Layoffs part of parent company's efforts to improve fortunes at its smartphone unit

Lenovo Group Ltd confirmed on Tuesday the latest round of layoffs of about 1,000 employees, mostly from the overseas Motorola unit, in a bid to turn around the fortunes of the Chinese company's loss-making smartphone business.

The world's largest personal computer maker, said in a statement that its "structure optimizing" plan impacts less than 1,000 employees, mostly in countries outside China as part of the effort of the "ongoing strategic integration between Lenovo and its Motorola smartphone business".