Google buys Motorola Mobility for 12.5 billion dollars

Google for 12.5 billion dollars buys Motorola Mobility, which eight months ago broke away from Motorola Inc., Sharing the company of two of the company's Mobility for mobile devices, Motorola Solutions, the telecommunications company. With this acquisition, the largest to date of Google, the Internet giant will receive a portfolio with numerous patents for mobile technology that will protect Android. Motorola has about 17,000 patents granted and another 7,000 are awaiting approval. "Our acquisition of Motorola will increase competitiveness by strengthening the patent portfolio of Google, which will allow you to protect Android On the anti-competitive threats from Microsoft, Apple and other companies." Says director and founder of Google, Larry Page in blog post .

Google has recently expressed his dissatisfaction that competitors use "invented" patents to harm the Android and intimidate manufacturers who use the platform by charging fees. For example, Microsoft and Apple are suing Motorola, HTC and Samsung for patent infringement in the use of Android. Now with this acquisition, Google gets a patent portfolio which they can fight back, or to sue Apple. What is interesting in the whole situation is that the week is the word that Motorola is possible to turn to other manufacturers and Android to charge a fee for HTC and Samsung patents violates Android.

Google will run as specially Motorola Mobility business has announced that Android platform will remain open. Besides patents, Google with Motorola will ensure that not only controls the software experience with Android, but the hardware aspect, as does Apple with its iPhone. Unlike Google and Microsoft, which created a mobile platform available for use by numerous manufacturers of smart phones, Apple have put together their own operating system you mobile device which offers an optimized user experience. Following the model of Apple, Microsoft recently entered into cooperation with Nokia, and now Google will be able to do the same with Motorola. In Mr. Lent. Paige praised the loyalty to Motorola Android, saying it was one of the reasons he chose to buy. Namely, Motorola e first manufacturer to decide to use their Android smart phones. "In 2008, Motorola gives are wholesale and used as the only Android platform for all their smart devices. It was a good bet and we are thrilled that the success achieved so far. "

If approved by U.S. regulators, is expected to purchase finalized in the first months of 2012.