A few hours after the approval of Brussels and the U.S. Department of Justice, the proposed acquisition in the amount of $ 12.5 billion had been approved. A six-month review had shown that by combining our businesses is not at risk of competition in the market for mobile devices, said the ministry.
The transaction did not have significant impact on the market of mobile operating systems and the associated patents, it was also in Brussels. Nevertheless, the guards were critically cartel: they would just make sure that Google is the Motorola patents einsetze future is not abusive, Almunia said. "That is our concern."
Google shares rose on the news back to New York. The U.S. government does not rubber-stamp the takeover this week, Reuters was told in the last week of circles. The business must also amongst those approved in China.
Google was the acquisition by Motorola announced in August. With the largest acquisition in its history, the Internet giant wants to strengthen its position in the mobile market, where the company is now mainly as a provider of operating system Android is represented. Technology companies like Apple and Samsung is delivering fierce battles over patents and sought to go to court with copyright lawsuits ever harder against their rivals.
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