Motorola Mobility which was acquired by Google early last year has announced that it has shut down its India website.

In a message for its Indian customers it said, “We are streamlining our business and support systems, and unfortunately, we’ll no longer have a dedicated website for India. Your local support site will remain open well into the future, and we’ll continue to provide support for our existing products.”

Motorola Mobility in August had announced that was planning to slash 4000 jobs around the world as part of its restructuring initiatives. This is approximately one third of its work force.

Mobility was bought by Google Inc for $12.5 billion to use Motorola Mobility''s patents to fend off legal attacks on its Android mobile platform and expand beyond its software business.

Motorola Mobility reported a loss of $86m in the first quarter of the year. That was greater than the $81m net loss it made in the same period a year earlier.

In August it was widely reported that it would shrink operations in Asia and India, and center research and development in Chicago, Sunnyvale and Beijing.