IT圈年末大事： 聯想收購摩托羅拉移動

Google has signed an agreement to sell Motorola to Lenovo for $2.91 billion, the company announced after markets closed on Wednesday.

Google will keep the "vast majority" of around 17,000 patents it acquired when it bought Motorola in 2012 for $12.5 billion.

Lenovo has the expertise and track record to scale Motorola into a major player within the Android ecosystem. They have a lot of experience in hardware, and they have global reach. In addition, Lenovo intends to keep Motorola’s distinct brand identity—just as they did when they acquired ThinkPad from IBM in 2005. Google will retain the vast majority of Motorola’s patents, which we will continue to use to defend the entire Android ecosystem.

While Google is selling Motorola for much less than it paid for it, the deal isn't as bad as it seems at first. Google is still keeping a bunch of Motrola's patents, which it can license out to other companies. Google also sold off Motorola's cable box business (the home division) for $2.5 billion.

Meanwhile, it's worth noting that Samsung, which makes more Android phones than any other manufacturer, is getting more cozy with Google. The two companies now have a 10-year patent deal. There's also a new report from Recode that says Samsung has agreed to feature more Google services in its Android phones.

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今天，聯想集團在北京宣佈以29億美元收購摩托羅拉移動。通過此次收購，可以確定聯想進入美國市場的時間，未來將會保留moto品牌。該品牌在中國有着良好的聲譽，未來會重返中國市場。

有消息稱，摩托羅拉移動至少已經虧損10億美元。對於外界關心的盈利問題，楊元慶表示，聯想對於摩托羅拉扭虧爲盈有信心，聯想有收購IBM的經驗，當時，IBM的業務也是出於虧損狀態。目前摩托羅拉在生產成本方面有較大壓縮空間，未來可實現盈利。

據悉，收購完成之後，摩托羅拉移動的3500名員工，2000項專利，品牌和商標，和全球50多家運營商的合作關係都歸入聯想移動業務集團，由劉軍執掌。谷歌將保留絕大多數專利。聯想未收購的1.5萬個專利將作爲其與谷歌長期合作關係的一部分，以授權許可證的形式使用。谷歌CEO拉里·佩奇稱，“爲了保護整個Android生態系統，谷歌將繼續保留摩托羅拉移動的大部分專利。”由此看來，聯想的最大收穫或許並不是專利。