Mobility
Motorola finally officially become the property of Google. The acquisition
valued at USD 12.5 billion was complete after obtaining approval from the
relevant regulators in the United States, Europe and China.
Motorola
CEO Sanjay Jha stepped down from his position. Dennis Woodside who currently
serves as Senior Vice President of Google will replace Sanjay position. Dennis
joined Google in 2003.
Quoted
by Computerworld, Wednesday (5/23/2012), Dennis hopes Motorola will continue to
be able to create a good tool to use people around the world.
Google
also raised several new executives at Motorola. As Mark Randal, a former vice
president of Amazon and Nokia as well as Vanessa Wittmanm former officials at
Visa.
"Motorola
is the major technology company in the United States that triggered the mobile
revolution with a 80-year track record of innovation, including creating the
first mobile phone," said Google CEO Larry Page announced the completion
of the acquisition time.
Google
announced its intent to acquire Motorola's Mobility in August last year. This
acquisition will strengthen Google's patent portfolio for Motorola Mobility has
approximately 17 thousand mobile patents.
