Motorola to revamp R&D unit, layoff 150 jobs

Motorola as part of restructuring its research and development operations has decided to layoff 150 jobs in Motorola labs with effective from July 1.



The reorganization will include transfer of 180 employees to some specific divisions in other business groups including mobile devices, home and network equipment and government public safety systems, while the remaining 300 employees will remain in a central applied research and technology department.