Motorola

Founded in 1928 Paul V. Galvin and his brother Joseph E. Galvin a small family business of electronics, called Galvin Manufacturing Corporation. They eventually formed the company Motorola. The corporate form of the Corporation is still existing. Today, Motorola is known around the world and a leader in the communications sector. The company is headquartered in the U.S. and is headed by Greg Brown. Motorola expanded around 1960 and settled outside the U.S.. Today is produced around the globe.

In Germany the company through the information: www.motorola.com. The company says about itself that it is his vision to simplify the lives of four fields, namely, at home, at work, in the automotive and individually for each person.
Products
Motorola brought in 1930 as the first company worldwide commercial radios for vehicles on the market. The company flourished, the offer was extended. The American space is closely associated with Motorola. The space probe Mariner II had 1962 on her flight to Venus a transponder on board from Motorola, the radio links to a distance of up to 54 million miles allowed. 1964 had similar devices are able to send pictures from Mars. Also for the Gemini and Apollo Space programs supplied Motorola transponder. Neil Armstrong, who spoke the first words from the moon to the earth could do so only because Motorola provided the necessary transponders. Even with integrated electronic solutions, Motorola plays an important role, as are the Embedded Solutions, the basis for many electronic products worldwide.
Mobile phones
In the field of mobile phones, Motorola is the second largest supplier worldwide. The DynaTAC 8000X in 1983 presented, which is the world's first commercial mobile telephone, was developed by Rudy Krolopp. 1989: Motorola introduces the MicroTAC, the smallest, lightest and world's first mobile phone with flap over the keypad.
1992: the first GSM-enabled phone, the International is 3200, also from Motorola.
1999: The dual-band mobile V3688, which weighs just 83 grams and the size of a matchbox, and the Timeport 7089, the first tri-band phone call, are also inventions of Motorola.
2000: Motorola is celebrating the first GPRS phone, the Timeport 260th
2002: the first mobile phone with rotating front cover and a round display, the V70, and the world's first UMTS phone, the A830 coming onto the market.
2004: the mobile phone market by the slimmest clamshell phone in the world, the RAZR V3 revolutionized.
Motorola stands for revolution.

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