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Lenovo Completes Motorola Deal

Posted by timothy on from the capital-is-mobile dept.

SmartAboutThings writes If somehow you missed the reports of Lenovo buying Motorola – which was also bought by Google for $12.5 billion back in 2011 – then you should know that the deal is now complete. Lenovo has announced today that Motorola is now a Lenovo company — which makes Lenovo not only the number one PC maker in the world but also the third-largest smartphone maker.

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  1. Wrong company name by Imagix · · Score: 1, Informative

    Wow. Crap article and summary. Both claiming "Motorola", when it's "Motorola Mobility". Not the same thing. "Motorola" had multiple divisions. (The press release got it right....)

  2. Re:For a moment I thougt this was important by quetwo · · Score: 2, Informative

    Nope. The Motorola that made RF equipment (CATV, Radios, etc) was spun off by Google to a company known as Arris (the Arris Group).

  3. Re:For a moment I thougt this was important by jratcliffe · · Score: 3, Informative

    Not quite. There are two separate businesses. The business that made cable TV equipment was sold to Arris. The police radios business is still called Motorola Solutions, and it's a standalone company (ticker MSI).