11 Facts About Motorola Solutions

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Motorola Solutions, Inc, is an American video equipment, telecommunications equipment, software, systems and services provider that succeeded Motorola, Inc, following the spinoff of the mobile phone division into Motorola Mobility in 2011.

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Motorola Solutions began trading as a separate independent company on January 4,2011, under the NYSE symbol MSI.

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In 2012 Motorola Solutions purchased Psion for $200million and added it to its Enterprise business.

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On October 27,2014, Motorola Solutions sold its Enterprise business to Zebra Technologies for $3.

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The complaints allege that Hytera is intentionally infringing on patents owned by Motorola Solutions and utilizing trade secrets stolen by three former Motorola Solutions employees who left to join Hytera.

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Motorola Solutions is seeking to stop Hytera from selling and importing its devices in these countries.

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In December 2017, two-way radio manufacturer Hytera filed antitrust litigation against Motorola Solutions in alleging that Motorola is engaging in anti-competitive practices that are unlawful under the Sherman Act and Clayton Act.

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Hytera's complaint alleges that Motorola Solutions prevents Hytera from competing in the US marketplace by enforcing inflated prices and engaging in a monopolistic scheme that includes forcing LMR dealers to drop Hytera's products.

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In March 2018, Motorola Solutions acquired Plant Holdings, Inc, which holds the Airbus DS Communications business, from Airbus Defense and Space, Inc, an indirect subsidiary of Airbus SE.

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10.

Motorola Solutions manufactures push to talk LTE devices under the LTE LEX line.

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On 5 July 2021, Norway's largest pension fund KLP said it would divest from Motorola Solutions, together with 15 other business entities implicated in the UN report for their links to Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank, saying it was "a very straightforward decision" given the use of the company's video security and software in border surveillance.

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