolasolutions.com