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Motorola Wins Optimus Contract To Build Live
3G UMTS Network In
Portugal
Optimus will deliver
3G services over Motorola WCDMA infrastructure to northern
Portugal
PORTO, Portugal – 20th
January 2004 – Motorola’s Global Telecom Solutions Sector (GTSS)
today announced an agreement to build a 3G Universal Mobile Telecommunications
System (UMTS) network in northern Portugal. Motorola was awarded the three-year
deal by Optimus following a successful four-month network
trial.
Optimus plans to deliver 3G services to northern Portugal by Q2
2004.
Motorola has extensive Code Division
Multiple Access (CDMA) experience with over 60 deployed networks ranging from
the first commercial IS-95 network to our current CDMA 2000 1X networks.
Coupled with Motorola’s network planning expertise, this means that 90
percent of the UMTS network parameters are pre-optimized, allowing an operator
to rapidly deploy their network.
This helps it allay its fears of a rollout being
delayed for performance reasons.
Motorola’s UMTS equipment, such as the
compact Horizon 3G Base station, is easy to install, enabling shorter deployment
times and provides, for example, a simple migration path to HSDPA. In addition,
the high performance of Motorola’s UMTS network solution offers a low
drop-call rate that is comparable to high-performing GSM levels and a seamless
hand-over between 2G and 3G calls, providing users with excellent quality of
service.
Motorola has extensive experience
deploying mobile networks in difficult terrain and integrating its solutions
with legacy equipment from other vendors. A good example of this is the
extensive GSM deployments carried out by Motorola in China. This experience
will allow Motorola to quickly deploy its 3G UMTS network in the mountainous
northern Portugal area, which includes a population of over 4 million, and to
integrate it with Optimus’ existing 2G
network.
Pinto Correia, chief technical officer
of Optimus, said: “Motorola has been selected as our 3G supplier for
several reasons: one being its ability to integrate easily with other networks.
For example, during the trial, Motorola integrated its equipment with our
existing UMTS core in less than a week which is very impressive. Secondly,
Motorola demonstrated a very high quality of service which is critical for our
customers.”
Helder dos Santos, Optimus
account director, Motorola GTSS EMEA, said: “It is for me both a pleasure
and a great honor to be leading this expansion of the scope of our cooperation
with Optimus into yet another generation of mobile network infrastructure. I
look forward to meeting the challenge that Optimus has set us and to developing
the strong relationship that our two companies have nurtured over the past six
years to redefine the telecoms industry going
forward.”
Margaret
Rice-Jones, corporate vice president of
Motorola and general manager, GTSS EMEA, said: “Winning this 3G UMTS
Optimus contract is a major landmark for Motorola and reflects our growing
success and commitment in the European market for all types of mobile
infrastructure. Optimus’ choice of Motorola’s equipment is
testimony to the technical strength of our UMTS solution and of our strong
relationship with the company. We look forward to working with Optimus in the
future to help deliver innovative 3G
services.”
António Casanova, chief
executive officer, Optimus, said: “We are pleased to be making the
announcement today with Motorola as we continue our efforts to deliver
leading-edge 3G services to the people of Portugal. By working together we will
build a cost effective and high quality solution to provide the future means of
communication for this country.”
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
Optimus
Since its commercial launch in 1998,
Optimus has gradually grown in the Portuguese market, with only one goal in
mind: to lead the Portuguese telecommunications market making life easier for
all. In 2002, Optimus already had exceeded the 2 million subscribers milestone
and reached a 22% market share. Through the launching of new products and
services in the Portuguese market - mobile portals, SMS information services,
entertainment services, SMS sales solutions, GPRS services - Optimus also leads
the use of new technologies.
Optimus reference
shareholders are Portuguese Telecoms Group Sonaecom and France Telecom’s
Orange. For more information, please visit www.optimus.pt
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Media
Contacts:
Stephanie
Forrest
Motorola
GTSS
+44 (0) 1256 790010
stephanie.forrest@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.
2004.
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