Motorola Develops New Mobile Phone Chip

Motorola Inc., the world’s No. 2 cellular-phone maker, said it has developed a chip that will enable new mobile phones to offer fast data services and work on any kind of wireless network.

The chip will be shipped in Motorola cell phones by the end of next year, said Paul McAlinden, a manager in the wireless division. Motorola also will sell the new chip to competitors, such as Nokia Oyj and Ericsson, which will be able to use it to make phones that can run on the world’s disparate cell-phone technologies.

The chip’s immediate benefits will be faster wireless data speeds and increased productivity for chip engineers, who previously had to work on separate components for each technology.