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Motorola and Orange Introduce EDGE in
Romania
Alliance demonstrates
flexible migration path from GSM to near-3G services
Bucharest, Romania – 2nd December
2003 - Motorola’s (NYSE: MOT) Global Telecom Solutions Sector (GTSS) today
announced that it is trialling its EDGE (Enhanced Data for GSM Evolution)
solution within Orange Romania’s GSM (Global System for Mobile
Communication) network.
The announcement
involves the trial of Motorola’s EDGE solution with its Horizon base
stations. It will demonstrate the company’s ability to provide operators
with the right mobile data solution for their market. Motorola’s complete
portfolio of infrastructure solutions are designed to support operators seeking
migration from 2G to 3G services with, for example, its GPRS CS3/4 and EDGE
technologies.
EDGE enables mobile date speeds
between 120 to 180kBit/s. This enables mobile applications such as streaming
video to become a reality once handsets become more readily available during
2004.
Margaret
Rice-Jones, corporate vice president and general manager,
Motorola GTSS EMEA, said: “The work that we’re doing in Romania is
a natural development of our relationship with Orange Romania. We have
supported their GSM services since 1997 and have worked closely to provide GPRS
capabilities and ongoing network service support to the operator.” EDGE
can provide Orange with the flexibility it needs to offer innovative new data
services to its Romanian customers.
Bernard
Moscheni, CEO, Orange Romania, said: “Our goal is to ensure we offer the
most innovative service to our customers while making sure that we maintain a
realistic view of our capital expenditure. We look forward to building on our
six-year relationship with Motorola as we continue to develop new and exciting
services for our customers.”
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.
About
Orange Romania
Orange is one of the
world’s leading communication companies being present in 19 countries
around the world.
Orange Romania has strong
values that are leading the way in treating the customer and in developing the
solutions it provides.
Orange Romania offers a
broad range of communication services: voice, data, SMS, MMS, GPRS, WAP, e-mail
and is known as the operator with the largest network coverage and providing
excellent customer care. The services offered by Orange Romania are simple and
innovative giving to the clients the possibility to communicate and interact
better. The strong financial position of Orange Romania ensures a long-term
strategy.
Orange means changing the existing
patterns and continuously moving forward in order to offer quality service,
innovation and transparency.
For more information,
please visit www.orange.ro and www.orange.com
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Media
Contacts:
Stephanie
Forrest
Motorola
GTSS
+44 (0)1256 790010
stephanie.forrest@motorola.com
Add:
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.
2003.
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