1969, Apollo 1 1 used Motorola radio to send the first sentence from the moon.
1984, the world's first commercial mobile phone Dynatac was born.
From 65438 to 0986, Motorola started the Six Sigma quality improvement process.
199 1 year, Motorola demonstrated the world's first digital cellular system and telephone prototype using GSM standard in Hanover, Germany.
1995, Motorola launched the world's first two-way pager tango.
1996, Motorola introduced the flip phone "StarTAC", which was the lightest and smallest mobile phone in the world at that time, weighing only 88 grams.
1999, Motorola launched the "iDEN i 1000plus" mobile phone.
1999, the world's first touch-screen mobile phone A6 188 was released.
In 2000, the world's first GPRS mobile phone.
In 2000, the world's first mobile phone Timeport P 108 supported JAVA.
In 2002, the world's first 360-degree rotating flip color screen mobile phone V70 was released.
In 2003, Motorola A760, the world's first mobile phone based on linux kernel, was released.
In 2004, the world's first 13.9mm ultra-thin flip phone V3 was released.
In 2006, the world's first transparent flip A 1200
In 2007, E8 was released, which is the world's first music mobile phone with a magic touch keyboard.
In 2007, the world's first 1 1.9 mm ultra-thin flip phone V9 was released.
In 2007, Motorola Q8, the world's first windows mobile phone.
In 2007, the world's first banana slide UIQ mobile phone Z8.
In 2008, the world's first mobile phone ZN5 using Kodak camera technology.
In 2009, Motorola ·CLIQ launched the world's first MOTOBLUR mobile phone.
20 10, Motorola backflip, the world's first backflip design release.
In 20 10, MileStone, the world's first mobile phone with Android2.0 operating system, was released.
In 20 10, Motorola i 1, the world's first Android three-proof mobile phone, was released in America.
20 10, the milestone of Motorola's first 8-megapixel mobile phone XT720 (abroad), xt70 1/7 1 1 (Bank of China).
20 10 the world's first W/G/C three-network mobile motorcycle DROID2 WE.
20 1 1, Motorola adopted Atrix 4G, the first dual-core mobile phone of NVIDIA TEGRA 2.
20 1 1, Motorola XT882, the world's first dual-network dual-core smartphone.
20 1 1, on the evening of August 15, Beijing time, Google announced today that it has signed a final agreement with Motorola Mobility, and will acquire the latter in cash of 40 USD per share, with a total price of about 125 billion USD.
Motorola University
Established in 1993, China District of Motorola University is committed to building a world-class workforce for the company. Motorola University has established cooperative relations with many advanced universities in China. 203 teachers certified by Motorola University can explain 130 courses in Chinese. Some teachers in China area of Motorola University are also held by middle and senior managers of the company. The important courses of Motorola University are as follows:
1. Six Sigma Training and Consulting
2. Guidance and senior management training
3. Marketing and sales management training
4. Supply chain training
5. Employee interpersonal skills training
6. Distance education
Public welfare movement
From 1994 to now, Motorola has donated 40 million yuan during 13. By the end of 2007, there will be 100 hope primary schools, which will help about 15000 dropouts to return to school.
Motorola Volunteers Association was established in early 2005, and its employees have volunteered for about 20,000 hours, including publicizing environmental protection knowledge, training teachers and students of Project Hope, cooperating with youth achievement organizations, and explaining business courses in universities, primary schools and so on.
In the first "Motorola Global Public Welfare Day" on June 65438+1October 65438+August 2006, nearly 10,000 Motorola employees participated in community service in 75 cities in 40 countries around the world.
In June 5438+February, 2005, Motorola, China Mobile Communications and Nokia launched the "Green Box Environmental Protection Plan-Recycling Combination of Abandoned Mobile Phones and Accessories" in Beijing. By the end of 2006, Motorola has set up "green boxes" dedicated to recycling discarded mobile phones and accessories in Motorola's Beijing headquarters, local branches, Tianjin factories, Hangzhou factories and more than 290 authorized service centers all over the country.
