Motorola Drives to Deliver WiMAX; Demos Mobility, Displays Range of Customer Premises Equipment at WiMAX World USA

Motorola Drives to Deliver WiMAX; Demos Mobility, Displays Range of Customer Premises Equipment at WiMAX World USA

Motorola Inc. (NYSE:MOT), named today by xchange magazine and Trendsmedia as the recipient of the Best of WiMAX World Award for Industry Innovation, continues its aggressive leadership in bringing WiMAX to market by unveiling its first generation portfolio of WiMAX Customer Premises Equipment (CPE) at WiMAX World USA. Motorola also is featuring its first live mobile WiMAX demonstration using its WAP 25400 access points with diversity antenna techniques to perform handoffs to a WiMAX end-user device.

“Motorola is at the forefront of delivering complete end-to-end WiMAX solutions and services to meet operators’ ever-growing demands for bandwidth, simple networks and mobility,” said Dan Coombes, senior vice president and chief technology officer, Motorola Networks & Enterprise. “Mobility is the key to delivering what consumers, enterprises and governments want – personal broadband services and experiences that match what they have at home or in the office while they are out in the world.”

Operator interest in and commitment to WiMAX continues to grow, as has Motorola’s WiMAX momentum. For example, in the United States Motorola has been selected by Sprint Nextel as a vendor for its nationwide WiMAX network and Clearwire has selected Motorola’s WiMAX technology for its nationwide broadband network. Motorola is actively engaged in delivering WiMAX equipment to support 18 market trials worldwide, and currently is deploying a nationwide 802.16e network in Pakistan.

Motorola’s portfolio of WiMAX devices on display at WiMAX World USA will include the outdoor CPEo 200 Series unit as well as indoor desktop units from the CPEi 200 Series, the CPEi 400 Series, and the CPEi 600 Series. These Motorola WiMAX desktop CPEs are easy to install with “plug and play” functionality. They feature multiple antennas to support advanced diversity techniques that, combined with multi-antenna operations at the access points, provide excellent range, throughput, and indoor penetration. Available features include integrated VoIP, remote antenna options, robust security and full QoS support. The full range of Motorola WiMAX devices on display at WiMAX World USA is scheduled to be available for trials in Q4 2006, with general availability within the first half of 2007.

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