Gregory Q. Brown
Analyst · Raymond James
Thanks, Ed. As previously stated, Government sales for the quarter were up 3% over Q1 2012. Profitability for the business also increased with operating earnings of 16.1% compared to 14.1% in Q1 of last year. In ASTRO, our industry-leading P25 portfolio, we grew nearly double digits with strong subscriber growth, representing a record Q1. In terms of new contracts, we received a $72 million contract from the State of Tennessee to implement Phase 2 of the Highway Patrol statewide P25 Phase 2 digital communications network. This system will provide the critical communications link to assist Tennessee's troopers in ensuring their state is a safe and secure place in which to live, work and travel. We were also awarded a $26 million contract by Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department to implement a P25 Phase 2 700 megahertz digital radio communications network. This was a competitive win back. And this system will provide critical voice communications for metro officers throughout Clark County, Nevada and expand the interoperable P25 footprint in Southern Nevada. Wyandotte County in Kansas purchased a $25 million ASTRO system to serve public safety first responders and utility workers. Outside the U.S., we received an ASTRO award for over $70 million, which is our largest ever system sale in Africa and the first phase of a nationwide communications network. And in Brazil, the army recently added a multimillion dollar expansion to their ASTRO system as well. We continue to innovate for public safety with customer-driven features embedded in our radios. And more than ever, we enable them using software options. Examples of several features in our ASTRO system that are software enabled include efficient spectrum use with Phase 2 TDMA, dual-band functionality and enhanced security and encryption. Our digital platform continues to enable a smarter and more robust communications network with features such as over-the-air programming, network management utilities and remote diagnostics. The exciting opportunity is that 60% of our customers' public safety networks in the U.S. are still analog and eventually will migrate to digital. Our TETRA portfolio also had a good quarter with double-digit growth driven by new systems. We continue to execute on our tiering strategy in TETRA. And this quarter we launched the new MTP6750 handheld, the world's first TETRA radio with a 5 megapixel camera. It embeds a special encrypted marking to validate metadata and ensure that images have not been tampered with before being presented in court. Giving front-line officers this tool at the scene of a crime should reduce court time and increase prosecution rates with images used as evidence. At the recent International TETRA Awards, our Automated RF Coverage Evaluation Solution won recognition for best new innovation. Developed collaboratively with the London Metropolitan Police Service, this network monitoring utility provides automatic visibility of trouble spots on a mission-critical TETRA network and reduces maintenance costs by decreasing the need for testing in problem areas. Our ASTRO and TETRA mission-critical communication systems help secure mission-critical infrastructure beyond public safety. We've tailored our products to meet the needs of requirements of expanded verticals such as transportation and mining and energy. The Houston Airport, the fourth largest in the U.S., upgraded its command-and-control center with a $4 million investment in Motorola's MCC7500 IP console for critical dispatch needs and daily operations. Combined with their deployment of the new APX subscriber platform, more than 1,000 users efficiently manage operations supporting 36 million travelers annually. And among our international TETRA customers this quarter, we won multimillion-dollar awards with rail transportation systems in Stockholm, Sweden; Klang Valley, Malaysia; Macau, China and Medellín Metro in Colombia. Our radios are also designed to operate in harsh environments like petrochemicals and oil and gas. For example, the SIBUR Russian pipeline recently invested in a multimillion dollar TETRA system. In Australia, we're working with Queensland Gas Company on a $4-million enhancement to their TETRA radio network. And Chevron in Thailand recently purchased a TETRA system for their operations. Additionally, we continue to invest in areas beyond voice and into the command center. Command centers for law enforcement are the backbone for receiving and sending mission-critical voice and data, enabling situational awareness for first responders to be more effective. As public safety increasingly leverages big data, our capabilities are once again addressing key needs. Our new Real-Time Crime Center solution integrates radio consoles and video over existing carrier and private wireless networks, while incorporating public- and private-sector cameras. The Real-Time Crime Center solution provides a foundation for agencies to operationalize predictive policing strategies and