Motorola (China) Electronics Co., Ltd. attaches great importance to environmental protection in every link of production, strictly abides by national laws and regulations on environmental protection, and has won many praises from the China government. Motorola invests a lot of money to introduce advanced environmental protection equipment every year, and invests a lot of operating capital and manpower to ensure the normal operation of environmental protection equipment.
Since 1994, Motorola (China) Electronics Co., Ltd. has won many environmental protection awards from Tianjin Development Zone Management Committee and Tianjin Environmental Protection Bureau for many years: in 2004, Motorola was awarded the title of "Tianjin Environmental Protection Teaching Demonstration Base" by Tianjin Environmental Protection Bureau; In 2005, Motorola was awarded the title of "Tianjin Environmental Friendly Enterprise" by Tianjin Environmental Protection Bureau. In 2006, Motorola was awarded the title of "Advanced Enterprise in Environmental Protection" by Tianjin Development Zone Management Committee.
In addition, Motorola volunteers also actively enter the community every year to publicize environmental protection knowledge and raise the environmental awareness of the whole society. On June 5438+ 10, 2005, Motorola China Company and its employees donated RMB10.8 million to the tsunami-stricken areas in Southeast Asia.
In May 2003, Motorola actively supported China in its fight against SARS, and donated anti-SARS equipment, cash and materials with a total value of more than 65,438 yuan to the government of China.
1998, Motorola actively participated in flood fighting and disaster relief in the Yangtze River Basin and Northeast China, donated materials with a total value of 30 million yuan to the disaster-stricken areas, and successively established 1 1 Motorola flood fighting wish primary schools in Hubei, Hunan, Jiangxi and Kyrgyzstan.
Motorola has donated RMB1100000 to Peking University, Tsinghua University and other 12 universities, and established scholarships and grants.
In 2003, Motorola started a long-term internship program in China-Motorcycle Camp, which provided college students with internship opportunities at Motorola. Excellent college students in domestic universities can gain personal experience in multinational enterprises through six months to one year after graduation. Up to now, more than 1000 students have participated in the project, and nearly 500 of them have become regular employees of Motorola after graduation.
In addition, Motorola also actively cooperated with the International Youth Achievement Organization, entered the university campus, shared its career development experience with college students, and sponsored them to improve their job hunting ability.
Motorola takes diversified corporate culture as its core. Motorola China Beauty Chamber of Commerce was established in May 2005, which is one of the main projects for Motorola to build a diversified corporate culture and attach importance to employee development. The Beauty Chamber aims to promote a corporate culture in which women, whether as employees, consumers or partners, will become a unique force and contribute to Motorola's success in the world. The Beauty Chamber of Commerce has launched a career development project, focusing on the development of professional women and providing a broader development space for female employees; Personal development projects advocate the balance between work and career, so that female employees can have a healthy and happy life, including parent clubs and reading clubs; Public welfare sports projects, organize women to participate in various community sports and contribute their love; Women's guidance forum, establish women's network and build a broad platform to promote women's guidance.
On June, 2006 165438+ 10/0, the 2006 annual meeting and women's guidance forum of Motorola Asia-Pacific Beauty Chamber of Commerce was held in Beijing. Motorola Beauty Chamber of Commerce specially invited a number of well-known female directors to attend the women's guidance forum, and gave wonderful speeches on topics such as "innovative guidance in emerging industries", "playing a guiding role in a multicultural environment" and "women's guidance in community service". More than 400 Motorola employees attended the meeting.
February 4th, 2008-Today, Motorola announced that it will donate 6.5438+0.5 million RMB worth of cash and communication equipment and services to the disaster-stricken areas in the south to support the people in the disaster-stricken areas and emergency communication command and network communication. Donations include: donating RMB 500,000 to China Red Cross Society; Donate emergency command and communication equipment and related services worth 1 10,000 yuan to the relevant areas in the south.
On May 12, 2008, in the Wenchuan earthquake in Sichuan, China, Motorola donated RMB 2 million worth of cash and communication equipment and services to the disaster area.
On May 2, 2008, Motorola Beijing (NYSE: MOT) donated money to Sichuan earthquake-stricken areas again, and donated cash, mobile communication infrastructure, mobile phones and two-way walkie-talkies worth150,000 yuan to Sichuan earthquake-stricken areas, and provided relevant on-site technical services to support earthquake relief and post-disaster reconstruction in the disaster areas.
