Motorola makes electronic equipment.
Motorola ( [ ˌmoʊtəˈroʊlə ] ) was an American multinational telecommunications company founded on September 25 , 1928 , based in Schaumburg , Illinois . Motorola Mobility is an American consumer electronics and telecommunications company founded in 2011 as the result of a split by Motorola , formerly owned by Google and now by Lenovo , and based in Chicago , Illinois . Telecommunication . 20th and 21st century technologies for long-distance communication usually involve electrical and electromagnetic technologies , such as telegraph , telephone , and teleprinter , networks , radio , microwave transmission , fiber optics , and communications satellites .