Motorola — multiple entities (MA-L); split Mobility (phones) vs Solutions (LMR)

Motorola's MAC footprint spans several IEEE registrants reflecting the 2011 corporate split, all of which should be disambiguated rather than merged: "Motorola Mobility LLC, a Lenovo Company" (~122 MA-L blocks; smartphones), "Motorola Solutions Inc." (e.g., 00:18:85; two-way/land-mobile radio and public-safety comms), legacy "Motorola" (~2 blocks), and "Motorola (Wuhan) Mobility Technologies Communication Co., Ltd." (e.g., D0:F8:8C). Verified Mobility samples include F0:D7:AA, BC:FF:EB, 90:73:5A, C4:A0:52, and C8:58:95; a verified Solutions sample is 00:18:85. Motorola split in 2011 into Motorola Mobility (phones) and Motorola Solutions (enterprise/public-safety radio); Motorola Mobility was acquired by Google in 2012 and then Lenovo in 2014. The two companies share brand heritage but are different businesses serving different device classes. For triage, a "Motorola Mobility" OUI is a Moto smartphone/tablet, while a "Motorola Solutions" OUI is an enterprise/public-safety radio or infrastructure device — so disambiguate by the exact registrant string before classifying the asset.

IEEE assignment

multiple entities — "Motorola Mobility LLC, a Lenovo Company" (~122 MA-L), "Motorola Solutions Inc." (e.g., 00:18:85), legacy "Motorola" (~2), "Motorola (Wuhan) Mobility…" (e.g., D0:F8:8C) [Confirmed] — IEEE MA-L

Registry / block size

MA-L; Motorola Mobility ~122 blocks [Confirmed] — maclookup.app (IEEE-sourced)

HQ / country

Motorola Mobility 222 West Merchandise Mart Plaza, Chicago IL 60654; Motorola Solutions 500 W Monroe Street, Chicago IL 60661; US (Wuhan entity in China) [Confirmed] — IEEE MA-L

Company status

Motorola split (2011) into Motorola Mobility (phones) and Motorola Solutions (enterprise/public-safety radio); Mobility acquired by Google (2012) then Lenovo (2014) [Confirmed] — maclookup.app

Device types

smartphones (Mobility, Lenovo-owned), two-way/land-mobile radio and public-safety comms (Solutions), legacy networking/cable gear [Confirmed] — maclookup.app

Notable products

Moto smartphones (Mobility); APX/MOTOTRBO land-mobile radio and public-safety systems (Solutions)

Verified prefix sample

F0:D7:AA, BC:FF:EB, 90:73:5A, C4:A0:52, C8:58:95 (Mobility); 00:18:85 (Solutions) [Confirmed] — maclookup.app, rst.im

Special note

Distinguish the entities — Motorola Mobility (consumer phones) vs Motorola Solutions (LMR/public-safety) vs many legacy "Motorola" blocks. Same brand heritage, different companies and device classes. The IEEE registry publishes no assignment dates, so none is stated here. [Confirmed]

Related vendors

Lenovo (owns Mobility); Google (former Mobility owner); Motorola Solutions (sibling)

Analyst note

A "Motorola Mobility" OUI = a Moto smartphone/tablet; a "Motorola Solutions" OUI = enterprise/public-safety radio or infrastructure. Disambiguate by the exact registrant string before classifying the asset.