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AT&T Wireless, Microsoft and Motorola to
Offer First GSM/GPRS Smartphone With Windows Mobile Software in North
America
Motorola MPx200 Handset
Offers Latest in Productivity and Multimedia
Features
REDMOND, Wash., and LIBERTYVILLE,
Ill. -- Sept. 15, 2003 -- Building on their strategic alliance, AT&T
Wireless (NYSE: AWE) and Microsoft Corp. (Nasdaq: MSFT), together with Motorola
Inc. (NYSE: MOT), will offer the first GSM™/GPRS-compatible Windows
Mobile™-based Smartphone for the North American market — the
Motorola MPx200. The new Motorola MPx200 is expected to be available from
AT&T Wireless in the fourth quarter of this
year.
Utilizing Microsoft®
Windows Mobile software, the new Motorola MPx200 phone will allow AT&T
Wireless customers to take the functionality and familiarity of Microsoft Office
and Outlook® features with them while on the move. With the
latest in Personal Information Management (PIM) functionality, phone users can
easily synchronize and access Outlook contacts, inbox, calendar and tasks. In
addition, businesses looking for a scalable and secure means of accessing
information behind corporate firewalls will be able to take advantage of
AT&T Wireless’ unique over-the-air provisioning solution to simplify
and minimize implementation efforts of corporate information technology
departments. The phone also supports Web browsing using Pocket Internet
Explorer and fully integrates MSN® Messenger service for a robust
instant messaging experience. The Motorola MPx200 also will have
“one-click” access to AT&T Wireless’ popular
mModeSM service to connect customers to the latest in news, weather,
sports, gaming, messaging services and
more.
“Together with Microsoft and
Motorola, we are taking the next leap forward in unwiring the corporate
office,” said Andre Dahan, president of AT&T Wireless Mobile
Multimedia Services. “The Motorola MPx200 is an ideal device for mobile
professionals looking for a wireless extension of their workplace — and
for consumers looking for the ultimate in multimedia functionality. This
cutting-edge device provides us with the flexibility to meet the needs of both
mobile professionals and businesses looking for a simple, secure and scalable
solution to meet the growing needs of the enterprise market in today’s
mobile economy.”
“Today’s
busy professionals are demanding more from their wireless experience and looking
for the right combination of reliability and synchronization that can keep them
connected and entertained while mobile,” said Pieter Knook, corporate vice
president of mobile and embedded devices at Microsoft. “The new Motorola
MPx200 delivers a long-awaited mobile phone experience, combining the powerful
and familiar Windows Mobile software with AT&T Wireless’ advanced
GSM/GPRS services and the trusted quality of a Motorola
handset.”
“We are dedicated to
bringing dynamic solutions to market that enhance our customers’ offerings
and benefit consumers who desire advanced mobile tools — the new Motorola
MPx200 is a shining example of this commitment,” said Tom Lynch, president
of PCS at Motorola Inc. “By extending the reach, access and connectivity
of the traditional office, the new Motorola MPx200 combined with Microsoft
Windows Mobile functionality and advanced multimedia and communication features
allows users a familiar way to control and simplify their
lives.”
Mobile Moments for Work and
Play
In addition to the phone’s
productivity features, the Motorola MPx200 handset is designed for entertainment
with a large color screen and intuitive keypad. Utilizing the phone’s
rich polyphonic speaker and Windows Media® player application,
consumers can listen to Windows Media Audio (WMA) and MP3 music files. With up
to 1 gigabyte of expandable memory via memory disk, the handset can store and
play an extensive library of music, games and mobile video files.
For as little as $2.99 a month plus usage
charges, AT&T Wireless customers can add mMode and get dozens of ways to
stay connected to the people and things they care about. With mMode they can
check the latest news or sports scores, send e-mail messages to friends, get
driving directions to places of interest, purchase music or play a Kung Fu game,
among many other possibilities. The Motorola MPx200 is expected to be available
nationally through AT&T Wireless retail and business sales channels in the
fourth quarter. Additional details about pricing and availability will be
announced at a later date.
