Motorola

Extracted Attributes

• Award

  National Medal of Technology and Innovation

• Founders

  Paul Galvin, Joseph Galvin

• Industry

  Telecommunications, Electronics

• Full Name

  Motorola, Inc.

• Founded As

  Galvin Manufacturing Corporation

• Founded Date

  1928-09-25

• Key Products

  Two-way radios, walkie-talkies, cellular infrastructure, mobile phones, pagers, cable modems, wireless network equipment, set-top boxes, digital video recorders, semiconductors, battery eliminators, car radios, microprocessors

• Brand Name Origin

  Combination of 'motor' (motorcar) and 'ola' (sound), meaning 'sound in motion'

• Number of Employees

  53000 (before split)

• Headquarters (Later)

  Schaumburg, Illinois, United States

• Headquarters (Initial)

  Chicago, Illinois, United States

Timeline

• Founded as Galvin Manufacturing Corporation in Chicago, Illinois, by Paul V. Galvin and Joseph Galvin. (Source: Wikidata, Web Search)

  1928-09-25

• Introduced its first product, the 'battery eliminator'. (Source: Web Search)

  1928

• Introduced the Motorola radio, one of the first commercially successful car radios, and began selling car radios to police departments. (Source: Web Search)

  1930

• Began producing a variety of one and two-way radios. (Source: Web Search)

  1937

• Sold stock to the public for the first time. (Source: Web Search)

  1943

• Changed its name to Motorola, Inc. (Source: Summary, Wikipedia, Web Search)

  1947

• Introduced the Golden View, the first television set for under $200. (Source: Web Search)

  1948

• Created its own television program. (Source: Web Search)

  1953

• Motorola equipment carried the first words from the moon. (Source: Web Search (Motorola Solutions timeline))

  1969

• Sold its Quasar television line to Matsushita Electrical Industrial Co., Ltd., ending most of its historic consumer business. (Source: Web Search)

  1974

• Released its first microprocessor for sale to computer makers. (Source: Web Search)

  1974

• Introduced its first handheld two-way data radio, the RDX 1000 model. (Source: Web Search)

  1978

• Sponsored the experimental Ahwatukee home in Arizona, showcasing Motorola technologies for information, security, entertainment, and environmental control. (Source: Web Search)

  1980

• Led the communications revolution with the first commercial handheld cellular phone (DynaTAC) and system. (Source: Web Search (Motorola Solutions timeline))

  1983

• Pioneered the 'flip phone' with the MicroTAC and the 'clam phone' with the StarTAC. (Source: Summary, Wikipedia, DBpedia)

  1990s (mid)

• Staged a resurgence in the mobile phone market with the RAZR. (Source: Summary, Wikipedia, DBpedia)

  2000s (mid)

• Experienced significant financial losses, totaling $4.3 billion. (Source: Summary, Wikipedia, DBpedia)

  2007-2009

• Released the Motorola Droid, focusing on smartphones using Google's Android mobile operating system. (Source: Summary, Wikipedia, DBpedia)

  2009

• Split into two independent public companies: Motorola Solutions (the legal successor) and Motorola Mobility (spun off). (Source: Summary, Wikipedia, DBpedia, Web Search)

  2011-01-04

• Google CEO Larry Page announced that Google had closed its deal to acquire Motorola Mobility. (Source: DBpedia)

  2012-05-22

• Google sold Motorola Home (the former General Instrument cable businesses, including set-top boxes and cable modems) to the Arris Group for US$2.35 billion. (Source: Summary, DBpedia)

  2012-12

• Google CEO Larry Page announced that Motorola Mobility would be acquired by Chinese technology company Lenovo. (Source: DBpedia)

  2014-01-29

• Lenovo finalized its purchase of Motorola Mobility from Google. (Source: Summary, DBpedia)

  2014-10-30

Motorola

Motorola, Inc. () was an American multinational telecommunications company based in Schaumburg, Illinois. It was founded by brothers Paul and Joseph Galvin in 1928 and had been named 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. Motorola's wireless telephone handset division was a pioneer in cellular telephones. Also known as the Personal Communication Sector (PCS) prior to 2004, it pioneered the "mobile phone" with the first truly mobile "brick phone" DynaTAC, "flip phone" with the MicroTAC as well as the "clam phone" with the StarTAC in the mid-1990s. It had staged a resurgence by the mid-2000s with the RAZR, but lost market share in the second half of that decade, as the company's one-hit wonders were not enough to reinstate Motorola as a leader. Later it focused on smartphones using Google's Android mobile operating system, the first released product being Motorola Droid in 2009. The handset division was later spun off into Motorola Mobility.

Web Search Results

• Motorola

  Motorola, Inc. (/ˌmoʊtəˈroʊlə/) was an American multinational telecommunications company based in Schaumburg, Illinois. It was founded by brothers Paul "Paul Galvin (businessman)") and Joseph Galvin in 1928 and had been named 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 [...] 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 [...] ## History [edit] Motorola was founded in Chicago, Illinois, as Galvin Manufacturing Corporation (at 847 West Harrison Street) in 1928.

