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Motorola
Turns Enterprise Business Communications Inside
Out
Unveils Enterprise Seamless
Mobility™ products, delivering enterprise communication capabilities
inside and out of the office
ROSEMONT, Ill.
-- 27 July 2004 -- Motorola, Inc. (NYSE:MOT) today debuted three new products
for the company’s Enterprise Seamless Mobility™ solution, which
delivers enhanced business communications, cost-savings opportunities and
productivity improvement to a commercial enterprise and greater mobility and
accessibility for enterprise employees.
The
Enterprise Seamless Mobility solution will provide contiguous, wireless
communications across both enterprise and cellular networks to deliver enhanced
capabilities and significant cost savings opportunities. For enterprise
employees, Motorola’s solution delivers boundary-less communications,
where capabilities and features normally available only inside the office
(enterprise telephony, e-mail, intranet and Internet, calendars, and corporate
directories) are now available for the user on the
go.
“Our growing portfolio of products,
seamlessly connected, will bring voice and data-rich services to people where
they are: at home, in the auto, in the world, or at work. This is one of our
solutions for the space we call ‘work,’” said Ed
Zander, chairman and CEO. “We believe this
technology will change the notion of work. Work will no longer be defined as
where you are, but as what you do and how you do it. One device, one phone
number, one voice mail -- and the key functionality of your office desktop -- on
a single mobile device.”
Motorola’s
Enterprise Seamless Mobility products are part of an overall solution
architecture created in collaboration with Avaya and Proxim. Motorola products
include the CN620, a new dual-network Mobile Office Device (MOD), the Wireless
Services Manager and the Network Services Manager. These components work with
IP telephony software from Avaya and wireless local area network (WLAN)
infrastructure from Avaya and Proxim.
How
Enterprise Seamless Mobility Works
The
standards-based solution supports contiguous communication services to users
across enterprise wireless networks and public cellular networks. Inside the
enterprise, the Motorola CN620 uses the 802.11 standard to connect to the
enterprise IP Telephony system through a secure, voice-enabled wireless local
area network. The Wireless Services Manager allows communication to seamlessly
continue outside the enterprise into the wide-area cellular network. The user
can actually walk out the door of the enterprise, mid-call, and seamlessly flow
from the company’s wireless network onto the cellular network without
interruption. The convergence of these technologies provides businesses with
cost savings opportunities, new user efficiencies, and enhanced communication
capabilities.
Cost-savings can be achieved
through intelligent call routing -- the solution routes calls to the preferred
available network. Device consolidation is another area of cost-saving
opportunity as the office desk phone, mobile phone and other devices can be
replaced by the one Dual-Network Mobile Office Device. Productivity is enhanced
as users can be reached inside or out of the enterprise on a single phone
number, with one device, and only one voice mailbox to check. New capabilities
are provided through wireless access to corporate applications including e-mail,
data and directories inside or outside the enterprise
campus.
The solution also incorporates advanced
and innovative power saving techniques, Quality of Service (QoS) standards, and
industry standard security mechanisms.
CN620
Dual-Network Mobile Office Device
(MOD)
Motorola’s CN620 Mobile Office
Device (MOD) ties together WLAN and cellular technologies in a single device for
easier, more efficient, access to voice and data networks both inside and
outside the office. Users can be reached inside or outside the enterprise at a
single phone number, and retrieve messages from a single voice mailbox. Inside
the enterprise, the solution will support secure “always on” mobile
access to valuable IP telephony features and capabilities. The solution
provides the same access to many of these key features to mobile workers outside
the enterprise while on the cellular network, including call hold, conference
calling, multiple simultaneous active calls, and access to corporate email,
data, applications and directories.
The CN620
makes its mark with integrated dual network (802.11 and cellular) capabilities
for both voice and data communications. Uniquely designed for enterprise use,
the CN620 provides flexibility and interoperability with enterprise back office
and desktop applications. The CN620 allows users to surf both the corporate
intranet and the internet, providing access to vital corporate information and
applications – using the enterprise high-speed network inside the WLAN.
The CN620 also features an innovative one point navigation dial, with easy
access to key communications tools and push-to-talk voice messaging inside the
enterprise, further enhancing its
usability.
Wireless Services
Manager
Motorola’s Wireless Services
Manager (WSM) facilitates the seamless hand-off between WLAN and cellular
networks, providing contiguous communication even as enterprise users move from
one network to another. The WSM also enables the extension of enterprise
telephony functions into the cellular network, delivering enhanced and
transparent functionality to users. Push-to-talk voice messaging within the
enterprise is also facilitated by the WSM. The Wireless Services Manager
provides solution security with mechanisms that validate network elements,
devices and
users.
Network
Services Manager
Motorola’s Network
Services Manager provides system administration tools to securely configure and
manage the Enterprise Seamless Mobility solution. It is designed to provide
simple integration into existing network management
systems.
Each of these products is part of a
complete solution architecture. IP telephony components include Avaya’s
suite of IP-enabled MultiVantage™ Communications Applications, which
includes the company’s flagship IP telephony software, Communication
Manager. This software helps enterprises evolve to secure and reliable
converged communications, and supports seamless hand-offs between WLAN and
public cellular networks. The voice-enabled WLAN infrastructure from Avaya and
Proxim facilitates mobility within the WLAN and implements Quality of Service
(QoS) standards to ensure voice
quality.
Availability
The
Enterprise Seamless Mobility solution is entering its final commercialization
stages, with trial customer deployments currently underway at three major
enterprise locations as well as Motorola, Avaya and Proxim corporate offices.
Commercial availability is expected later this
year.
About
Motorola
Motorola, Inc. (NYSE: MOT) is a global
leader in wireless, broadband and automotive communications technologies that
help make life smarter, safer, simpler, synchronized and fun. Sales in 2003
were $27.1 billion. Motorola creates innovative technological solutions that
benefit people at home, at work and on the move. The company also is a
progressive corporate citizen dedicated to operating ethically, protecting the
environment and supporting the communities in which it does business. For more
information, please visit www.motorola.com.
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Contacts:
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© Motorola, Inc. 2004
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