雙語新聞：谷歌CEO發(fā)表收購摩托羅拉
谷歌收購摩托羅拉：收購為鞏固Android地位
Supercharging Android: Google to Acquire Motorola Mobility
相關(guān)報道：
據(jù)國外媒體報道，谷歌和摩托羅拉移動今天宣布，兩家公司已經(jīng)達成一致協(xié)議，谷歌將以每股40美元現(xiàn)金的價格收購摩托羅拉移動。這筆交易的總價值達到約 125億美元，按照上周五的收盤價計算，該收購價比摩托羅拉移動的股價溢價63%。這筆交易已經(jīng)分別獲得谷歌和摩托羅拉移動董事會的一致通過。
Since its launch in November 2007, Android has not only dramatically increased consumer choice but also improved the entire mobile experience for users. Today, more than 150 million Android devices have been activated worldwide—with over 550,000 devices now lit up every day—through a network of about 39 manufacturers and 231 carriers in 123 countries. Given Android’s phenomenal success, we are always looking for new ways to supercharge the Android ecosystem. That is why I am so excited today to announce that we have agreed to acquire Motorola.
Motorola has a history of over 80 years of innovation in communications technology and products, and in the development of intellectual property, which have helped drive the remarkable revolution in mobile computing we are all enjoying today. Its many industry milestones include the introduction of the world’s first portable cell phone nearly 30 years ago, and the StarTAC—the smallest and lightest phone on earth at time of launch. In 2007, Motorola was a founding member of the Open Handset Alliance that worked to make Android the first truly open and comprehensive platform for mobile devices. I have loved my Motorola phones from the StarTAC era up to the current DROIDs.
In 2008, Motorola bet big on Android as the sole operating system across all of its smartphone devices. It was a smart bet and we’re thrilled at the success they’ve achieved so far. We believe that their mobile business is on an upward trajectory and poised for explosive growth.
Motorola is also a market leader in the home devices and video solutions business. With the transition to Internet Protocol, we are excited to work together with Motorola and the industry to support our partners and cooperate with them to accelerate innovation in this space.
Motorola’s total commitment to Android in mobile devices is one of many reasons that there is a natural fit between our two companies. Together, we will create amazing user experiences that supercharge the entire Android ecosystem for the benefit of consumers, partners and developers everywhere.
This acquisition will not change our commitment to run Android as an open platform. Motorola will remain a licensee of Android and Android will remain open. We will run Motorola as a separate business. Many hardware partners have contributed to Android’s success and we look forward to continuing to work with all of them to deliver outstanding user experiences.
We recently explained how companies including Microsoft and Apple are banding together in anti-competitive patent attacks on Android. The U.S. Department of Justice had to intervene in the results of one recent patent auction to “protect competition and innovation in the open source software community” and it is currently looking into the results of the Nortel auction. Our acquisition of Motorola will increase competition by strengthening Google’s patent portfolio, which will enable us to better protect Android from anti-competitive threats from Microsoft, Apple and other companies.
The combination of Google and Motorola will not only supercharge Android, but will also enhance competition and offer consumers accelerating innovation, greater choice, and wonderful user experiences. I am confident that these great experiences will create huge value for shareholders.
I look forward to welcoming Motorolans to our family of Googlers.
