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Motorola snapped up Symbol Technologies, a provider of wireless software and hardware solutions, for $3.9 billion dollars. Symbol rounds out Motorola's enterprise wireless portfolio with additional ruggedized handhelds, wireless LAN (WLAN), and radio frequency identification (RFID) products. While the acquisition is complementary, Motorola must execute on three areas to be successful: 1) shrinking the development cycles in WLAN, 2) plugging mobile software gaps, and 3) retaining and expanding the RFID market. The acquisition intensifies the competition in the enterprise mobility space, forcing vendors like Cisco Systems and Intermec Technologies to make new partnerships or acquisitions to compete.

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