motorola
Motorola (NYSE: MOT) is an American international communications company based in Schaumburg, Illinois, a Chicago suburb.
Divisions
Networks & Enterprise (formed via a merger of Networks and Government and Enterprise Mobility Solutions (GEMS)Connected Home Solutions (CHS)Corporate (CORP)History
Motorola started as Galvin Manufacturing Corporation in 1928. The name Motorola was adopted in 1947, but the word had been used as a trademark since the 1930s. Founder Paul Galvin came up with the name Motorola when his company started manufacturing car radios. Motorola. A number of early companies making phonographs, radios, and other audio equipment in the early 20th century used the suffix "-ola", the most famous being Victrola; there was also a company that made jukeboxes called Rockola, and a film editing device called a Moviola.
Most of Motorola's products have been radio-related, starting with a battery eliminator for radios, through the first walkie-talkie in the world, defense electronics, cellular infrastructure equipment, and mobile phone manufacturing. The company was also strong in semiconductor technology, including integrated circuits used in computers. Motorola has been the main supplier for the microprocessors used in Commodore Amiga, Apple Macintosh and Power Macintosh personal computers. Né de la rencontre d’un téléphone 3G et d’un PDA, le Motorola A1000
arrive en France.