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Supercharging Android in focus: Google to acquire Motorola mobiility

August 15, 2011

15 August, 2011 In its biggest acquisition so far (if approved) search giant Google is buying phone company Motorola Mobility for $ 12.5 billion in cash. The deal will give boost to Google's operating system for mobile device Android. The deal takes Google straight into telecommunications hardware business. Google is paying $ 40 a share in cash for Motorola, which, Google’s CFO Patrick Pichette said in a conference call for analysts and reporters, is a 63% premium on the mobile...Read More