Motorola Solutions

Motorola Solutions, Inc. is an American data communications and telecommunications equipment provider that succeeded Motorola Inc., following the spinoff of the mobile phones division into Motorola Mobility in 2011. The company is headquartered in Schaumburg, Illinois, a suburb of Chicago.
Motorola Solutions is composed of the Government, Public Safety and 
Enterprise Mobility Solutions divisions of the former Motorola, Inc. 
Motorola Solutions also previously had a Networks division, which it 
sold to Nokia Siemens Networks in a transaction that was completed on April 29, 2011."Nokia Siemens Networks completes acquisition of certain wireless network infrastructure assets of Motorola Solutions". Nokiasiemensnetworks.com. Retrieved 2013-09-21. In the former Motorola parent company, it was the second largest division based on revenue.
== History ==
Motorola Solutions was the Enterprise Mobility Solutions and Public Safety division of Motorola Inc. which was founded in 1928. Motorola Solutions began trading as a separate independent company on January 4, 2011."2014 Form 10-K, Motorola Solutions, Inc.". United States Securities and Exchange Commission. It is the legal successor of the old Motorola; the transaction was 
structured so the old Motorola changed its name to Motorola Solutions 
and spun off Motorola Mobility as a separate company.
In April 2014, it was announced that Motorola Solutions' enterprise business is to be sold to Zebra Technologies.Roy, Abhirup (2014-04-15). "Zebra Tech to buy Motorola Solutions". Reuters. Retrieved 16 April 2014.
== Corporate structure ==
The company is structured into two divisions:
* The enterprise division comprises communications offered to government enterprise mobility business, where Motorola develops 
advanced data capture, wireless infrastructure, barcode scanning, two-way radios and business pagers, wireless broadband networks, and RFID solutions. The Enterprise business is run by Girish Rishi. 
* The government division produces public safety and government products. Motorola develops analog and digital two-way radio, voice and 
data communications products and systems, Wireless LAN security, and mobile computing, among others. The Public Safety business is run by Bob Schassler. 
== Legal controversies of the parent company ==
In 1999, Motorola was named as one of the defendants in a lawsuit arising out of alleged misrepresentations regarding the Iridium satellite communication business using third parties as conduits."Freeland v. Iridium World Communs., Ltd.". Files.shareholder.com. Retrieved 2013-09-21.
In January 2003, Motorola was sued by the shareholders for concealing
 a huge loan. Motorola agreed to pay $190 million to conciliate the 
lawsuit in 2007."Motorola conceals the huge borrowed money and is sued". My.opera.com. Retrieved 2013-09-21.
In August 2007, a class action lawsuit was announced against Motorola for artificially inflating the stock price through false and misleading statements."Motorola, Inc.: 2007 lawsuit". Securities.stanford.edu. Retrieved 2013-09-21. In 2012, a $200 million settlement was reached."Motorola Solutions to pay $200 million to settle shareholder suit". Articles.chicagotribune.com. Retrieved 2013-09-21.
In January 2010, Motorola was sued for intentionally misstating the earnings projections and sales demands for the RAZR2 during 2007 holiday shopping season. A settlement of $3.15 million was reached in June 2011."Motorola, Inc.: 2010 lawsuit". Securities.stanford.edu. Retrieved 2013-09-21.
== See also ==
* Symbol Technologies
* Astro (Motorola)
== References ==
== External links ==
* Motorola Solutions official website
* A short history timeline archived