Motorola Cutting 2600 Jobs, Raising Total Layoff Count to 10K

What a difference a few years make. Not too long ago, Motorola sat atop the telecom manufacturing world and now they’re continuing the free-fall by announcing a reduction of 2600 jobs. Combined with the previous layoffs, this raises the total number of jobs slashed to about 10K. Goodbye Moto?

Included in the 2,600 number are position cuts in Singapore announced earlier this week. Motorola said it will end manufacturing of mobile devices at its location in Singapore by year’s end, cutting about 700 employees, as it moves forward with plans to separate its mobile devices business.