In 2011 Motorola split into two independent publicly traded companies, Motorola Mobility, which made mobile phones and related devices, and Motorola Solutions, which made communications equipment for government, public safety and enterprise customers. Motorola Mobility was acquired by Google the following year and was later sold on to Lenovo in 2014, while Motorola Solutions continued as an independent company.
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On January 4, 2011, Motorola, Inc. was split into two publicly traded companies; Motorola Solutions took on the company's enterprise-oriented business units, while the remaining mostly consumer divisions were taken on by Motorola Mobility.
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