New Strategic Relationship with
ECI Telecom Extends Motorola’s Portfolio of Ultra-Broadband Offerings
for Carriers
Other topics: WiMAX VoIP Networks,
WiMAX Strategic Responses
Motorola
April 11, 2007
Horsham, PA and San Antonio, Texas – Motorola, Inc. and ECI Telecom
(NASDAQ: ECIL) today announced a new strategic relationship pairing
ECI’s formidable IP DSLAM portfolio with Motorola’s innovative and
market-leading Fiber-to-the-Node (FTTN) and Fiber-to-the-Premises (FTTP)
solutions.
With increasing consumer demand for higher-speed broadband driven by the
explosive growth in bandwidth-intensive content and peer-to-peer (P2P)
applications, carriers are recognizing the need for Ultra-Broadband
access network solutions.
This multi-year agreement provides Motorola access to ECI’s complete
portfolio of proven, carrier class access infrastructure products
including Outside Plant (OSP) and Central Office (CO) IP DSLAM
solutions. Designed to maximize bandwidth potential and help increase
service delivery efficiency, the IP DSLAM is supported by a premier
IP/Ethernet switching fabric and deep Quality-of-Service (QoS) assurance
capabilities.
“Motorola couldn’t have chosen a better technology ally than ECI for
extending its Ultra-Broadband access portfolio,” said Erik Keith, Senior
Analyst for Broadband Infrastructure at Current Analysis. “ECI’s
award-winning solutions deliver a rich array of access network and QoS
features such as integrated data, video and voice that clearly position
the company as a leading IP DSLAM provider." Current Analysis has
recently ranked ECI's leading IP platform as the top CO DSLAM in the
market.
“ECI’s technology and ability to capture market share at such a rapid
rate makes it a compelling player in both the Ultra-Broadband Access and
IPTV markets,” said Kevin Keefe, vice president of marketing and
business development, Motorola Connected Home Solutions. “This
relationship extends our portfolio of video-optimized FTTN and FTTP
solutions and rounds out Motorola’s global strategy to help enable
service delivery over any carrier and cable access network
architecture.”
“Motorola’s widely recognized global brand and customer relationships
make them the ideal ally for ECI,” said Ido Gur, ECI’s Senior Vice
President of Sales and Marketing. "This strategic relationship will help
strengthen ECI's position in the access arena, specifically in North
America, and help enhance Motorola's position as a leading provider of
Ultra-Broadband access solutions for carrier customers.”
The new agreement between Motorola and ECI gives Motorola the global
rights to brand, market, and sell ECI’s portfolio of access
infrastructure solutions. The focus of the relationship is on the OSP
and IP DSLAM products. Motorola will be investing in integration of
these platforms into their current Ultra-Broadband access portfolio and
hence will have an exclusivity period for the North American market.
About ECI Telecom
ECI Telecom delivers innovative communications platforms to carriers and
service providers worldwide. ECI provides efficient platforms and
solutions that enable customers to rapidly deploy cost-effective,
revenue-generating services.
Founded in 1961, Israel-based ECI has consistently delivered
customer-focused networking solutions to the world’s largest carriers.
The Company is also a market leader in many emerging markets. ECI
provides scalable broadband access, transport and data networking
infrastructure that provides the foundation for the communications of
tomorrow, including next-generation voice, IPTV, mobility and other
business solutions. For more information, please visit www.ecitele.com.
Certain statements contained in this release may contain forward-looking
information with respect to plans, projections or future performance of
the Company. By their nature, forward-looking statements involve certain
risks and uncertainties including, but not limited to, product and
market acceptance risks, the impact of competitive pricing, product
development, commercialization and technological difficulties and other
risks detailed in the Company’s filings with the Securities and Exchange
Commission.
For more information, please visit www.ecitele.com.
About Motorola
Motorola is known around the world for innovation and leadership in
wireless and broadband communications. Inspired by our vision of
Seamless Mobility, the people of Motorola are committed to helping you
get and stay connected simply and seamlessly to the people, information,
and entertainment that you want and need. We do this by designing and
delivering "must have" products, "must do" experiences, and powerful
networks -- along with a full complement of support services. A Fortune
100 company with global presence and impact, Motorola had sales of US
$42.9 billion in 2006. For more information about our company, our
people, and our innovations, please visit www.motorola.com. |
