The message says ministry of Motolora research and development will cut down the member of persons employed again 20%

June 13, 2008

Time of Beijing of dispatch of sina science and technology on June 13 message, according to foreign media coverage, message personage discloses, motolora will continue to undertake recombining to studying research and development, include to cut down the member of persons employed 20% , and turn partial employee hillock.

Message personage discloses, motolora lab will cut down the member of persons employed about 120 people. Motolora lab shares 600 employee at present, basically be in charge of basic research, involve mobile phone and wireless technology to wait a moment. In addition, motolora lab still will have 180 employee to turn hillock carries the other business section such as the box on the head to mobile phone and machine. After this recombines a plan to finish, motolora lab will leave 300 employee only, and more the name is applied research and technical center.

So far, motolora has not published a comment with respect to the message that cut down the member of persons employed, but admit to undertaking recombining to branch of research and development. Motolora says in statement: “Evaluate the one part of the plan as company strategy, we plan to turn the group of a few projects of Motolora lab to relevant business section. Arrange of this with one action can help group of research and development associate of Wu of a person of same business of more close together ground cooperates, optimize investment of research and development, and dedicated the project that brings the greatest value at can be Motolora. ” these change will this year on July 1 become effective.

Last summer, motolora departs software and technology. From that later, motolora Technical Division is in all the time queasy in. Motolora is presiding technical officer Pademali Wolier (Padmasree Warrior) will leave his post from the company last year in December, joined in Motolora is in the competitor Cisco of market of machine top box. His succession person, chief strategy officer holds Motolora concurrently manage of chief technology officer checks De Nuoduboge (Richard Nottenburg) also at going up the month leaves his post, take office as Boston the CEO of a small telegraphic company. After this, motolora family and Mo Luoni of ยท of red of network branch president (Dan Moloney) take-overed Technical Division.

To reverse difficult position, motolora announced this year in March, appear on the market fractionation for two independence company, among them business of a special responsible mobile phone, another pursues the business such as network equipment and box of top of cable television machine. If everything is successful, this plan hopeful was finished 2009. To the branch of research and development of Motolora, industry is commented on all the time differ. The proponent thinks, branch of research and development is one of the largest dominant positions of Motolora, development went Razr of mobile phone of sell like hot cakes; Anti thinks, branch of research and development is one of link with the weakest Motolora, wasted many fund, but successful without translate into however product.

The Gelaige Braun that took office as Motolora CEO this year in January (Greg Brown) expresses before this, product too ” technical drive ” one of the biggest questions that are business of Motolora mobile phone. Analyst of a few wall street also thinks, motolora has too much technology personnel, and the product with enough lack.

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