Google closed its acquisition of Motorola Mobility

Google today announced that the acquisition of Motorola Mobility Holdings, Inc. closed, causing Google to pay $ 40 in cash for each share of Motorola Mobility.

As noted in a statement the acquisition will give Google Android ecosystem, another big "charge", and will promote competition in the mobile market. Motorola Mobility will be the licensee Android, and Android operating system itself will remain open. Motorola Mobility as part of Google will operate as a separate business.