use analytics to realize the full promise of technology investments in voice and video. The city of Malden, Massachusetts is an early adopter of our Real-Time Crime Center and recently implemented an integrated public safety video surveillance network incorporating over 30 video cameras located throughout the city. In Public Safety LTE, we continue to work with our North America customers, while several of them are negotiating spectrum lease arrangements with FirstNet following their February board meeting. We're also pursuing international opportunities and innovating with products like our new LTE modem, the VML700, which interoperates on a carrier and Public Safety LTE network. The modem works on a public carrier LTE network and can also act as a mobile 802.11 WiFi hotspot while our customers plan for a public-safety grade LTE network. This VML700 enables new media-rich applications like photos, geomapping or streaming video in the vehicle. Another testament to our leadership position this quarter, we were the first Public Safety LTE vendor to successfully complete the latest interoperability testing activities with the Public Safety Communications Research Program located at the Department of Commerce. And our LEX 700 LTE handheld device for public safety is now available to ship. For our federal customers, we released a new product design to serve their agencies that need secure voice and data communications. The AME 2000 is based on Motorola's Assured Mobile Environment solution, which combines a commercial off-the-shelf Android device with hardware and software to provide end-to-end encrypted voice and data communications through private or public wireless networks to support the missions of federal agencies. This new mobile device, combined with our CRYPTR micro encryption unit, provides federal-government-level data security to mobile devices. Moving on to our Enterprise segment. Sales in Enterprise were $627 million, a decrease of 4% from Q1 of 2012. Operating earnings declined to 9.7% of sales from 16.2% last year, driven by negative leverage from lower sales, iDEN declines and the addition of Psion revenues, which will carry lower than segment margins as we continue to drive margin improvement in that business. Within the Enterprise portfolio, our business was down primarily due to the iDEN decline, wireless LAN declining over 30% and the Enterprise mobile computing business declining single digits without Psion. In addition, a large base of legacy applications deployed by our Enterprise customers are written in Microsoft's legacy OS, which is aging. As a result, customers are contemplating a transition to Android or the future Windows Phone 8 embedded operating system. Although this doesn't impact all of our customers, it has resulted in delays for several customer projects. Now that said, we do have a dual OS strategy with Microsoft and its variants in our Enterprise secure version of Android. We continue to deployed Windows CE and embedded handheld 6.5.3 products, and we're strategically partnering with Microsoft on their release of the next generation of Windows-embedded handheld based on Windows 8. We've also launched Android products, and the ecosystem is growing in Enterprise. And more importantly, we've offered our customers an OS agnostic solution in Rhomobile, a tuck-in acquisition we made a while ago, which I remind you is an HTML5 framework that enables right ones run many applications. We've also ramped up our new product launches over the last few months, especially on the Enterprise mobile computing side, with updates to core products, like the MC92 and MC67. We've also brought to market several new category-expanding Enterprise mobile computing products like the MC40, the Smart Badge 1 and MC45 and our MP6000 multi-plane scanner, which is our first entry into an entirely new market for us in bioptic scanning. The updated core products are playing well competitively, especially the MC92 and MC67, which represent the leading products in their respective categories. And we're also seeing good pilot interest and funnel expansion for some of our newer portfolio. Our Enterprise business is purpose built, with solutions designed for working closely with our customers to meet their unique business requirements. For example, we launched 2 new wearable devices designed to increase efficiency and accuracy in inventory and warehouse distribution. Our new and improved wearable mobile computer enables warehouse associates to keep their eyes and hands on moving materials and frees them from paperwork. Accompanying with our wearable finger Ring Scanner, it combines effortless scanning and task accuracy verification. Our innovation in this space resulted in multimillion-dollar awards this quarter from 2 parcel and delivery companies in the U.S. Among our transportation and logistics customers on track, a regional parcel carrier that serves the Western U.S. continued their $4 million rollout of MC9500s for their delivery fleet. Tesco continues to invest in our MC17 retail mobile