Motorola is laying off 1,000 employees in conjunction with its upcoming chip unit spinoff and ongoing efforts to reduce operating costs.
The communication technologies company said it will take a charge of $50m (£28m) to cover severance benefits.
The job cuts will eliminate corporate positions connected with the separation of Motorola's semiconductor products group, now operating independently as Freescale Semiconductor.
Also affected by the cuts are Motorola's commercial, government and industrial solutions business; its integrated electronic systems group; its broadband communications unit, and assorted corporate functions.
Motorola ended 2003 with 88,000 employees worldwide, down 9% from the 97,000 employees it had a year earlier. In the first six months of this year, it laid off 1,900 people.
The staffing changes are part of Motorola's strategy to reverse several years of losses and focus on what it describes as its core competency, providing "seamless mobility".
Motorola returned to profitability in 2003 with earnings of $893m, and has stayed in the black so far this year, although it posted a $203m loss in its most recent quarter.