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 Archived 2024-08-21 at the Wayback Machine Solutions.^[2][3]

Motorola, Inc.

"Batwing" or "Emsignia" logo introduced in 1955, still in use by successor businesses.
Local branch in Glostrup, Denmark
Formerly	Galvin Manufacturing Corporation (1928–1947)
Company type	Public
Industry	Telecommunications
Founded	September 25, 1928; 96 years ago (1928-09-25)
Founders	Paul Galvin Joseph Galvin
Defunct	January 4, 2011; 14 years ago (2011-01-04)
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]