Motorola Accelerates Development of WiMAX End-to-End Solutions

July 26, 2005

Motorola, Inc., a global leader in wireless communications and mobility, has expanded its strategic focus to bring comprehensive WiMAX (802.16e) solutions quickly to market to fulfill the rapidly growing demand for fixed and mobile wireless broadband solutions. The initiative includes a combination of increased R&D, resources, and technology relationships; and the introduction of the Moto Wi4 product portfolio that will take operators to the 4th generation of mobile wireless networks.

"Motorola has aligned our Networks business to support a companywide initiative to develop WiMAX and other mobile broadband wireless solutions that provide an effective means for carriers to give their customers broadband services when and where they want them at an affordable cost," said Dan Coombes, senior vice president, general manager of Wireless Broadband Networks, and chief technology officer for Motorola Networks.

According to Maravedis, a research and analysis firm focusing on broadband wireless access technologies, the global market for fixed and mobile broadband (including WiMAX) is expected to reach up to $1 billion in 2007, and to potentially hit $4 billion by 2010. Under Coombes' leadership, Motorola will build on its highly successful Canopy wireless broadband business and utilize its expertise in the underlying technologies - Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM); IP internetworking; its all-IP based, flat Carrier Access Point (CAP) architecture; and IP-enabled handsets - to develop fixed, nomadic, and mobile solutions that will be suited to meet the various needs of Motorola's customers in its consumer, enterprise, and government markets.

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