The profits included gains from the sale of electrical components and paging businesses.

With the boom in the use of wireless telephone services, the paging business has come under intense pressure in recent years.

The messaging, information and media sector, which includes Motorola's paging business, had an 8 percent sales increase, to $1 billion, but paging orders were flat.

The regional Bell said it was not leaving the paging business.

Motorola has also seen a sharp slowdown in its paging business.

But even so, the company's paging business has never been able to make ends meet.

But cellular and paging business grew strongly.

With the explosion in use of wireless telephones, the paging business has come under intense pressure in recent years.

The only bright spot was the company's messaging, information and media group, which includes its paging business.

Although the company is an also-ran in the mobile phone market, it operates the largest paging business in China, with 43.5 million subscribers.