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Motorola Solutions announces details of $1.45 billion Airwave deal, projections for 2019 growth

Motorola Solutions announces details of $1.45 billion Airwave deal, projections for 2019 growth

  • Written by Donny Jackson
  • 8th February 2019

Motorola Solutions has signed a contract worth a total of $1.45 billion to extend the life of the Airwave TETRA network in the United Kingdom through the end of 2022, and the company officials yesterday outlined expectations for the overall growth of the business to continue this year and through at least 2021.

Speaking during the company’s quarterly earnings call, Motorola Solutions CEO Greg Brown confirmed that the previously announced agreement to extend the life of the Airwave system that provides mission-critical communications to UK first responder has been finalized. Under the agreement,

“We’re thrilled about the Airwave extension … through the end of 2022,” Brown said during the conference call with analysts. “It’s about a $1.1 billion that went into backlog, and we expect another $300 to $350 million of additional contracts with local entities that will aggregate up that will go into backlog as those contracts get signed between now and the end of the year.

“The terms and conditions are substantially similar to the original contract for Airwave, which I think is obviously good and [represents] a lot of hard work by a lot of people. It’s good news.”

Airwave initially was supposed to be retired at the end of this year, but the three-year extension was negotiated as it became clear that the LTE-based Emergency Services Network (ESN) would not be able to provide the mission-critical voice communications in time to make a smooth transition by the previous 2019 deadline.

Motorola Solutions won the contract to develop the software solutions for the ESN, and the company was announced as a key partner in the AT&T team that is building the LTE-based FirstNet system in the United States. Neither of those public-safety broadband projects were mentioned by Motorola Solutions officials or analysts during the conference call.

Brown described 2018 as a record-breaking year for the company and expressed optimism about this year.

“I think we’re very well-positioned for another strong year in 2019, with our industry-leading portfolio of LMR solutions, a comprehensive command-center software suite and new video and analytics capabilities, all of which are supported by a growing services business,” Brown said.

Brown said that “land-mobile-radio demand remains pretty solid for North America both in public safety as well as commercial customers, and command-center software continues to grow at double digits.”

Some analysts had expressed concern that the lengthy U.S. federal-government shutdown and the trade dispute with China could have negative impacts on Motorola Solutions. But Motorola Solutions officials noted that the shutdown would have little or no effect on the company’s financial performance, as most of its businesses are based on long-term deals with state and local governments that are not influenced by a temporary situation like a federal-government shutdown.

Meanwhile, the China situation actually could result in greater opportunities for Motorola, which largely has exited China as a manufacturing hub.

“There’s obviously a growing concern around what I like to call Chinese electronics content,” Brown said. “Through the lens of cellular, Huawei and ZTE. Through the lens of land mobile radio, Hytera. And certainly in video, concerns around Hikvision and Dahua [Technology].

“I mention them by name, because they’re mentioned by name in the National Defense Authorization Act. They’re mentioned by name, because our government has said that there’s concerns around national security as it relates to those vendors. The government’s saying that—we’re not saying that—so we’re following it accordingly.”

Brown said the impact of security concerns surrounding Chinese products is growing into other sectors, which should be “favorable” to Motorola Solutions.

“It’s not just government agencies; it’s critical infrastructure,” Brown said. “Whether it’s the power grid, airports or transit, or oil and gas, I think there is an effect where some customers are contemplating, because critical infrastructure looks an awful lot like public safety, and it give some of our customers cause for pause.

“And … it’s not just Chinese vendors. There are critical Chinese components in other peoples’ product that this ban applies to. So, all of that said, I think we continue to drive to be the preferred Western alternative and leader—which we are—in mission-critical communications, command-center software and video.”

Company officials expressed optimism about the developing command-center business and the company’s two latest acquisitions, Avigilon and VaaS International Holdings. The performance of Avigilon’s video and analytics offerings are “at or exceeding expectations,” according to Brown.

Brown said he is excited about the potential to leverage the VaaS license-plate-reader database capabilities in Motorola Solutions’ information platforms.

“It’s a critical-need component for public safety,” Brown said. “It’s a natural tuck-in that matches the demand of our customers. It improves our analytics capability. I think it simplifies and integrates our customers’ workflows, so I just think it makes a lot of sense.”

When asked about the potential for Motorola Solution to acquire other companies, particularly in the burgeoning Internet of Things (IoT) space, Brown indicated that he is open to the idea.

“I think that’s a possibility,” Brown said. “I think we will look at acquisitions. We’re always evaluating acquisitions that make sense strategically and financially that would supplement and strengthen public safety. But, if they make sense … in the enterprise, as well, whether it be IoT or critical infrastructure, we’ll always keep an eye out for those assets.”

 

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