(Associated Press via NewsEdge) Motorola has opened a new telecom software development center in southern India as of part of its efforts to expand operations and counter the dominance of rival Nokia in the country.
The new Research and Development Center in Hyderabad will employ more than 1,000 engineers, Motorola said in a statement.
The statement did not disclose how much the company was investing in the center.
The announcement came nearly four months after Motorola decided to invest $100 million to build a handset and telecom equipment plant near another southern Indian city, Chennai.
The US electronics maker currently has six research and development centers in India.
The company began operations in the country in 1991, employing around 3,000 software engineers, who designed nearly 40% of the software used in Motorola phones worldwide.
'Software is a major driver of technology and our Hyderabad facility's focus on software engineering addresses a key aspect of our global operations,' Motorola chairman and CEO Edward Zander was quoted as saying in the statement.
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