Motorola Solutions

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Motorola Solutions, Inc.
Type Public
Traded as NYSEMSI
S&P 500 Component
Industry Telecommunications equipment
Predecessor(s) Motorola, Inc.
Founded January 4, 2011
Headquarters Schaumburg, Illinois, U.S.
Key people Greg Brown (Chairman and CEO)
Products Computer systems
Two-way radios
Revenue Increase US$ 8.20 billion (2011)[1]
Operating income Increase US$ 747 million (2011)[1]
Net income Increase US$ 1.15 billion (2011)[1]
Total assets Decrease US$ 13.92 billion (2011)[1]
Total equity Increase US$ 5.27 billion (2011)[1]
Employees 23,000 (2011)[1]
Website www.motorolasolutions.com

Motorola Solutions, Inc. is an American data communications and telecommunications equipment provider that succeeded Motorola Inc. following the spin-off of the mobile phones division into Motorola Mobility in 2011. The company is headquartered in Schaumburg, Illinois, a Chicago suburb.

Motorola Solutions is composed of the Government, Public Safety and Enterprise Mobility Solutions divisions of the former Motorola, Inc. Motorola Solutions also previously had a Networks division, which it sold to Nokia Siemens Networks in a transaction that was completed on April 29, 2011.[2] It was the second largest division (based on revenue) in the former Motorola.

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History [edit]

Motorola Solutions was the Enterprise Mobility Solutions and Public Safety division of Motorola Inc. which was founded in 1928. Motorola Solutions began trading as a separate independent company on January 4, 2011.[1]

Corporate structure [edit]

The company is structured into two divisions:

  • Enterprise: Comprises communications offered to government enterprise mobility business. Motorola develops advanced data capture, wireless infrastructure, bar code scanning, two-way radios and business pagers, wireless broadband networks and RFID solutions to customers worldwide.
  • Government: Produces public safety and government products. Motorola develops analog and digital two-way radio, voice and data communications products and systems, Wireless LAN Securities and mobile computing, among others.

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