Posted by Larry Page, CEO
自2007年11月推出以來，Android不僅極大地豐富了用戶的選擇空間，而且還改善了用戶的整個移動使用體驗。目前，全球累計激活的Android設(shè)備超過1.5億部，每天激活的設(shè)備數(shù)量高達55萬部，這些來自全球39家硬件設(shè)備廠商的 Android設(shè)備登陸了123個國家的231家運營商的網(wǎng)絡(luò)。鑒于Android所取得的巨大成功，我們一直在尋求新的方式來進一步鞏固Android 的市場地位。這就是我今天如此高興地宣布收購摩托羅拉移動的原因所在。
在通信技術(shù)、移動產(chǎn)品和知識產(chǎn)權(quán)開發(fā)三大領(lǐng)域，摩托羅拉有著80多年的創(chuàng)新歷史，正是這些創(chuàng)新推動著我們今天的移動計算領(lǐng)域不斷向前發(fā)展。摩托羅拉的里程碑主要包括：約30年前推出全球首款便攜式手機，當時全球最小、最輕的手機StarTAC。 2007年，摩托羅拉率先參與組建了“開放手機聯(lián)盟”(Open Handset Alliance)，共同推廣Android平臺。我個人一直非常欣賞摩托羅拉手機，從當時的StarTAC到現(xiàn)在的DROID系列。
2008年，摩托羅拉就把全部的賭注都壓在了Android系統(tǒng)身上，將Android作為其全部智能手機的操作系統(tǒng)。這是一個明智的選擇，我們?yōu)槟ν辛_拉今天所取得的成功感到無比興奮。我們相信摩托羅拉的移動業(yè)務(wù)將繼續(xù)呈現(xiàn)上行趨勢，并獲得爆炸式增長。
摩托羅拉同時還是家庭設(shè)備和視頻解決方案市場的領(lǐng)跑者。由于整個市場向互聯(lián)網(wǎng)領(lǐng)域轉(zhuǎn)移，我們非常樂于與摩托羅拉和整個行業(yè)合作來為我們的伙伴提供支持，推動市場創(chuàng)新。
摩托羅拉全身心地投入到Android平臺的發(fā)展是我們收購摩托羅拉的原因之一。除此之外，兩家公司還有很多共同之處。合并后，我們將為用戶提供更出色的用戶體驗，從而進一步鞏固整個Android生態(tài)系統(tǒng)，這對用戶、合作伙伴和開發(fā)人員來說都是十分有利的。而且收購摩托羅拉還會進一步增強谷歌的專利實力，以更好地保護Android系統(tǒng)免受微軟、蘋果和其他公司的侵權(quán)訴訟糾紛。
該交易不僅會進一步鞏固Android的市場地位，而且還將提升移動操作系統(tǒng)市場的競爭激烈程度，并為消費者提供持續(xù)的創(chuàng)新產(chǎn)品、豐富的選擇空間以及完美的使用體驗。我堅信，這些體驗將會為我們的股東創(chuàng)造出更多的價值。
我非常歡迎摩托羅拉員工成為谷歌大家庭中的一員。
谷歌收購摩托羅拉：收購為鞏固Android地位
Supercharging Android: Google to Acquire Motorola Mobility
相關(guān)報道：
據(jù)國外媒體報道，谷歌和摩托羅拉移動今天宣布，兩家公司已經(jīng)達成一致協(xié)議，谷歌將以每股40美元現(xiàn)金的價格收購摩托羅拉移動。這筆交易的總價值達到約 125億美元，按照上周五的收盤價計算，該收購價比摩托羅拉移動的股價溢價63%。這筆交易已經(jīng)分別獲得谷歌和摩托羅拉移動董事會的一致通過。
Since its launch in November 2007, Android has not only dramatically increased consumer choice but also improved the entire mobile experience for users. Today, more than 150 million Android devices have been activated worldwide—with over 550,000 devices now lit up every day—through a network of about 39 manufacturers and 231 carriers in 123 countries. Given Android’s phenomenal success, we are always looking for new ways to supercharge the Android ecosystem. That is why I am so excited today to announce that we have agreed to acquire Motorola.
Motorola has a history of over 80 years of innovation in communications technology and products, and in the development of intellectual property, which have helped drive the remarkable revolution in mobile computing we are all enjoying today. Its many industry milestones include the introduction of the world’s first portable cell phone nearly 30 years ago, and the StarTAC—the smallest and lightest phone on earth at time of launch. In 2007, Motorola was a founding member of the Open Handset Alliance that worked to make Android the first truly open and comprehensive platform for mobile devices. I have loved my Motorola phones from the StarTAC era up to the current DROIDs.
In 2008, Motorola bet big on Android as the sole operating system across all of its smartphone devices. It was a smart bet and we’re thrilled at the success they’ve achieved so far. We believe that their mobile business is on an upward trajectory and poised for explosive growth.
Motorola is also a market leader in the home devices and video solutions business. With the transition to Internet Protocol, we are excited to work together with Motorola and the industry to support our partners and cooperate with them to accelerate innovation in this space.
