Yaesu to be acquired by Motorola !
Motorola announced today the intention to acquire 80% of Yaesu parent company Vertex Standard.
Current owner will remain with 20% forming a joint venture.
Who knows if this merge will offer Yaesu technical development new founds and resources to be implemented in next generation Yaesu products, or if this merge will sign the decline of one of the oldest firms in the ham radio market ?
Should Icom look around for other similar joint ventures ? Who knows…
Good luck Yaesu.
December 21st, 2007 at 7:36 pm
As to what will happen time will tell but looking at the track record of Motorola I personally do not see this as a positive thing for ham radio. For comercial two way radio this will probably be a very positive move.
November 12th, 2008 at 6:45 pm
i am a new ham and i really like the yaesu stuff. i recently purchased an HT and mobile 2m equip from them. this worries me and now i don’t know if i should purchase my HF equip from them.
December 29th, 2008 at 5:57 am
How ironic ?
I used to sell Motorola Commercial Two Way Radio in Tampa.
Yeasu was our competitor, and outperformed Motorola on a job site in Tampa.
January 4th, 2009 at 1:59 am
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