The company completed the acquisition on February 19, 2016.īeginning in March 2017, Motorola Solutions filed a series of lawsuits against China-based two-way radio manufacturer Hytera in the United States, Germany, and Australia, as well as with the United States International Trade Commission (USITC). In December 2015, the company announced that it would acquire Airwave Solutions, the UK-based operator of the British public safety radio network servicing the police, fire, and ambulance services across England, Scotland, and Wales. In August 2015, the company received a $1 billion investment from the private equity firm Silver Lake Partners, enabling a stock buyback and providing Silver Lake with two board seats. As part of the sale, approximately 4,500 Motorola Solutions employees from locations throughout the world were transferred to Zebra. On October 27, 2014, Motorola Solutions sold its Enterprise business to Zebra Technologies for $3.45 billion in cash. A large majority of the Enterprise business was formerly Symbol Technologies, which Motorola, Inc. In 2012, Motorola Solutions purchased Psion for $200 million and added it to its Enterprise business. The same month, Chinese telecommunications company Huawei and Motorola Solutions settled their intellectual property disputes. As part of the transaction, approximately 6,900 employees were transferred to Nokia Siemens Networks. In April 2011, Motorola Solutions completed the sale of its cellular infrastructure business to Nokia Siemens Networks for $975 million in cash. Motorola Solutions began trading as a separate independent company on January 4, 2011, under the NYSE symbol MSI.
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