New York - Google says it's cutting an additional 1 200 jobs in its Motorola division as the unprofitable cellphone maker struggles to compete for market share.
The latest reductions come on top of the 4 000 Motorola job cuts that Google announced last year, and they will be in countries including the US, China and India.
When Google bought Motorola last year for $12.4bn, it had about 20 000 employees. The online search leader has also pared the division with a planned $2.35bn sale of the Motorola set-top business, which had about 7 000 employees.
Motorola has lost market share to Apple and Samsung.
The Wall Street Journal reported the job cuts in Friday's editions.