Editing Motorola (section)

=== Split of Motorola ===
On March 26, 2008, Motorola's board of directors approved a split into two different publicly traded companies.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Holson |first=Laura M. |date=March 26, 2008 |title=Motorola Moves to Split Itself Into Two |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/26/technology/26cnd-motorola.html |url-status=live |access-date=June 6, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220606165151/https://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/26/technology/26cnd-motorola.html |archive-date=June 6, 2022 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> This came after talk of selling the company to another corporation.<ref>{{Cite news |date=February 1, 2008 |title=Motorola considers sale of cellphone unit |language=en-CA |work=The Toronto Star |url=https://www.thestar.com/business/2008/02/01/motorola_considers_sale_of_cellphone_unit.html |url-status=live |access-date=June 6, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220606163844/https://www.thestar.com/business/2008/02/01/motorola_considers_sale_of_cellphone_unit.html |archive-date=June 6, 2022 |issn=0319-0781}}</ref> These new companies would comprise the business units of Motorola Mobile Devices and Motorola Broadband & Mobility Solutions. Originally it was expected that this action would be approved by regulatory bodies and complete by mid-2009, but the split was delayed due to company restructuring problems and the 2008–2009 extreme economic downturn.<ref>{{cite web |last=Reardon |first=Marguerite |date=October 30, 2008 |title=As losses return, Motorola delays its split |url=https://www.cnet.com/tech/mobile/as-losses-return-motorola-delays-its-split/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210719221022/https://www.cnet.com/tech/mobile/as-losses-return-motorola-delays-its-split/ |archive-date=July 19, 2021 |access-date=July 19, 2021 |website=[[CNET]]}}</ref>

On February 11, 2010, Motorola announced it would separate into two independent, publicly traded companies.<ref>{{cite press release |url=http://mediacenter.motorola.com/content/detail.aspx?ReleaseID=12429&NewsAreaID=2 |title=Motorola Targets First Quarter 2011 to Separate into Two Independent, Publicly Traded Companies |publisher=Motorola |date=February 11, 2010 |accessdate=July 12, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110714121644/http://mediacenter.motorola.com/content/detail.aspx?ReleaseID=12429&NewsAreaID=2 |archive-date=July 14, 2011}}</ref> The cell phone and cable television equipment businesses would spin off to form [[Motorola Mobility]], while the remainder of Motorola, Inc., which comprised the government and enterprise equipment businesses, would become [[Motorola Solutions]]. The split was closed on January 4, 2011.<ref name =":4" /> Motorola Mobility was eventually acquired by Google on May 22, 2012.<ref name=":1">{{cite web |date=May 22, 2012 |title=We've acquired Motorola Mobility |url=http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2012/05/weve-acquired-motorola-mobility.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120522150027/http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2012/05/weve-acquired-motorola-mobility.html |archive-date=May 22, 2012 |accessdate=May 22, 2012 |publisher=Google Official Blog}}</ref> Google later sold Motorola Mobility's cable equipment business to [[Arris International|Arris Group]] in December 2012,<ref name=":0">{{cite web |last=Gelles |first=Claire Cain Miller and David |date=January 29, 2014 |title=After Big Bet, Google Is to Sell Motorola Unit |url=http://dealbook.nytimes.com/2014/01/29/google-seen-selling-it-mobility-unit-to-lenovo-for-about-3-billion/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160917005543/http://dealbook.nytimes.com/2014/01/29/google-seen-selling-it-mobility-unit-to-lenovo-for-about-3-billion/ |archive-date=September 17, 2016 |access-date=June 26, 2016 |publisher=}}</ref> and Motorola Mobility itself to [[Lenovo]] on October 30, 2014.<ref name="Hello Moto">{{cite web |title=Hello Moto |url=http://www.lenovo.com/transactions/motorola/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141101075732/http://www.lenovo.com/transactions/motorola/ |archive-date=November 1, 2014 |url-status=dead |access-date=October 30, 2014 |publisher=Lenovo}}</ref>