Motorola, Inc was an American multinational telecommunications company based in Schaumburg, Illinois, United States.
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44 Facts About Motorola Inc
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Motorola Inc designed and sold wireless network equipment such as cellular transmission base stations and signal amplifiers.
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Motorola Inc's wireless telephone handset division was a pioneer in cellular telephones.
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Motorola Inc's team was successful, and Galvin was able to demonstrate a working model of the radio at the June 1930 Radio Manufacturers Association convention in Atlantic City, New Jersey.
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Motorola Inc brought home enough orders to keep the company in business.
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Many of Motorola Inc's products have been radio-related, starting with a battery eliminator for radios, through the first hand-held walkie-talkie in the world in 1940, defense electronics, cellular infrastructure equipment, and mobile phone manufacturing.
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Motorola Inc produced the hand-held AM SCR-536 radio during World War II, which was vital to Allied communication.
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Motorola Inc ranked 94th among United States corporations in the value of World War II military production contracts.
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Motorola Inc began making televisions in 1947, with the model VT-71 with 7-inch cathode ray tube.
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In 1955, years after Motorola Inc started its research and development laboratory in Phoenix, Arizona, to research new solid-state technology, Motorola Inc introduced the world's first commercial high-power germanium-based transistor.
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Motorola Inc created numerous products for use by the government, public safety officials, business installments, and the general public.
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In 1974, Motorola Inc introduced its first microprocessor, the 8-bit MC6800, used in automotive, computing and video game applications.
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That same year, Motorola Inc sold its television business to the Japan-based Matsushita – the parent company of Panasonic.
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Motorola Inc was strong in semiconductor technology, including integrated circuits used in computers.
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In 1986, Motorola Inc invented the Six Sigma quality improvement process.
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In 1994, Motorola Inc introduced the world's first commercial digital radio system that combined paging, data and cellular communications and voice dispatch in a single radio network and handset.
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In 1995, Motorola Inc introduced the world's first two-way pager which allowed users to receive text messages and e-mail and reply with a standard response.
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In 1996, Motorola Inc released the Motorola Inc StarMax, which was a Macintosh clone that was licensed by Apple and it came with System 7.
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In 1998, Motorola Inc was overtaken by Nokia as the world's biggest seller of mobile phone handsets.
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In 2002, Motorola Inc introduced the world's first wireless cable modem gateway which combined a high-speed cable modem router with an ethernet switch and wireless home gateway.
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In 2003, Motorola Inc introduced the world's first handset to combine a Linux operating system and Java technology with "full PDA functionality".
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In 2004, Motorola Inc divested its whole semiconductor business to form Freescale Semiconductor and left the AIM alliance.
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In June 2006, Motorola Inc acquired the software platform developed by the British company TTP Communications plc.
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In 2007, Motorola acquired Symbol Technologies to provide products and systems for enterprise mobility solutions, including rugged mobile computing, advanced data capture, and radio frequency identification .
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The other company, Motorola Inc Mobility, is based in Chicago, and is the mobile handset producer.
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Also that month, analyst Mark McKechnie from American Technology Research said that Motorola Inc "would be lucky to fetch $500million" for selling its handset business.
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In 1974, Motorola divested itself of its television and radio-manufacturing division, which included the Quasar brand of electronics.
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Motorola Inc developed the global communication network using a set of 77 satellites.
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Motorola Inc manufactured two satellite phone handsets for this network – the 9500 and 9505 as well as transceiver units.
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In July 2006, Motorola Inc completed the sale of its automotive business to Continental AG.
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In 2000, Motorola acquired Printrak International Inc for $160 million.
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In October 2008, Motorola Inc agreed to sell its Biometrics business to Safran, a French defense firm.
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Cambium Networks was created when Motorola Inc Solutions sold the Canopy and Orthogon businesses in 2011.
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Motorola Inc University is one of many places that provide Six Sigma training.
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Motorola Inc was found to be the main source of the TCE, an industrial solvent that is thought to cause cancer.
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Motorola Inc sponsored a cycling team that counted Lance Armstrong amongst its members.
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Motorola Inc was a sponsor of Danica Patrick, David Beckham, and Fergie.
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Motorola Inc awarded TrackIT Solutions for being "The company with most Innovative Enterprise Mobility Solution" in 2010.
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In Madden NFL 07 franchise mode, a Motorola Inc phone is used to communicate with coaches and agents.
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