January 30, 2014
SAN FRANCISCO: Google is selling Motorola Mobility's Smartphone business to Lenovo group for $2.9 billion.
Google Inc. bought the patents and phone business for $12.4 billion in May 2012.
January 30, 2014
SAN FRANCISCO: Google is selling Motorola Mobility's Smartphone business to Lenovo group for $2.9 billion.
Google Inc. bought the patents and phone business for $12.4 billion in May 2012.
The deal announced on Wednesday will rid Google Inc. of a financial headache that has plagued the company since buying Motorola Mobility for $12.4 billion in 2012. Motorola has lost nearly $2 billion since Google took over in May 2012 while trimming its workforce from 20,000 to 3,800.
Google is retaining most of Motorola's portfolio of mobile patents, providing the company with legal protection for its widely used Android software for Smartphones and tablet computers. Gaining control of Motorola's patents was the main reason Google CEO Larry Page decided to make the most expensive acquisition in the Internet Company’s 15-year history.
China's Lenovo group is picking up about 2,000 Motorola patents in addition to the phone manufacturing operations.
Couresty: AP
