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Much of the discussion around the Google’s Monday purchase of Motorola Mobility for $12.5B has focused on intellectual property (patents) and mobile phone synergies. However, as Will Richmond pointed out on Monday, the Video Solutions group – part of Motorola Mobility and comprised set-top boxes and PayTV operator infrastructure – produces almost one third of the annual revenue of the company. While the synergies between mobile solutions and intellectual property rights (IPR) may be clear, this is hardly the case in regard to video solutions. I might go as far as to say there aren’t any synergies at all....
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