After losing out in the titanic $4.5 billion bid for Nortel Networks against Apple and the gang of five, Google has resurged with its latest acquisition of Motorola. The search giant lost out in obtaining 6,000 patents from the Nortel deal, but the $12.5 billion Motorola purchase will make up for the loss with over 17,000 patents packaged in the deal.
Google's $12.5 billion purchase of Motorola Mobility Holdings, widely considered a mobile phone also-run, took the technology world by surprise on Monday.
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In a significant development for the mobile technology industry, Google (NASDAQ:GOOG) has agreed to buy Motorola Mobility (NYSE:MMI) for $12.5 billion, or $40 a share, in cash to defend its Android ecosystem.
Google Inc.'s biggest deal ever, acquiring Motorola Mobility Holdings Inc for $12.5 billion, is an attempt to buy insurance against increasingly aggressive legal attacks from rivals such as Apple Inc.
The acquisition of one of the mobile telecommunications industry's most storied names is Google co-founder Larry Page's boldest move since taking over as CEO in April, launching the Internet giant into a lower-margin manufacturing business and pitting it against many of the 38 other handset companies that now use its Android software.
Making its biggest deal ever, Google is acquiring Motorola Mobility Holdings for a massive $12.5 billion, which analysts see as an attempt to fend off increasingly aggressive legal attacks from rivals like Apple.
Google's $12.5 billion acquisition of Motorola Mobility had wide-ranging impacts on Monday, notably on technology stocks. Motorola Mobility (NYSE:MMI), Nokia (NYSE:NOK), and Research in Motion (NYSE:RIMM) all saw big stock price jumps during Monday's trading.
After Motorola, could RIM, Sony or Nokia tempt a bidder?
Google's $12.5 billion acquisition of Motorola Mobility sent shock waves through the industry, while reviving a few slumping technology companies.
After being pushed into a corner by the Rockstar consortium which acquired a portfolio of 6,000 patents from Nortel Networks, Google has upped the ante in the smartphone arena by acquiring Motorola Mobility for $12 billion.
Google said the purchase of Motorola Mobility will bolster the popularity of its Android mobile operating system.
