

It pioneered the “mobile phone” with DynaTAC, “flip phone” with the MicroTAC as well as the “clam phone” with the StarTAC in the mid-1990s.


It was also known as the Personal Communication Sector (PCS) prior to 2004. Motorola’s wireless telephone handset division was a pioneer in cellular telephones. Motorola Mobility was sold to Google in 2012, and acquired by Lenovo in 2014. Motorola Solutions is generally considered to be the direct successor to Motorola, as the reorganization was structured with Motorola Mobility being spun off. The company runs as two independent public companies, Motorola Mobility and Motorola Solutions since January 4, 2011. Motorola, Inc.is an American multinational telecommunications company founded on September 25, 1928, based in Schaumburg, Illinois.
