Motorola
Motorola was an American company that made cell phones and other electronics. The company was based in Schaumburg, Illinois, a small town just outside of Chicago, Illinois. After losing $4.3 billion from 2007 to 2009, Motorola was divided in two separate companies on January 4, 2011; Motorola Mobility and Motorola Solutions.[2][3]
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| Formerly | Galvin Manufacturing Corporation (1928–1947) |
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| Company type | Public |
| Industry | Telecommunications |
| Founded | September 25, 1928 |
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| Defunct | January 4, 2011 |
| Fate | Split into Motorola Mobility and Motorola Solutions |
| Successors | Motorola Mobility Motorola Solutions Freescale Semiconductor ON Semiconductor Arris Group (General Instrument) Cambium Networks |
| Headquarters | Schaumburg, Illinois, U.S. |
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 |
Number of employees | 53,000 (2010)[1] |
| Divisions | Mobile Devices Home & Networks Mobility Enterprise Mobility Solutions |
| Website | www.motorola.com (archived December 31, 2010) |
They were listed in the New York Stock Exchange as MOT Archived 2013-09-22 at the Wayback Machine.[4]
The company began with the name Galvin Manufacturing Corporation in 1928, and then later adopted the 'Motorola' name in 1947. They were the first developers of the walkie-talkie in World War II.
On August 15, 2011, Google said that it would buy Motorola Mobility for $12.5 billion.[5][6][7]
On October 30, 2014, Lenovo finalized its purchase of Motorola Mobility from Google.[8][9]
