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Sign in to saveMotorola, Inc. () was an American multinational telecommunications company based in Schaumburg, Illinois. It was founded by brothers Paul and Joseph Galvin in 1928 as Galvin Manufacturing Corporation and had been renamed Motorola since 1947. Many of Motorola's products had been radio-related communication equipment such as two-way radios, consumer walkie-talkies, cellular infrastructure, mobile phones, satellite communicators, pagers, as well as cable modems and semiconductors. After having lost $4.3 billion from 2007 to 2009, Motorola was split into two independent public companies: Motorola
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Motorola was a major American telecommunications company founded in 1928 that made radios, mobile phones, and other communication equipment, but struggled financially in the late 2000s and was eventually split into two separate companies. The company is historically significant because it pioneered many forms of wireless communication technology that became central to modern life, from early two-way radios to mobile phones and cellular infrastructure.
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- The Motorola logo used from 1955 to 2011. This logo is currently still used by Motorola Solutions
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- Final headquarters in Schaumburg, Illinois (now under Motorola Solutions)
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- Galvin Manufacturing Corporation (1928–1947)
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- Public
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- Split into Motorola Solutions and Motorola Mobility
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- Motorola Mobility (Lenovo, formerly Google) Motorola Solutions Freescale Semiconductor ON Semiconductor Arris Group (General Instrument) Cambium NetworksNXP Semiconductors
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12 sectionsContents
- History
- Post World War II
- After 2000
- Split of Motorola
- Divisions
- Corporate affairs
- Finances
- Environmental record
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Motorola, Inc. () was an American multinational telecommunications company based in Schaumburg, Illinois. It was founded by brothers Paul and Joseph Galvin in 1928 as Galvin Manufacturing Corporation and had been renamed Motorola since 1947. Many of Motorola's products had been radio-related communication equipment such as two-way radios, consumer walkie-talkies, cellular infrastructure, mobile phones, satellite communicators, pagers, as well as cable modems and semiconductors. After having lost $4.3 billion from 2007 to 2009, Motorola was split into two independent public companies: Motorola Solutions (its legal successor) and Motorola Mobility (spun off), on January 4, 2011.
Motorola designed and sold wireless network equipment such as cellular transmission base stations and signal amplifiers. 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. 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. These businesses, except for set-top boxes and cable modems, became part of Motorola Solutions after the split of Motorola in 2011.
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