Editing Motorola (section)

=== After 2000 ===
By 2000, Motorola had shown signs of recovery from a long sustained period of decline.<ref name=":5" />

In June 2000, Motorola and [[Cisco]] supplied the world's first commercial [[GPRS]] cellular network to [[BT Cellnet]] in the United Kingdom. Motorola also developed the world's first GPRS cell phone.

In August 2000, Motorola acquired Printrak International Inc.<ref>{{cite web |title=Printrak, A Motorola Company |url=http://www.answers.com/topic/printrak-a-motorola-company |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120117192109/http://www.answers.com/topic/printrak-a-motorola-company |archive-date=January 17, 2012 |access-date=September 26, 2011 |website=answers.com}}</ref> for $160 million.<ref>{{cite news |date=August 30, 2000 |title=Motorola to Buy Printrak for $160 Million |newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]] |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2000-aug-30-fi-12619-story.html |url-status=live |access-date=September 26, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200102142311/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2000-aug-30-fi-12619-story.html |archive-date=January 2, 2020}}</ref> In doing so, Motorola not only acquired [[computer aided dispatch]] and related software, but also acquired [[Automated fingerprint identification]] system software.<ref>{{cite web |date=April 27, 1995 |title=Law enforcement enlists fingerprint technology to fight crime Contract awards latest in string of wins for Printrak International |url=http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0EIN/is_1995_April_27/ai_16868474/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111117111251/http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0EIN/is_1995_April_27/ai_16868474/ |archive-date=November 17, 2011 |access-date=September 26, 2011 |website=findarticles.com}}</ref> With recent acquisitions from that year, Motorola reached its peak employment of 150,000 employees worldwide.<ref>{{cite web|title=Motorola layoffs|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/2002/06/28/motorola-says-7000-more-jobs-to-be-cut/|publisher=Chicago Tribune|date=June 28, 2002|access-date=January 9, 2015|archive-date=January 9, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150109234520/http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2002-06-28/business/0206280288_1_motorola-ceo-christopher-galvin-brian-modoff|url-status=live}}</ref>  Two years later, employment would be at 93,000 due to layoffs and spinoffs.

In June 2005, Motorola overtook the intellectual property of [[Sendo]] for $30,000 and paid £362,575 for the plant, machinery and equipment.<ref>{{cite web|title=How Britain lost Sendo|first=Ben|last=King|date=September 28, 2005|url=http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/09/28/how_britain_lost_sendo/|publisher=The Register|accessdate=January 16, 2011|archive-date=October 4, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121004004201/http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/09/28/how_britain_lost_sendo/|url-status=live}}</ref>

In June 2006, Motorola acquired the software platform ([[AJAR (applications software platform)|AJAR]]) developed by the British company TTP Communications plc.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.motorola.com/mediacenter/news/detail.jsp?globalObjectId=6811_6766_23 |title=Motorola acquires TTPCom AJAR Software Platform |publisher=Motorola Inc. |accessdate=July 12, 2011 |archive-date=April 16, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070416012236/http://www.motorola.com/mediacenter/news/detail.jsp?globalObjectId=6811_6766_23 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Later in 2006, the firm announced a music subscription service named ''iRadio''. The technology came after a break in a partnership with [[Apple Computer]] (which in 2005 had produced an [[iTunes]] compatible cell phone [[ROKR E1]], and most recently, mid-2007, its own [[iPhone]]). iRadio was to have many similarities with existing satellite radio services (such as [[Sirius Satellite Radio|Sirius]] and [[XM Radio]]) by offering live streams of commercial-free music content. Unlike satellite services, however, iRadio content would be downloaded via a broadband internet connection. However, iRadio was never commercially released.<ref>{{cite web
| url = http://broadband.motorola.com/iRadio/
| title = iRadio
| publisher = Motorola Inc.
| accessdate = February 3, 2008
| archive-date = January 19, 2008
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080119054016/http://broadband.motorola.com/iradio/
| url-status = dead
}}</ref>

[[Greg Brown (businessman)|Greg Brown]] became Motorola's chief executive officer in 2008.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Pletz |first=John |date=November 27, 2010 |title=Greg Brown's Motorola |url=https://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20101127/ISSUE01/311279983/greg-brown-s-motorola |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231004004023/https://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20101127/ISSUE01/311279983/greg-brown-s-motorola |archive-date=October 4, 2023 |access-date=November 16, 2023 |website=Crain's Chicago Business}}</ref> In October 2008, Motorola agreed to sell its Biometrics business to [[Safran]], a French defense firm. Motorola's biometric business unit was headquartered in Anaheim, California. The deal closed in April 2009.<ref>{{cite web |date=April 7, 2009 |title=Safran Completes Acquisition of Motorola's Biometrics Business |url=http://mediacenter.motorolasolutions.com/Press-Releases/Safran-Completes-Acquisition-of-Motorola-s-Biometrics-Business-2b62.aspx |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111115040622/http://mediacenter.motorolasolutions.com/Press-Releases/Safran-Completes-Acquisition-of-Motorola-s-Biometrics-Business-2b62.aspx |archive-date=November 15, 2011 |access-date=September 26, 2011 |website=Motorola Solutions}}</ref> The unit became part of Sagem [[Morpho (Safran)|Morpho]], which was renamed [[Safran#Other subsidiaries 3|MorphoTrak]].