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locations. Links with UM also appears weak.Figure 10 Diagram of Mayang Linkages3.8.5. Issues in Linkages/CollaborationThe government policies, both at the national and state level, are considered to befavourable and supportive for innovation – be it in terms of grants, infrastructureprovision, policies like tax rebated etc., Non participation of its suppliers and customersappears to be a major concern for Mayang.3.8.6. ConclusionFrom the Mayang perspective, the key factors in Penang cluster that are helpful ininnovation activities are; TNC base as customers, availability of highly skilledengineering man power and good infrastructure. Both at the state and national level,provisions made by federal government and the national ministries and in general thestable political environment are seen as highly useful.127
3.9. Case #9 - Motorola MalaysiaFounded in 1928 Globally Motorola is a leading TNC in the area ofcommunications solutions in with more than 30 billion USD sales. Established in 1974,Motorola in Penang is now the company’s largest manufacturing site for two-way radioproducts in Asia and the only design centre for two-way radios in the region. It issupposed to be as one of the key growth centres in Motorola’s global operations. TheR&D centre was started in 1976 with five local engineers to design and develop missioncritical products and communications solutions. Today there are more than 1,000 R&Dengineers employed in Motorola Penang. Motorola considers the Penang R&D Centre toplay a strategic role as the ‘Centre of Excellence’ responsible for the entire productlifecycle activities including R&D, manufacturing, sales and distribution and customersupport for regional and global markets for its digital two-way radios and advancedwireless broadband communications solutions. There is also a 24-hour Asia technicalsupport centre. With its customer solution centre co-located with R&D, Motorola Penangalso serves as a technology showcase highlighting both Made-in-Malaysia products andsolutions indicating high level of engineering competencies in Malaysia. In addition,Motorola Penang has an Advanced Communications Laboratory that houses four keylaboratories - an Electromagnetic Emissions (EME) Laboratory, a Type Approval (TA)Laboratory, an Engineering Laboratory, and an Electromagnetic Compatibility (EMC)Laboratory.Each of these laboratories perform specific stringent product tests ranging fromtransmissions levels and unwanted noise to product stress and durability levels to ensurethat they are compliant within the industry’s standard regulations requirements.Motorola is considered the leading communication vendor offering solutions compliantwith two industry leading open standards – TETRA (TErrestrial Trunked RAdio) andAPCO P25 (Association of Public-Safety Communications Officials Project 25). A largevolume of Motorola’s TETRA and APCO P25 systems, professional two-way radios128
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