 These new companies would be the business units of the current Motorola Mobile Devices and Motorola Broadband & Mobility Solutions.Originally it was expected that this action would be approved by regulatory bodies and complete by mid-2009, but the split was delayed due to company restructuring problems and the 2008–2009 extreme economic downturn.On February 11, 2010, Motorola announced its separation into two independent, publicly traded companies, effective Q1 2011.