Split preparation
Motorola's plan to split Motorola into two independent listed companies. One of them will focus on mobile communication terminal business, and the other will focus on broadband and mobile communication solution business.
Split case
On October 4th, 2065438+0165438/KLOC-0, Motorola was officially split into two departments, namely Motorola Mobility and Motorola Solutions. The former department mainly deals with smart phones and set-top boxes, while the latter department mainly deals with public security radio stations and handheld scanners. According to the current market price, the market value of Motorola Mobility is about $9 billion, and the market value of Motorola's solution plan is about $654.38+028 billion.
By then, Motorola will be split into two independent companies. Motorola Mobility and Motorola Solutions will be led by Sanjay Jha, focusing on mobile devices such as Android phones, tablets and set-top boxes. Motorola Solutions will be led by greg brown, focusing on wireless technology, government and enterprise services. Greg brown predicted that the Motorola solution will usher in a new growth period after the spin-off. The revenue of 20 1 1 is expected to increase by 4-5%, and the long-term growth goal is 5-8%.
Google buys Motorola Mobility.
On the evening of August 20th11Beijing time, Google announced that it would acquire Motorola Mobility at a price of 40 USD per share, totaling about 125 billion USD.
According to foreign media reports, Google will regard Motorola Mobility as an independent business operation in the future. The boards of directors of both parties have unanimously approved the transaction, and it is expected that the transaction will be completed by the end of 20 1 1 or the beginning of 20 12.
Larry Page, CEO of Google, said that Motorola Mobility will fully focus on the Android system. According to the analysis, the acquisition of Motorola Mobility will help Google further strengthen the Android ecosystem, thus enhancing its market competitiveness.
On the evening of May 5, 20 1, 2065438, Beijing time, Google announced on Monday that as the Ministry of Commerce of China has approved Google to acquire Motorola Mobility for 125 billion, the transaction is expected to be completed this Wednesday.
Google 2011April 15 announced the acquisition of Motorola Mobility Company with a cash of $40 per share, with a total transaction amount of $12.5 billion. Last Saturday, China's Ministry of Commerce approved the deal. In February 2065438, the transaction was approved by the relevant departments of the United States and the European Union.
In response, Google said in an 8k document submitted to the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on Monday: "As the transaction has been approved by all relevant institutions, we expect the transaction to be completed within 2 working days."
Motorola is in China
Motorola is committed to continuous skill development and innovation, and has always been a global leader in R&D. Motorola has invested 654.38 billion US dollars in R&D in China, and established R&D centers and laboratories in seven cities including Beijing, Tianjin, Shanghai, Nanjing, Chengdu, Changzhou and Hangzhou.
Motorola China Research Institute has become one of Motorola's global R&D bases and the largest R&D institution established by multinational companies in China.
Motorola's important R&D directions in China include: software development, mobile phone research and development, mobile phone accessories research and development, wireless network product research and development, the latest mobile communication skills, human-computer interaction skills, and advanced data discussion. Including A 1200 (Ming), A780, E680, A768, A760, as well as the latest A 1800, A 1600, A8 10 and other popular mobile phones, have been successfully designed and developed by China R&D center.
In June 2004, Motorola (China) Technology Co., Ltd. was established, which integrated the R&D business of Motorola China in Beijing.
In 2005, Motorola China achieved two milestones in research and development. First, the three software centers of Motorola Global Software Group in China have passed China-level certification; Second, Motorola Shanghai Lab won the "Asian Innovation Gold Award" for its fingerprint identification technology.
In 2006, Hangzhou R&D Center was established, with about 400 engineers, mainly developing the hardware and software of network system. In June, 2006, 1 1 set up a wireless broadband seminar center in Beijing, which will be devoted to the discussion on the application of communication skills in the future.
In February, 2008, Hangzhou Motorola Technology Co., Ltd. was established, and will better explore the digital cable TV market in China with more advanced technology and solutions to meet the needs of customers in China.
On June 5438+ 10, 2008, Tianjin Branch of Motorola (China) Research Institute was established, which is the first research institution of Motorola in China to integrate regional resources. The organization has four R&D centers. Motorola Tianjin Lab, 3G mobile phone skill research and development center, global new product prototype research and development center, and global test skill research and development center. Continue to build Tianjin production base into an important all-round R&D and Motorola transformation base in the world.