computers, which enables a personal shopping experience in their stores, with a $3 million order this quarter for an additional 100 stores. We designed this product working closely with Tesco, allowing customers to scan items while they shop, efficiently check out and target promotions with buying patterns. We were also awarded a contract to supply Dutch retailer Sligro with MC17 devices for use in 30 of their largest stores. On the RFID front, Macy's has been a leader in the adoption of RFID in retail. And this quarter, they continued to invest in our RFID solutions for their stores, which increase inventory accuracy and enhance productivity. At the recent ProMAC conference, we demonstrated our comprehensive supply chain solutions from manufacturing to distribution to retail outlets. Our comprehensive offerings are now complemented with Psion's rugged modular offerings to the manufacturing and supply chain verticals. One Psion product that exemplifies this rugged design is the Omni XT15, a handheld device designed specifically for operation in hazardous conditions including pharmaceuticals, oil and gas, utilities, chemical and other manufacturing applications. We're encouraged by the early interest we've experienced with our new category-expanding device, the MC40. This multifunction device is designed for inventory management, as well as point-of-sale and voice. For front of the store, it provides a robust alternative to a consumer device with the durability that is core to our devices and a sleek pocketable design with touch screen interface. We are working with some customers who previously explored consumer grade devices with attached sleds and found them to be inadequate point-of-sale solutions because of lack of durability, shortfalls with voice and push-to-talk clients and a lack of enterprise-level support. Our solution meets these requirements, supports multiple applications in 1 device with a built-in card reader, includes full-shift battery life with user-swappable batteries and a secure operating system that enables multiple users to have unique login and security credentials. Now before turning to a regional overview of the company, I wanted to explain some changes to our regional reporting structure. In January, we realigned our regions under a new geographic structure. Sales in the Middle East are now included with Asia, forming a region that we now call APME. We also installed a new leader in January in APME as well. And our sales in Europe and Africa form a region called EA, and we've included a historical schedule of the performance of these regions with this quarter's earnings release. And Mark, I'm sure, may have the opportunity to elaborate further on the regional structure later during the call. Moving on to the regional results this quarter for the total company. With respect to the Americas, North America sales increased 1% with continued strength in Government, up 6%, while the Enterprise business declined double digits. Latin America performed well this quarter, both Government and the Enterprise, without iDEN, increased double digits. Including iDEN, Latin America was down 3%. Turning to Europe and Africa, we grew 13%, driven by double-digit growth in both Government and Enterprise. Including our Psion acquisition, the Enterprise business declined mid-single digits. Finally, in Asia Pac and Middle East, sales declined 13%, driven by a significant double-digit decline in Government. The Government business in Asia declined across the portfolio, and the Enterprise business grew mid-single digits year-on-year. We still anticipate full year growth in Asia Pac and Middle East overall. A couple of other final comments. We also received top recognition from CRN's 2013 Partner Program Guide awarding PartnerEmpower, our PartnerEmpower channel program, a 5-star rating. CRN recognizes an elite subset of vendors that provide the best partnering elements in their channel programs. Our 20,000-plus partners are an extension of Motorola that scales globally and complements our direct sales organization. In fact, many of our partners have been with us for decades and are proud to exclusively represent our products. It is also worth highlighting that we were also honored with an unprecedented 5 Red Dot Product Design Awards, including recognition of innovative designs for our new MC40 mobile computer and the MOTOTRBO SL radio and mobile radio control head. Now the Red Dot Awards, as they're affectionately known, is one of the most internationally acclaimed design competitions dating back over 70 years. And the Red Dot is an internationally recognized seal of quality. In conclusion, our Q1 revenues were softer than we anticipated, driven by mixed results. Looking forward, the Government business remains solid. And within Enterprise, we expect second half improvements from customer engagement and new products, as well as a benefit from lower comps and favorable foreign exchange. We remain focused on driving revenue growth, earnings improvement, cash flow and shareholder return.