Motorola Shuts Down India Website


Bangalore: As a part of streamlining the business, Motorola had officially shut down its India website. Also the company will be closing down its India operations as a part of shutting down almost a third of its offices across the world and lying off 20 percent workforce.

According to Google, who acquired Motorola Mobility in a $12.5 billion acquisition, the company underwent heavy losses last year. In a filing to the US Securities and Exchange Commission, Google said about the causes for shut down and layoff: "These changes are designed to return Motorola's mobile devices unit to profitability, after it lost money in fourteen of the last sixteen quarters".

The people who tried to access Motorola Mobility’s Indian site are greeted with the message which said an important message to customers in India. It read, “We are streamlining our business and support systems, and unfortunately, we'll no longer have a dedicated website for India. Your local support site will remain open well into the future, and we'll continue to provide support for our existing products.”

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