Customers or
businesses interested in preordering the MPx200 should visit
www.attwireless.com/mpx200
for more information.
High-resolution digital
images are available for members of the media at
www.microsoft.com/windowsmobile/presscenter/
or
www.motorola.com.motoinfo.
B-roll is available for media at
www.thenewsmarket.com/motorola.
About
AT&T Wireless
AT&T Wireless (NYSE: AWE)
is the second-largest wireless carrier, based on revenues, in the United States.
With 21.49 million subscribers as of June 30, 2003, and revenues of more than
$16.2 billion over the past four quarters, AT&T Wireless delivers advanced
high-quality mobile wireless communications services, voice and data, to
businesses and consumers, in the U.S. and internationally. For more information,
please visit us at
www.attwireless.com/.
About
Motorola
Motorola, Inc. (NYSE: MOT) is a global
leader in providing integrated communications and embedded electronic solutions.
Sales in 2002 were $27.3 billion. Motorola is a global corporate citizen
dedicated to ethical business practices and pioneering important technologies
that make things smarter and life better for people, honored traditions that
began when the company was founded 75 years ago this year. For more information,
please visit:
www.motorola.com/.
About
Microsoft
Founded in 1975, Microsoft (Nasdaq
“MSFT”) is the worldwide leader in software, services and Internet
technologies for personal and business computing. The company offers a wide
range of products and services designed to empower people through great software
— any time, any place and on any device.
Business
Risks
This press release contains
“forward-looking statements” which are based on management’s
beliefs as well as on a number of assumptions concerning future events made by
management with information that is currently available to management.
Forward-looking statements may include, without limitation, management’s
expectations regarding: our future financial and operating performance and
financial condition, including the company’s outlook for the fiscal year
2003 and subsequent periods; subscriber growth; industry conditions; the
strength of our balance sheet; our liquidity and needs for additional financing;
and our ability to generate positive free cash flow. Readers are cautioned not
to put undue reliance on such forward-looking statements, which are not a
guarantee of performance and are subject to a number of uncertainties and other
factors, many of which are outside AT&T Wireless’ control, that could
cause actual results to differ materially from such statements. Without
limitation these factors include: the risks associated with the implementation
of our technology migration strategy, our ability to continue to reduce costs
and increase the efficiency of our distribution channels, the potential
competitive impacts of industry consolidation or alternative technologies,
potential impacts on revenue and ARPU from competitive pricing and slowing
penetration in the wireless industry, the effects of vigorous competition in the
markets in which we operate, the risk of decreased consumer spending due to
softening economic conditions, acts of terrorism, and consumer response to new
service offerings. For a more detailed description of the factors that could
cause such a difference, please see AT&T Wireless’ filings with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, including the information under the heading
“Additional Factors That May Affect Our Business, Future Operating Results
and Financial Condition” and “Forward Looking Statements” in
its quarterly report on Form 10-Q filed on May 12,
2003.
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Media
Contacts:
Jeremy Pemble, AT&T
Wireless
(425) 580-5997
(desk)
(425) 894-5012
(wireless),
jeremy.pemble@attws.com
Julie
Cordua, Motorola
(847)
523-0015
julie.cordua@motorola.com
Kyrsa
Dixon, Waggener Edstrom for Microsoft
(425)
638-7000
kyrsad@wagged.com
Rapid
Response Team, Waggener Edstrom for Microsoft
(503)
443-7070
rrt@wagged.com
Microsoft,
Windows Mobile, Outlook, MSN and Windows Media are either registered trademarks
or trademarks of Microsoft Corp. in the United States and/or other
countries.
MOTOROLA and the Stylized M Logo are
registered in the US Patent & Trademark Office. ©Motorola
Inc. 2003
The names of actual companies and
products mentioned herein may be the trademarks of their respective
owners.
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