• Motorola, Inc. | American Tech Giant & Innovator

  The company was founded in 1928 in Chicago by brothers Paul and Joseph Galvin as the Galvin Manufacturing Corporation. Its first product was the “battery eliminator,” a device that connected direct-current, battery-powered radios to the alternating current then found in almost two-thirds of U.S. households. In 1930 the company began selling a low-cost automobile radio, called the Motorola, that became the most popular new-car option, as well as a successful aftermarket kit. In 1937 the company [...] In 1943 the company sold stock to the public for the first time, and in 1947 it changed its name to Motorola, Inc., which was by then a well-known brand name. The next year Motorola extended its role in the U.S. consumer market by introducing the first television set for under $200, the Golden View. Its seven-inch round picture tube helped Motorola to secure 10 percent of the U.S. television market by 1954. In 1953 the company, like other television makers, created its own program, the Motorola [...] In 1974 the company sold its Quasar television line to Matsushita Electrical Industrial Co., Ltd., of Japan, ending most of its historic consumer business. That same year Motorola released its first microprocessor for sale to computer makers. Its most popular computer chips, the MC680x0 series, were used in all of the early Apple Macintosh computers and in workstation computers built by Sun Microsystems, Inc., and Silicon Graphics, Inc., throughout the 1980s and early ’90s. In 1993 the company

• A Timeline Overview of Motorola History

  Company On September 25, 1928, Paul V. Galvin and his brother, Joseph, incorporated Motorola’s founding company—the Galvin Manufacturing Corporation—in Chicago, Illinois, USA. 1928 Battery Eliminator Galvin Manufacturing Corporation's first product was a 1928 battery eliminator. This home electronics device allowed battery-powered radios to run on standard household electric current. The company’s first customer was Sears, Roebuck and Co., which sold battery eliminators to consumers. 1930s 1930 [...] First Motorola Brand Car Radio In 1930 Galvin Manufacturing Corporation introduced the Motorola radio, one of the first commercially successful car radios. Company founder Paul V. Galvin created the brand Motorola for the car radio—linking "motor" (for motorcar) with "ola" (which implied sound). Thus the Motorola brand meant sound in motion. 1930 First Motorola Public Safety Radio Sales Galvin Manufacturing Corporation began selling Motorola car radios to police departments and municipalities [...] a Motorola DynaTAC cellular system in the Washington, D.C.--Baltimore, Maryland, USA, metropolitan area. The system was operated by American Radio-Telephone Service, Inc. 1978 RDX 1000 Data Radio Motorola introduced its first handheld two-way data radio, the RDX 1000 model, in 1978. 1980s 1980 Ahwatukee Experimental Home Motorola was a sponsor of the experimental 1980 Ahwatukee home in Arizona, USA. Motorola technologies controlled information, security, entertainment, electrical, environmental

• Timeline - Motorola Solutions USA

  Since 1928, Motorola has been committed to innovation in communications and electronics. Our company has achieved many milestones in its 85-plus year history. We pioneered mobile communications in the 1930s with car radios and public safety networks. We made the equipment that carried the first words from the moon in 1969. In 1983 we led the communications revolution with the first commercial handheld cellular phone and system. Today, as a global industry leader, excellence in innovation [...] 1930: First Motorola Brand Car Radio In 1930 Galvin Manufacturing Corporation introduced the Motorola radio, one of the first commercially successful car radios. Company founder Paul V. Galvin created the brand name Motorola for the car radio -- linking "motor" (for motorcar) with "ola" (which implied sound). Thus the Motorola brand meant sound in motion. [...] 2011: Motorola, Inc. Separation On January 4, 2011, Motorola, Inc. separated into two independent, publicly-traded companies: Motorola Solutions, Inc. and Motorola Mobility, Inc. Motorola Solutions (NYSE:MSI) provided mission-critical communication products and services for enterprise and government customers. Motorola Mobility (NYSE:MMI) made mobile cellular devices and cable video management equipment.

• The Life and Death of Motorola

  Motorola Solutions remains its own company, but the Motorola we all knew and loved that created cutting-edge cell phones is now no more than a branch of Lenovo. Motorola has had a rich history, from its early days as a pioneering manufacturer of radios and televisions to its groundbreaking innovations in cellphone technology. However, the company faced challenges with the advent of smartphones, leading to a split into two separate entities. [...] And according to their website, the car radio was the inspiration behind Motorola’s name, with “motor” coming from motorcar and “ola” implying sound, making Motorola mean “sound in motion.” By the late 1930s, the company had started producing a variety of one and two-way radios, including radio receivers for police cars.

• Award

  National Medal of Technology and Innovation

• Image

  

• Country

  United States

• Founder

  Paul Galvin

• Employees

  53,000

• Instance Of

  Q161726

• Headquarters

  Schaumburg

• Inception Date

  9/25/1928

Motorola, Inc. (/ˌmoʊtəˈroʊlə/) was an American multinational telecommunications company based in Schaumburg, Illinois, United States. After having lost $4.3 billion from 2007 to 2009, the company split into two independent public companies, Motorola Mobility and Motorola Solutions on January 4, 2011. Motorola Solutions is the legal successor to Motorola, Inc., as the reorganization was structured with Motorola Mobility being spun off. Motorola Mobility was acquired by Lenovo in 2014. 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 high-definition television. 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. 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 December 2012 for US$2.35 billion. Motorola's wireless telephone handset division was a pioneer in cellular telephones. Also known as the Personal Communication Sector (PCS) prior to 2004, it pioneered the "mobile phone" with DynaTAC, "flip phone" with the MicroTAC as well as the "clam phone" with the StarTAC in the mid-1990s. It had staged a resurgence by the mid-2000s with the RAZR, but lost market share in the second half of that decade. Later it focused on smartphones using Google's open-source Android mobile operating system. The first phone to use the newest version of Google's open source OS, Android 2.0, was released on November 2, 2009, as the Motorola Droid (the GSM version launched a month later, in Europe, as the Motorola Milestone). The handset division (along with cable set-top boxes and cable modems) was later spun off into the independent Motorola Mobility. On May 22, 2012, Google CEO Larry Page announced that Google had closed on its deal to acquire Motorola Mobility. On January 29, 2014, Google CEO Larry Page announced that pending closure of the deal, Motorola Mobility would be acquired by Chinese technology company Lenovo for US$2.91 billion (subject to certain adjustments). On October 30, 2014, Lenovo finalized its purchase of Motorola Mobility from Google.