Motorola boosts Google revenue

19.07.2012
Google has reported a profit of US$2.79 billion in the quarter ended June 30, up 11 percent over the same period of last year, in the company's first financial statement since it finalized its acquisition of Motorola in May.

Motorola brought in $1.25 billion in revenue in the quarter that ended June 30, about 10 percent of Google's total revenue. But Motorola also accounted for an operating loss of $233 million, which brought Google's total operating income down as a percent of its revenue by 6 percentage points.

Google's total revenue, including Motorola sales, was $12.21 billion compared to $9.02 billion a year earlier.

Google seems to be betting on expanding its foray into making devices.

In a statement, CEO Larry Page noted that the company had launched "a bunch of exciting products" at its recent I/O developers conference in San Francisco, including the Nexus 7 tablet.

"This quarter is also special because Motorola is now part of the Google family, and we're excited about the potential to build great devices for users," Page said.