Google’s Motorola Takeover Bid To Draw Antitrust Scrutiny, Analysts Say

NEW YORK — A move by Google to acquire mobile phone manufacturer Motorola Mobility for $12.5 billion , announced early Monday, will likely draw sharp scrutiny from federal antitrust regulators already engaged in a probe of the search giant’s business practices, analysts said. Google’s Android smartphone operating system, introduced in 2007, has been adopted by dozens of handset manufacturers and now commands a dominant share of the smartphone market. The purchase of Motorola positions Google as a major player in handset manufacturing for the first time. “It will come under close scrutiny,” Brian White, a technology analyst at Ticonderoga Securities, said of the deal. “It won’t go through without a fight.” Read More… More on Google

Read the rest here:
Google’s Motorola Takeover Bid To Draw Antitrust Scrutiny, Analysts Say