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- ↑ Brown, Karen, and Gibbons, Kent (29 July 2006). "Broadbus Sale Gets Ball Rolling". July 28, 2006. Multichannel News. Retrieved August 20, 2015.
- ↑ Motorola 2007 SEC 10-K filing, p 118