Motorola Continues MOTOwi4(TM) Momentum;
Advances WiMAX Adoption with Commitment to Ecosystem
Other Articles: WiMAX Transistors
PRNewswire-FirstCall
June 8, 2006
Recent wi4 WiMAX 802.16e
contract win, product announcements and shipments advance Motorola
delivery of personal broadband solutions
ARLINGTON HEIGHTS., Ill., -- Following its recent announcement of the
world's first nationwide 802.16e WiMAX network in Pakistan, Motorola,
Inc. (NYSE: MOT) today continues its aggressive leadership in WiMAX
technology with plans to develop a comprehensive ecosystem for
personal broadband "on the go."
The commitment furthers the company's MOTOwi4 strategy and extends its
recent product introductions -- including a carrier-class WiMAX access
point -- by incorporating plans to work with multiple chipset
suppliers to help ensure that a proliferation of WiMAX enabled devices
are available at attractive prices to meet the anticipated global
demand for WiMAX technology.
"Motorola recognizes the momentum a vibrant ecosystem will bring to
advancing the widespread adoption of WiMAX," said Dan Coombes, senior
vice president and chief technology officer, Motorola Networks and
Enterprise. "Motorola would like to drive the ecosystem to widespread
adoption and support for WiMAX chipsets, and by driving an end-to-end
architecture for personal broadband, Motorola is poised to deliver all
the solutions necessary to help operators meet growing needs for
greater bandwidth, simpler networks and true mobility."
Motorola is building on its previously announced relationship with
Intel to promote 802.16e WiMAX by working with other technology
leaders to ensure there will be a complete ecosystem for delivering
the benefits of WiMAX and for demonstrating its value proposition at
every point-from WiMAX-enabled handsets and customer premise equipment
to basestations, PC cards and chipsets.
WiMAX is a converged network solution capable of delivering everything
from voice to video and broadcast within one architecture model. With
WIMAX, carriers are able to deploy next-generation IP networks now
that are cost effective and technically advanced for delivering
multimedia services.
"There are really many different answers to the question of 'why
WiMAX?'" Coombes said. "WiMAX provides a critical technology for
enabling and ensuring seamless mobility among such technologies as
cellular, broadband wireless, WiFi, and wireline, and can be used by
many types of operators to meet their specific business case and
needs."
For example, existing service providers can overlay 2G cellular
networks with WiMAX, while 3G operators can leverage WiMAX to improve
backhaul operations. New entrants, like Wateen in Pakistan, also can
benefit by using WiMAX for greenfield installations of broadband
networks.
Motorola, a key participant in the WiMAX industry, has been a
principal member of the WiMAX Forum(TM) since 2004, and has been an
active contributor to the IEEE 802.16 committees, especially those
focused on mobility and internetworking.
Coombes will deliver a keynote address: "Creating an End-to-End
Ecosystem for WiMAX Networks", at WiMAX Strategies 2006 on Thurs.,
June 8 at 9:00 a.m. CDT. His presentation will be available for replay
beginning at 1:00 p.m. CDT at http://www.motorola.com/investor
For more information about Motorola's MOTOwi4 solutions, please visit:
http://www.motorola.com/wi4
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and powerful networks -- along with a full complement of support
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