聯想收購摩托羅拉,成世界第三大智能手機制造商

Chinese giant PC producer Lenovo has completed the $2.9 billion acquisition of the handset unit in the iconic mobilemaker Motorola Mobility, fortifying its positions in the US and other developed markets.

中國生產個人電腦的大公司聯想集團已經以29億美元完成了對摩托羅拉移動的收購，這穩固了該公司在美國和其他發達市場的地位。

Beijing-based Lenovo Group bought Motorola from Google, the deal elevating it to the world's third largest smartphone producer, moving Xiaomi Corp., another Chinese smartphone maker better known in the West as ‘Mi', to the fourth position.

位於北京的聯想集團從谷歌那裏收購了摩托羅拉移動，這次收購使該集團成爲世界第三大手機制造商，而中國更爲西方國家所熟知的智能手機制造商“小米”公司被擠到了第四名。

"By building a strong number three and a credible challenger to the top two in smartphones, we will give the market something it has needed: choice, competition and a new spark of innovation", Lenovo CEO Yang Yuanqing said in a statement on the company's website.

聯想集團首席執行官楊元慶在公司官網的一份聲明中提到，“在加強全球第三大智能手機廠商地位的同時,我們向前兩名對手發起強有力的挑戰，我們將爲市場帶來面臨需求的產品：更多的選擇、更具競爭力和創新的產品”。

Yuanqing says Motorola provides a shortcut for entering mature markets and will make the Chinese company "a global player."

元慶說，摩托羅拉爲該集團進入成熟了市場開闢了捷徑，聯想集團也將因此實現“業務遍及全球”。

Rick Osterloh, President of Motorola Mobility, will remain in his role. And the company, with its total of 3,500 employers, will become a fully-owned subsidiary of Lenovo, but will continue to be headquartered in vo has headquarters in Morrisville, NC, Beijing, and Singapore.

摩托羅拉移動的總裁Rick Osterloh將繼續擔任原職，而這家總共擁有3500名員工的公司將成爲聯想集團的全資子公司，但摩托羅拉的總部仍位於芝加哥。聯想在莫里斯維爾、新喀里多尼亞、北京和新加坡都設有運營中心。

Google acquired Motorola in 2012 for $12.4 billion, but failed to bring the iconic mobile maker back to growth. Lenovo claims it would revive the firm within the next 18 months, as it expects to sell about 100 million devices this year.

谷歌於2012年以124億美元收購了摩托羅拉，但沒能讓該公司的經營狀況得到恢復。聯想公司稱，該公司將在接下來的18個月讓這家公司復興，聯想預計在今年售出約1億臺的移動設備。