Motorola’s total commitment to Android in mobile devices is one of many reasons that there is a natural fit between our two companies. Together, we will create amazing user experiences that supercharge the entire Android ecosystem for the benefit of consumers, partners and developers everywhere.
This acquisition will not change our commitment to run Android as an open platform. Motorola will remain a licensee of Android and Android will remain open. We will run Motorola as a separate business. Many hardware partners have contributed to Android’s success and we look forward to continuing to work with all of them to deliver outstanding user experiences.
We recently explained how companies including Microsoft and Apple are banding together in anti-competitive patent attacks on Android. The U.S. Department of Justice had to intervene in the results of one recent patent auction to “protect competition and innovation in the open source software community” and it is currently looking into the results of the Nortel auction. Our acquisition of Motorola will increase competition by strengthening Google’s patent portfolio, which will enable us to better protect Android from anti-competitive threats from Microsoft, Apple and other companies.
The combination of Google and Motorola will not only supercharge Android, but will also enhance competition and offer consumers accelerating innovation, greater choice, and wonderful user experiences. I am confident that these great experiences will create huge value for shareholders.
I look forward to welcoming Motorolans to our family of Googlers.
Posted by Larry Page, CEO
自2007年11月推出以來，Android不僅極大地豐富了用戶的選擇空間，而且還改善了用戶的整個移動使用體驗。目前，全球累計激活的Android設(shè)備超過1.5億部，每天激活的設(shè)備數(shù)量高達55萬部，這些來自全球39家硬件設(shè)備廠商的 Android設(shè)備登陸了123個國家的231家運營商的網(wǎng)絡(luò)。鑒于Android所取得的巨大成功，我們一直在尋求新的方式來進一步鞏固Android 的市場地位。這就是我今天如此高興地宣布收購摩托羅拉移動的原因所在。
在通信技術(shù)、移動產(chǎn)品和知識產(chǎn)權(quán)開發(fā)三大領(lǐng)域，摩托羅拉有著80多年的創(chuàng)新歷史，正是這些創(chuàng)新推動著我們今天的移動計算領(lǐng)域不斷向前發(fā)展。摩托羅拉的里程碑主要包括：約30年前推出全球首款便攜式手機，當時全球最小、最輕的手機StarTAC。 2007年，摩托羅拉率先參與組建了“開放手機聯(lián)盟”(Open Handset Alliance)，共同推廣Android平臺。我個人一直非常欣賞摩托羅拉手機，從當時的StarTAC到現(xiàn)在的DROID系列。
2008年，摩托羅拉就把全部的賭注都壓在了Android系統(tǒng)身上，將Android作為其全部智能手機的操作系統(tǒng)。這是一個明智的選擇，我們?yōu)槟ν辛_拉今天所取得的成功感到無比興奮。我們相信摩托羅拉的移動業(yè)務(wù)將繼續(xù)呈現(xiàn)上行趨勢，并獲得爆炸式增長。
摩托羅拉同時還是家庭設(shè)備和視頻解決方案市場的領(lǐng)跑者。由于整個市場向互聯(lián)網(wǎng)領(lǐng)域轉(zhuǎn)移，我們非常樂于與摩托羅拉和整個行業(yè)合作來為我們的伙伴提供支持，推動市場創(chuàng)新。
摩托羅拉全身心地投入到Android平臺的發(fā)展是我們收購摩托羅拉的原因之一。除此之外，兩家公司還有很多共同之處。合并后，我們將為用戶提供更出色的用戶體驗，從而進一步鞏固整個Android生態(tài)系統(tǒng)，這對用戶、合作伙伴和開發(fā)人員來說都是十分有利的。而且收購摩托羅拉還會進一步增強谷歌的專利實力，以更好地保護Android系統(tǒng)免受微軟、蘋果和其他公司的侵權(quán)訴訟糾紛。
該交易不僅會進一步鞏固Android的市場地位，而且還將提升移動操作系統(tǒng)市場的競爭激烈程度，并為消費者提供持續(xù)的創(chuàng)新產(chǎn)品、豐富的選擇空間以及完美的使用體驗。我堅信，這些體驗將會為我們的股東創(chuàng)造出更多的價值。
我非常歡迎摩托羅拉員工成為谷歌大家庭中的一員。