Brief introduction of Motorola company
company profile
Motorola Inc, formerly known as Galvin Manufacturing Corporation, was founded in 1928. In 1947, it was renamed Motorola, and it has been used as a trademark since 1930s. Headquartered in schaumburg, Illinois, USA, it is located in the suburb of Chicago. One of the top 100 fortune companies in the world, it is a global leader in chip manufacturing and electronic communication. On August 15th, 2011, Google announced that it had signed a final agreement with Motorola Mobility, and it would acquire the latter in cash of $40 per share, with a total price of about $12.5 billion. The transaction has been approved by the boards of directors of the two companies.
product
Most of Motorola’s products are related to radio, from the battery rectifier of radio to the world’s first wireless walkie-talkie, defense electronics and mobile phone manufacturing. Another strength of the company is semiconductor technology, including chips used in computers.
Motorola is the main supplier of microprocessors used in Apple’s Power Macintosh personal computers. The PowerPC series chips used are jointly developed with IBM, and they have maintained cooperative relations with Apple (the AIM alliance was established). Motorola has another product line of communication products, including satellite systems, digital cable boxes and modems.
Motorola has a famous patented voice technology called CrystalTalk.
Development history
On October 6th, 2003, Motorola announced that it would partition its semiconductor business into an independent company called Freescale. Freescale shares will be listed on the new york Stock Exchange on July 16th of next year.
2008 is the 25th anniversary of Motorola’s launch of the world’s first commercial mobile phone.
On September 10th, 2009, US time, Motorola released CLIQ/DEXT, the first Android phone. CLIQ preloaded Motorola’s self-developed MOTOBLUR interface, focusing on online social functions. On November 6th, Motorola and American telecom companies Verizon Wireless and Google jointly released the world’s first Android 2.0 mobile phone -Droid by Motorola. The GSM version of Droid is called Milestone.
On February 13th, 2010, Motorola plans to split the company into two parts in the first quarter of 2011, one is Mobile Devices and Home, and the other is enterprise mobility solutions and networks. These two businesses will become independent companies, and the Motorola brand name will be used.
On January 4th, 2011, Motorola was officially split into two independent listed companies: Motorola Mobility (NYSE:MMI) and Motorola Solutions (NYSE:MSI).
On August 15th, 2011, Google announced the acquisition of Motorola Mobility for $12.5 billion in cash.
China business
Motorola entered China in 1987 and first set up an office in Beijing. In 1992, Motorola (China) Electronics Co., Ltd. was registered in Tianjin. At present, its main products are mobile phones, walkie-talkies, wireless communication equipment, automotive electronics, etc. The products are sold to China and other markets in the world.
At present, there are 3 wholly-owned enterprises, 1 holding company, 16 R&D centers, 5 joint ventures and 22 branches in Chinese mainland. Sixteen R&D centers are located in Beijing, Tianjin, Shanghai, Nanjing and Chengdu, with about 2,000 R&D personnel, making them one of Motorola’s world-class R&D centers.
On July 13th, 2006, Motorola officially opened its first flagship store in Shanghai. On November 14th, Motorola announced the establishment of a wireless broadband China research center in Beijing.
2007 is the 20th anniversary of Motorola’s entry into China. In China, Motorola has become a well-known brand and a leader in the mobile communication market in China. 2007 is also the 15th anniversary of Motorola’s investment in Tianjin. On November 9th, Motorola (China) Finance Co., Ltd. was approved by China Banking Regulatory Commission and established in Tianjin Binhai New Area. The registered capital of this company is 100 million yuan, and the main purpose of its establishment is to better meet and promote the needs of Motorola’s business development in China.
On November 7, 2008, China Enterprise and many other domestic and foreign institutions in China jointly held the "Growing with China — — The High-level Forum for Multinational Corporations to Commemorate the 30th Anniversary of Reform and Opening-up was held in Beijing, and the forum issued "Glory and Responsibility — — In the 2008 China Contribution List of Multinational Corporations, the top 20 multinational corporations were awarded the "Special Award for the Contribution of Multinational Corporations in China in the Thirty Years of Reform and Opening-up", and Motorola (China) Electronics Co., Ltd. topped the list.
In 2011, Google announced the acquisition of Motorola’s communication business, but retained its brand.