Motorola Study Reveals Enterprise WLANs as a Must-Have to Increase Productivity

IT Spending on Wi-Fi Expected to Grow in North America to Meet Business'
Demand for Significantly Enhanced and Expanded WLANs in the Next Year

LAS VEGAS, April 29 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- INTEROP, LAS VEGAS (Booth #1051) -- The Enterprise Mobility business of Motorola, Inc. (NYSE: MOT) today announced its research results from an enterprise wireless LAN (WLAN) study[1] analyzing the deployments and requirements of North American enterprise WLAN decision-makers. More than half of all the survey respondents said they have either fully or partially deployed an enterprise WLAN with an additional 31 percent trialing or planning to deploy WLANs by 2010.

Nearly 20 percent of the polled enterprises said their IT spending on WLAN technologies will be 5 percent higher than last year's budgeted expenditure. Despite the current soft economic conditions worldwide, enterprises are still prioritizing enterprise WLAN deployments and upgrades. Only 4 percent of survey respondents said they would reduce spending on WLAN technologies this year.

"Enterprises are realizing the strategic need to invest in wireless infrastructures rather than continuing to invest in both wired and wireless," said Sujai Hajela, vice president and general manager of Enterprise WLAN, Motorola Enterprise Mobility business. "802.11n-based wireless networks are more secure, more reliable, faster and cheaper than the traditional wired network infrastructure enterprises use today. The technology is ready for the wireless edge to evolve to the completely wireless enterprise."

Another industry trend that was validated by the survey showed that almost 60 percent of enterprises with existing WLAN deployments are providing access to more than half of their workforce. This represents a 20 percent increase over last year and highlights the growing adoption of Wi-Fi usage across various employee position levels and job responsibilities.

An example of how WLAN technology can improve network efficiency and the bottom-line is the innovative wireless deployment at San Marino Unified School District. "We decided to install a Motorola WLAN switch for centralized management and to standardize our access points from a single vendor to reduce the school district's wireless operational costs," said Stephen Choi, director of technology, San Marino Unified School District. "Motorola's indoor and outdoor wireless solutions will enable high performance mobile connectivity on all four campuses supporting 3,200 students and 300 employees, which enhances the educational experience."

Enterprise WLAN is part of Motorola's portfolio of innovative wireless broadband solutions and services that complement and complete Internet Protocol (IP) networks. Delivering IP coverage to virtually all spaces both indoors and outdoors, the portfolio includes fixed broadband, mesh, broadband over powerline, WiMAX and Enterprise WLAN solutions for private and public networks.

For more details about the E-WLAN survey, please visit
http://www.motorola.com/mediacenter.jsp or visit Motorola's Interop booth, #1051.

About Motorola

Motorola is known around the world for innovation in communications. The company develops technologies, products and services that make mobile experiences possible. Our portfolio includes communications infrastructure, enterprise mobility solutions, digital set-tops, cable modems, mobile devices and Bluetooth accessories. Motorola is committed to delivering next generation communication solutions to people, businesses and governments. A Fortune 100 company with global presence and impact, Motorola had sales of US $36.6 billion in 2007. For more information about our company, our people and our innovations, please visit http://www.motorola.com

MOTOROLA and the stylized M Logo are registered in the US Patent & Trademark Office. All other product or service names are the property of their respective owners. © Motorola, Inc. 2008. All rights reserved.

[1] "E-WLAN Market Monitor Report" CWMP/eRewards Market Research,
February 2008. More than 550 respondents represented the full range
of North American decision makers including two-thirds that are
engineers, managers, or IT directors.

