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Motorola

Motorola, Inc.
Public
Industry Telecommunications
Fate Divided into Motorola Mobility and Motorola Solutions
Successor Motorola Mobility
Motorola Solutions
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Founded September 25, 1928; 88 years ago (1928-09-25)
Defunct January 4, 2011 (2011-01-04)
Headquarters 1303 East Algonquin Road,Schaumburg, Illinois, United States
Area served
Worldwide
Products Tablet computers
Mobile phones
Smartphones
Two-way radios
Networking systems
Cable television systems
Wireless broadband networks
RFID systems
Mobile telephone infrastructure
Total assets
  • Decrease US$ 11.851 billion (2013)
  • Decrease US$ 12.679 billion (2012)
Number of employees
40,000 (2014)
Website www.motorola.com

Motorola, Inc. (/ˌmtəˈrlə/) is an American multinational telecommunications company based in Schaumburg, Illinois, United States. After having lost $4.3 billion from 2007 to 2009, the company was divided into two independent public companies, Motorola Mobility and Motorola Solutions on January 4, 2011. Motorola Solutions is generally considered to be the direct successor to Motorola, Inc., as the reorganization was structured with Motorola Mobility being spun off. Motorola Mobility was acquired by Lenovo in 2014.

Motorola designed and sold wireless network equipment such as cellular transmission base stations and signal amplifiers. Motorola's home and broadcast network products included set-top boxes, digital video recorders, and network equipment used to enable video broadcasting, computer telephony, and high-definition television. Its business and government customers consisted mainly of wireless voice and broadband systems (used to build private networks), and, public safety communications systems like Astro and Dimetra. These businesses (except for set-top boxes and cable modems) are now part of Motorola Solutions. Google sold Motorola Home (the former General Instrument cable businesses) to the Arris Group in December 2012 for US$2.35 billion.


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