Google has at last completed the £7.9bn ($12.5bn) puchase of Motorola Mobility, after Google's Chinese and European regulators gave their approval to finalise the merger.




After a protracted row over patents, Motorola Mobility (the handset division of Motorola) has been purchased by Google to add more firepower to their Android innovation and further compete with Apple.

It also gives Google, the worlds’ biggest maker of smartphone software, a whopping 17,000 patents to protect Android devices in legal disputes with competitors.

On his blog, Google co-founder and CEO Larry Page confirmed the deal.

"Motorola is a great American tech company that has driven the mobile revolution, with a track record of over 80 years of innovation, including the creation of the first cell phone...and as a company who made a big, early bet on Android, Motorola has become an incredibly valuable partner to Google."

Google's choice as new CEO of Motorola, Dennis Woodside, said: “Motorola literally invented the entire mobile industry with the first-ever commercial cell phone in 1983. Thirty years later, mobile devices are at the centre of the computing revolution. Our aim is simple: to focus Motorola Mobility’s remarkable talent on fewer, bigger bets, and create wonderful devices that are used by people around the world.”