20 13 In June, Meng Pu, president of Motorola Mobility Greater China, resigned, and the layoffs of Motorola came to an end. China will continue to be an important market for Motorola Mobility, and the company will continue to operate normally.
Lenovo acquired Motorola Mobility for $2.9 billion.
Lenovo announced in the United States on 20 14129 October that it would acquire Motorola's smartphone business from Google for $2.9 billion. This is another major acquisition by Lenovo since it acquired IBM's personal computer business in 2005.
The merger also needs to be approved by the regulatory authorities. If the acquisition is completed, Lenovo will include Motorola's well-known brands, including MOTO X and MOTO G, which are popular in the US market. In addition, Lenovo will take over the product planning of Motorola Mobility. However, as the former owner of Motorola, Google will continue to hold most of Motorola Mobile's patent portfolio, including existing patent applications and invention disclosures. Lenovo will be licensed for related patent portfolios and other intellectual property rights.
Yang, Chairman and CEO of Lenovo Group, said: "As the most representative brand in the industry, M&A, with its innovative product portfolio and global elite team, will help us seize the opportunity of rapid growth in the mobile field and accelerate our growth into a global mobile device manufacturer."
Larry Page, CEO of Google, said: "For all Android users, this is an important change: with the conclusion of this agreement, Google will focus on the optimization and innovation of the Android ecosystem, while Lenovo Group has professional and rich experience, which will help Motorola Mobile provide innovative products to a wider range of users."
Lenovo's smartphone business is growing rapidly. According to IDC, Lenovo is the fourth largest smartphone manufacturer in the world. Motorola is the third largest Android smartphone manufacturer in the United States and the third largest smartphone manufacturer in Latin America. Analysts believe that through the acquisition of Motorola, Lenovo's market position in the field of smart phones will be greatly enhanced, and it can take this opportunity to enter the North American and Latin American markets.
20 14,101On the evening of October 30th, Lenovo Group officially announced the completion of the acquisition of Motorola Mobility. Although according to Lenovo's plan, Motorola Mobility will operate as an independent subsidiary and independently develop and design products, it is very important to return to China for market expansion.
Lenovo Group has set up a special sales team to be responsible for the sales of Motorola brand products in China market. In the future, products including Moto X, Moto G and Moto 360 smart watches will be sold in China market.
Motorola Mobile Headquarters laid off a quarter of its employees.
Motorola Mobility said on Thursday that it will lay off 500 people at its Chicago headquarters, accounting for about a quarter of the total number of employees.
William Moss, a spokesman for Motorola Motor Company, said that the layoffs officially started on Thursday and will last for several weeks. Moss said that Motorola Mobility will simplify all levels to cut company expenses. He said that Chicago will still be the location of Motorola's mobile headquarters in the future, and it will also be "the center of global R&D and design"
The layoffs of Motorola Mobility are part of the large-scale restructuring of Lenovo Group, the parent company of Motorola Mobility. The financial report released by Lenovo Group this week shows that the company's revenue in the first fiscal quarter was $654.38+007 billion, a year-on-year increase of 3%; Pre-tax profit decreased by 80% year-on-year to $52 million; Net profit decreased by 565,438+0% year-on-year to US$ 6,543,800+0.5 million. Lenovo's PC sales in the first fiscal quarter were 6.5438+0.35 million units, down 7. 1% year-on-year. The shipment of smartphones was 6.5438+0.62 million units, up 2.3% year-on-year, but its share in the global smartphone market decreased by 0.5 percentage points to 4.7%. Among them, Motorola Mobility contributed 5.9 million units to the total sales of Lenovo smartphones, down 365,438+0% year-on-year.
In order to make the overall business return to the growth track, Lenovo Group will lay off about 3,200 non-manufacturing employees worldwide, accounting for about 10% of the company's non-manufacturing employees and about 5% of the global 60,000 employees. For this company reorganization, Lenovo Group said that the company will rely more on Motorola Mobility to "design, develop and manufacture smart phone products" in the future.