Motorola snares Qualcomm's Jha for handset unit

August 4th, 2008 By PETER SVENSSON , AP Technology Writer Motorola snares Qualcomm's Jha for handset unit (AP)

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In this Dec. 4, 2006 file photo, Sanjay Jha, an executive vice-president at Qualcomm, Inc. and president of Qualcomm's CDMA Technologies unit, poses in one of Qualcomm's chip testing laboratories in San Diego. Motorola has named Sanjay Jha, the chief operating officer of Qualcomm, to head its handset division. The unit is being prepared for a spin-off as a separate public company. (AP Photo/Lenny Ignelzi)

(AP) -- Motorola Inc. snagged Sanjay Jha, the chief operating officer of Qualcomm Inc. and a star of the wireless industry, to head its handset division as that unit prepares to become an independent company.



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