Motorola Teams with Interphase to Accelerate Deployment of AdvancedTCA and MicroTCA Communications ServersTargets Applications such as Radio Network Controllers, Media Gateways, Signaling Gateways and WiMAXTEMPE, Ariz -- February 7, 2006 -- Motorola, Inc. (NYSE:MOT) today announced a strategic alliance naming Interphase Corporation (NASDAQ: INPH) as Motorola’s preferred provider for I/O Advanced Mezzanine Cards (AdvancedMCs). AdvancedMCs provide for great flexibility in customer configurations without incurring the costs of customization and will be key components of Motorola’s AdvancedTCA
® and MicroTCA
TM open communications servers. The relationship will help providers of applications such as Radio Network Controllers, Media Gateways, Signaling Gateways, and WiMAX infrastructure to deploy new revenue-generating services faster and more cost-efficiently by reducing the time and cost-intensive process of integration.
The agreement provides for incorporating a range of Interphase products into the roadmaps of the Embedded Communications Computing business of Motorola, alignment of future roadmaps and priorities, and joint planning and development of AdvancedMC solutions as well as joint sales and marketing.
“Working with Interphase will allow us to add crucial functionality to our communications servers by leveraging the expertise of a respected industry leader,” said
Wendy Vittori, corporate vice president and general manager, Embedded Communications Computing, Motorola. “Customers will benefit by improved time to market as we will pre-integrate and test the Interphase AdvancedMC I/O modules into Motorola’s communications servers. Additionally, customers will be confident that they can easily purchase quality I/O products integrated within communications server solutions from Motorola.”
As a strategic participant of Motorola’s Communications Server Alliance, Interphase has been actively engaged with Motorola to set product priorities, architect joint solutions, and to ensure interoperability between Interphase I/O modules and Motorola ATCA- and MicroTCA-based communications servers.
“For the last eight years, we have worked closely with Motorola as joint customers have asked for solutions that combine our I/O modules with Motorola platforms,” said Greg Kalush, president and CEO of Interphase. “We are now entering into a more proactive stage in our relationship – a stage in which we will be specifically aligning our designs and roadmaps in advance of customer engagements. Thus, we will be able to provide TEMs with a tightly integrated architecture as well as significantly better time to market.”
The first release of communications servers for early adopters with Interphase technology is expected in the second half of 2006.
About Motorola’s Communications ServersMotorola’s Communications Servers are open, standards-based communications computing platforms architected to meet the needs of a broad range of communications applications. The communications server includes pre-integrated and validated hardware and software elements that enable equipment manufacturers to focus on adding their application-specific value, thereby reducing the time, cost and risk involved in deploying new revenue-generating applications or migrating existing applications to standards-based technology. For more information:
www.motorola.com/computing.
About Interphase Interphase Corporation (NASDAQ: INPH) is a leading provider of robust building blocks, highly integrated subsystems and innovative gateway appliances for the converged communications network. Building on a 30-year history of providing advanced I/O solutions for telecom and enterprise applications, and addressing the need for high speed connectivity, Interphase has established a key leadership role in delivering next generation AdvancedTCA
®, MicroTCA and AdvancedMC™ solutions to the marketplace. Headquartered in Plano, Texas with sales offices across the globe, Interphase clients include Alcatel, Ericsson, Fujitsu Ltd., Hewlett Packard, Lockheed Martin, Lucent Technologies, Motorola Inc., Nortel Networks Ltd., Raytheon and Samsung. Additional information about Interphase and its products is available on the company’s Web site at
www.interphase.com.
About MotorolaMotorola is known around the world for innovation and leadership in wireless and broadband communications. Inspired by our vision of Seamless Mobility, the people of Motorola are committed to helping you get and stay connected simply and seamlessly to the people, information, and entertainment that you want and need. We do this by designing and delivering "must have" products, "must do" experiences and powerful networks -- along with a full complement of support services. A Fortune 100 company with global presence and impact, Motorola had sales of US $36.8 billion in 2005. For more information about our company, our people and our innovations, please visit
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Media Contacts:Lee Ann Kuster
Embedded Communications Computing
Motorola
+1 602 438 3623
leeannkuster@motorola.comShreek Raivadera
Embedded Communications Computing
Motorola
+44 (0) 1509 634461
shreek@motorola.comJeannette Hudler
Interphase Communications
+1 214 654 5131
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