Motorola Launches PTP Wireless Bridges For Challenging Environments

New PTP 500 Series of wireless Ethernet bridges deliver high-performance, cost-effective, midrange throughput for non-line-of-sight connectivity
LAS VEGAS, April 28, 2008 /PRNewswire-FirstCall via COMTEX News Network/ -- (Interop, Booth #1051) Motorola, Inc. (NYSE: MOT) today announced the addition of the PTP 500 Series of Wireless Ethernet Bridges to its portfolio of MOTOwi4(TM) Fixed Point-to-Point (PTP) solutions. The PTP 500 Series is ideal for deployments that require secure, high-performance backhaul or broadband connectivity and deliver carrier grade availability in obstructed, long-distance and harsh weather environments. Operating in the 5.4 and 5.8 GHz bands at Ethernet data rates up to 105 Mbps and distances up to 155 miles (250 km), the PTP 500 solutions give network operators and service providers reliable, midrange throughput for non-line-of-sight (NLOS) connectivity at an attractive price point.

The PTP 500 Series leverages the same PTP technology that recently earned Motorola the 2008 Queen's Award for Enterprise in International Trade. By delivering 105 Mbps of aggregate throughput, the 500 Series provides data rates between those currently available with Motorola's PTP 400 and PTP 600 Series further enhancing the portfolio to meet the growing demands being placed on networks today. The PTP 500 series delivers up to 99.999% availability in virtually any environment, including NLOS, long-distance line-of-sight (LOS), over water or open terrain and in extreme weather conditions.

"Our customers want access to specific wireless broadband applications and we want to be able to address all of their throughput requirements cost-effectively," said Dustin Jurman, president, Rapid Systems, a wireless service provider and integrator. "We are excited to see the PTP 500 Series filling a void in the market by providing a new option at the right price to deliver a rapid ROI."

In addition to the PTP 500 series, a new Motorola PTP LINKPlanner tool is now available to help operators determine link performance prior to purchase, based on specific path characteristics such as geography, distance and transmit power. The new PTP LINKPlanner, the next generation of the Motorola Link Estimator tool, allows network operators to configure single and multiple links simultaneously by providing a comprehensive overview of the entire network via Google Earth enabling the full optimization of a wireless network. The PTP LINKPlanner currently performs path calculations on the PTP 500 series radios and the upcoming enhanced version will allow link estimations on the 400 and 600 Series of Motorola fixed point-to-point bridges as well.

"Offering service providers and network operators a complete portfolio of wireless broadband solutions and planning tools ensures that they can deploy the right network to meet specific user requirements, regardless of weather conditions or RF environments," said Robert Baker, general manager, Point-to-Point, Motorola. "The PTP 500 Series of bridges are designed to reliably support building-to-building connectivity, voiceover-IP, video surveillance, telemedicine, disaster recovery, emergency services and high-speed backhaul."

The unmatched robustness and high-performance of the 500 Series comes from a unique and rich feature set, which includes Multiple-Input Multiple-Output (MIMO), Intelligent Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (i-OFDM), Advanced Spectrum Management and Adaptive Modulation.

Availability of the PTP 500 Series in the 5.4 GHz band is pending FCC certification in the United States.

The PTP 500 Series is part of the wi4 Fixed family of broadband solutions, part of the MOTOwi4 portfolio of solutions for public and private networks. The PTP 500 Series provides seamless integration with Motorola's wi4 Fixed PTP 400 and PTP 600 Series Wireless Ethernet Bridges as well as other MOTOwi4 solutions including wi4 Fixed PMP, wi4 WIMAX, wi4 Mesh and wi4 Indoor.

About Motorola

Motorola is known around the world for innovation in communications. The company develops technologies, products and services that make mobile experiences possible. Our portfolio includes communications infrastructure, enterprise mobility solutions, digital set-tops, cable modems, mobile devices and Bluetooth accessories. Motorola is committed to delivering next generation communication solutions to people, businesses and governments. A Fortune 100 company with global presence and impact, Motorola had sales of US $36.6 billion in 2007. For more information about our company, our people and our innovations, please visit http://www.motorola.com.

MOTOROLA and the Stylized M Logo are registered in the US Patent & Trademark Office. All other product or service names are the property of their respective owners. (C) 2008 Motorola, Inc. All rights reserved.

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