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Motorola was split in two companies the past 4th of January.

Motorola Mobility (MMI) and Motorola Solutions (MSI). The cellular infrastructure, part of MSI, was sold to Nokia/Siemes Networks.

Motorola Solutions in mainly the Enterprise Mobility Business (Mobile Rugged Devices), WiFi systems, Tetra networks and a lot of other Government stuffs.

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Thanks for the clarification. While MSI is considered the successor of the original Motorola, you are absolutely correct. I didn't realize that the cell infrastructure division(s) got sold (used to work on CDMA base-stations a decade a go). Makes me a bit sad. Do you know if they kept the employees?

My dad works for MSI - he kept his job, and a few people he knows at the mobile one kept theirs. I know layoffs are fairly common, although it's possible that is true for most other large companies.

They keep them till last week. The last news I read was about 1500 layoffs:

http://www.fiercewireless.com/europe/story/nokia-siemens-cut...

Which Moto acquired the YC company 280 North?

Motorola Solutions:

http://www.alacrastore.com/storecontent/Thomson_M&A/Moto...

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