Pomatrosil and quit: Google sells Motorola

On the market (sources Wall Street Journal) there was information that Google is preparing to sell the division of Motorola Mobility for the production of smartphones Chinese Huawei . According to experts, the sale of Motorola's business to a third-party company would be a logical step for Google after the completion of the acquisition of Motorola Mobility for the sake of patents.

Recall that Google announced the acquisition of Motorola Mobility for $ 12.5 billion in August 2011. Now the Internet giant is awaiting approval from antitrust authorities around the world to complete the transaction, and has already received permission from all major regulators, except China.

The main reason for buying Motorola Mobility for Google was the company's patents totaling about 17 thousand, which should allow Google to protect its Android mobile operating system and some other products from prosecution.

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Today, Motorola has a staff of more than 20 thousand employees working at 92 major production facilities in 97 countries around the world. At the same time, Motorola’s total losses over the past five years amount to $ 5.3 billion.

As Bernstein analyst Pierre Ferragu noted, the creation of mobile devices is a very difficult business due to strong competition in the market, as well as low profit margins for most players. “Compared to what Google is doing now, the business of creating smartphones represents a terrible economy. The only reason for buying Motorola was to strengthen the patent base. Now the logical step would be to sell everything else, ”he said.

In addition, according to the Wall Street Journal, now Google is already preparing to sell Motorola’s unit for the production of cable television sets.