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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) |
| Divisions | Mobile Devices Home & Networks Mobility Enterprise Mobility Solutions |
| Website | www.motorola.com (archived December 31, 2010) |
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 Archived 2024-08-21 at the Wayback Machine Solutions.
They were listed in the New York Stock Exchange as MOT Archived 2013-09-22 at the Wayback Machine.
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.
On October 30, 2014, Lenovo finalized its purchase of Motorola Mobility from Google.
