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Retecal Selects Motorola Broadband for Data and Telephony Network Upgrade

Motorola to provide Retecal with BSR 64000 CMTS/edge router, cable modems, multimedia terminal adaptors, and professional services

KÖLN Germany, June 3, 2003 - Motorola, Inc. (NYSE:MOT) Broadband Communications Sector, the world’s leading supplier of cable modems and digital cable set-tops, today announced that Retecal has selected Motorola technology to upgrade its data and telephony network. Retecal, located in Castilla-Leon, Spain, has a service area that currently covers 500,000 homes and provides broadband services to 100,000 residential and enterprise users. After an extensive vendor evaluation, Retecal selected Motorola’s technology solutions and services because Motorola provides them with the best option for their migration towards standard Euro-DOCSIS platforms. The announcement was made at the 2003 ANGA trade show, June 3-5, in Köln, Germany, Motorola stand B4.

Retecal plans to deploy Motorola’s BSR 64000 CMTS/edge router to support both data and IP services. Motorola’s technology, including cable modems and multimedia terminal adaptors as well as its ongoing installation and training support, will allow Retecal to create a state-of-the-art Euro-DOCSIS data transmission network for its customers.

Motorola’s data and telephony product offering includes Motorola customer premise equipment (CPE), which serves as a communications gateway so that broadband network operators like Retecal can offer bundled services to their customers. Motorola will provide Retecal with CPE including the SB4200E and the compact SB5100E cable modems, and the SBV4200E (VoIP) telephony-enabled cable modem.

“With Motorola’s technology and ongoing support, we are confident that we will be able to build a world-class Euro-DOCSIS network,” said Dionisio Fernández Auray, general manager of Retecal. “With this advanced network in place, our customers will have access to the next-generation data and telephony services they demand - and we’ll be able to deliver those services and maintain our network as cost-efficiently as possible.”

“Motorola is pleased to enable Retecal’s upgrade from a proprietary system to a fully functioning Euro-DOCSIS network,” said Paul King, corporate vice president and general manager of Motorola Broadband - Europe, Middle East, and Africa (EMEA). “Our advanced technology solutions and our training support will help Retecal create a truly state-of-the-art network, which will deliver the advanced services that customers demand both now and in the future.”

About Motorola BSR 64000
The carrier-class BSR 64000 CMTS/edge router allows broadband providers to rapidly introduce reliable data, voice and multimedia services for both corporate and residential subscribers, as well as deliver QoS levels end-to-end from the network edge to the network core. Its high-density design - based on centralized routing and distributed filtering and forwarding - provides the benefits of simple and scalable performance. The BSR 64000 is DOCSIS™ 1.1, PacketCable™ 1.0, and Euro-DOCSIS 1.0-qualified, and is compatible with Euro-DOCSIS 1.1 specifications.

About the Motorola SB4200E
The SB4200E cable modem is an extension of Motorola’s flagship SB4100/SB4101 product. The SB4200E incorporates new design features for increased brand impact and new user-friendly technology features based on continuous customer input. The Motorola SB4200E can be upgraded to support Euro-DOCSIS 1.1 via firmware download. Like the SB4100E, the SB4200E utilizes the latest silicon technology, in which all functions are integrated into a single chip for improved performance. The SB4200E modem’s advanced feature set includes 10/100 Ethernet network connectivity and Universal Serial Bus (USB) interfaces for easy plug-and-play installation. It also contains a Standby Switch for enhanced security, and a high-speed processor to handle both current and future advanced Euro-DOCSIS functions.

About Motorola SB5100E
The SURFboard® SB5100E is 25-percent more compact than its predecessors, based on the Euro-DOCSIS 2.0 standard, and provides a tripled upstream capacity of 30Mbps on supported cable systems. Motorola is also demonstrate the SB5100, which is DOCSIS 2.0 certified.

About Motorola SBV4200E
This (VoIP) telephony cable modem is Motorola’s fifth-generation product designed for data and voice services over a broadband network. This device - an embedded multimedia terminal adapter (eMTA) - delivers high-speed data connectivity through a Euro-DOCSIS 1.1-compliant cable modem, and toll-quality voice services, supporting standard voice service features such as caller-ID, call-waiting, and call-forwarding.

About Retecal
Retecal (www.retecal.es <http://www.retecal.es>) operates advanced cable services in the Castilla y leon region of Spain. Is one of the pioneers of the Spanish Cable Market. Some of their franchises started providing TV Services in1995. In 1997 was the first Operator licensed for Data and Telephony services over cable. Since then, Retecal has deployed about 5.000 Km of Fiber and reaches more than 500.000 homes of a total of 900.000 homes in the region. Currently provides bundled TV, Data and Telephony services to about 100,000 residential and enterprise users.

About Motorola Broadband Communications Sector
The Motorola Broadband Communications Sector provides a scalable, integrated end-to-end system for the delivery of broadband services that keeps consumers informed, entertained and connected. Its technology enables network operators and retailers to create and execute on new business opportunities by providing innovative products and services to the home. Customer-responsive design and manufacturing expertise further contribute to the company’s position as the world's leading supplier of digital cable set-tops and cable modems. For more information about the Motorola Broadband Communications Sector, visit www.motorola.com/broadband.

About Motorola
Motorola, Inc. (NYSE:MOT) is a global leader in wireless, automotive and broadband communications. Sales in 2002 were $27.3 billion. Motorola is a global corporate citizen dedicated to ethical business practices and pioneering important innovations that make things smarter and life better, honored traditions that began when the company was founded 75 years ago this year. For more information, please visit www.motorola.com <http://www.motorola.com.

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