Motorola, Inc.

/motrol/ was a multinational[5] telecommunications company based in Schaumburg,

Illinois, United States (U.S.). After having lost $4.3 billion from 2007 to 2009, the company was divided into
two independent public companies, Motorola Mobility and Motorola Solutions on January 4, 2011.
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Motorola Solutions is generally considered to be the direct successor to Motorola, Inc., as the

reorganization was structured with Motorola Mobility being spun off.[7]

Motorola designed and sold wireless network equipment such as cellular transmission base stations and
signal amplifiers. 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 highdefinition television. Its business and government customers consisted mainly of wireless voice and
broadband systems (used to build private networks), and, public safety communications systems
likeAstro and Dimetra. These businesses (except for set-top boxes and cable modems) are now part of
Motorola Solutions. Google sold Motorola Home (the former General Instrument cable businesses) to
the Arris Group in 2012.[8]