Motorola R and D Centre inaugurated

Hiran Senewiratne

Motorola Technologies Lanka (Pvt) Ltd was launched at the Waters Edge Colombo yesterday paving the way for generating employment opportunities for the local IT sector. The birth of the new company is a result of the global acquisition of Symbol Technology by Motorola Company USA.

Managing Director of the new Company Dr. K. Subramaniam who is looking after the interests of both Sri Lanka and India entities said that the new company would operate as a Research and Development centre for US global Phone giant, Motorola.

"The company is engaged in business applications of software and already over 50 Sri Lankan engineers are employed," he said. Motorola creates several different products for use of the government, public officials, business instalments, and the general public.

"The new entity would be operated as an strategic development Centre for R and D as well," he said.

Sri Lanka's current allocation in GDP for R and D is only one percent and this BoI venture would help enhance this especially in the area of information technology.