Sanjay Jha steps down as CEO of Motorola Mobility, but Dan Moloney will continue to run Moto's Home unit

Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor

May 22, 2012

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Google Closes $12.5B Motorola Deal

Google (Nasdaq: GOOG) completed its US$12.5 billion acquisition of Motorola Mobility LLC on Tuesday, and among the first big changes is that Motorola Mobility CEO Sanjay Jha has stepped down from his position.

Dennis Woodside, who has overseen the integration planning for the acquisition and has served as Google's president of the Americas region, has been named CEO of the Motorola unit. Jha will be staying on for a bit to help with the transition.

Woodside has also hired several execs to join the Motorola leadership, including Dan Moloney, who will continue to lead Motorola's Home business, which includes its set-tops, cable modems and cable access gear.

Why this matters
Google, which bought Motorola to shore up its mobile patent holdings, said the acquisition will help it "supercharge the Android ecosystem and will enhance competition in mobile computing."

The big question going forward is what Google will end up doing with Motorola's cable business, which isn't viewed as a perfect fit, sparking speculation that Google may try to sell it.

For more

  • Cover Sheet: Google to Acquire Moto Mobility

  • Will Moto Go Back to the Future?

  • Why Google Will Dump Moto's Cable Biz

  • Is the Set-Top Duopoly on Its Deathbed?



— Jeff Baumgartner, Site Editor, Light Reading Cable



About the Author(s)

Jeff Baumgartner

Senior Editor, Light Reading

Jeff Baumgartner is a Senior Editor for Light Reading and is responsible for the day-to-day news coverage and analysis of the cable and video sectors. Follow him on X and LinkedIn.

Baumgartner also served as Site Editor for Light Reading Cable from 2007-2013. In between his two stints at Light Reading, he led tech coverage for Multichannel News and was a regular contributor to Broadcasting + Cable. Baumgartner was named to the 2018 class of the Cable TV Pioneers.

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