For Immediate Release: 14-Jan-2003
Arlington Heights, IL, Basking Ridge, N.J., and Sunnyvale, CA., USMotorola Inc. (NYSE: MOT), Avaya Inc. (NYSE: AV), and Proxim
Corporation (NASD: PROX) today announced they will collaborate on
the creation and deployment of converged cellular, Wireless Local
Area Networking (WLAN), and Internet Protocol (IP) Telephony
solutions that will deliver new levels of communications mobility
and network connectivity. These solutions will be enabled by an
array of new products including a Wi-Fi/cellular dual-system phone
from Motorola, Session Initiation Protocol (SIP)-enabled IP
Telephony software from Avaya, and voice-enabled WLAN
infrastructure from Proxim. The jointly-developed, standards-based solutions will support
contiguous voice and data service to users across enterprise
networks, public cellular networks, and public hotspot WLANs based
on 802.11 technology (commonly known as Wi-Fi). The convergence of
these technologies will enable businesses to gain new cost savings,
user efficiencies, and enhanced communications capabilities. Cost-savings can be achieved through reduced network management
expenses, lower usage charges and device consolidation. User
efficiencies will result from increased accessibility to the
business network and greater mobility through seamless wireless
access to business networks, applications, and information within
or outside of a work campus. These solutions will also provide
enhanced communications capabilities, including on-demand
conference calling and speech access to key business applications
such as email, calendars and corporate directories. "Motorola believes that tying together wireless LANs, IP
Telephony, and cellular technologies in a single handset will
extend the mobility of the cellular networks inside the enterprise,
and provide the best available access to the user," said Dan
Coombes, senior vice president and general manager for Motorola's
Network Systems Group. "Both Avaya and Proxim are industry leaders,
and we eagerly anticipate working with them to create integrated
networks to provide everywhere-connectivity for our customers." "Avaya views this collaboration as a significant advancement in
mobile workplace communications," said Michael Thurk, group vice
president for Avaya's Converged Systems and Applications Group.
"Companies are demanding increased business results from their
communications networks. This converged solution is a natural
extension to the way Avaya serves the enterprise, with innovative
MultiVantage capabilities such as Extension-to-Cellular. Together,
we will bring unprecedented value to an organization's network by
expanding employees' desktops beyond office walls to virtually
wherever an employee happens to be working." "As the only wireless networking company offering integrated,
end-to-end connectivity, we are big supporters of convergent
solutions such as this," said Angela Champness, senior vice
president and general manager of Proxim's LAN Division. "We have
already integrated VoIP into our wireless WAN products and this is
a logical next step in the development of our WLANs. Businesses
will enjoy increased employee productivity and the opportunity for
significant cost savings through convergent networks that can scale
to their needs." The converged infrastructure solutions will tap into a new and
widening enterprise market that demands key technologies to boost
the performance of enterprise communications. The IP Telephony
application is enabled by Avaya MultiVantage Software, which
provides reliable and scalable communications. Motorola will create
network Mobility Management components that control the hand-off
between local (WLAN) and cellular networks; and Proxim will provide
voice-enabled Wi-Fi WLAN infrastructure, quality of service
software, and centralized management systems to facilitate
hand-offs between access points. "There is a huge opportunity for this converged solution given
the strengths of the IP Telephony, WLAN and cellular markets," said
Jeremy Duke, President, Synergy Research Group, a market research
firm based in Phoenix, Arizona. "These three industry leaders
together bring the expertise and the vision required to bring this
solution to market." Voice-enabled Wi-Fi WLAN infrastructure from Proxim and
SIP-enabled communications applications from Avaya is expected to
be made available early in 2003, establishing a ready base for
converged communications. Trials of the joint solution are expected
to begin in the second half of 2003. About Motorola
Motorola, Inc. (NYSE:MOT) is a global leader in providing
integrated communications and embedded electronic solutions. Sales
in 2001 were $30 billion. Please visit www.motorola.com/wlan for
more information. About Avaya
Avaya Inc. designs, builds and manages communications networks for
more than one million businesses around the world, including 90
percent of the FORTUNE 500®. A world leader in secure and reliable
Internet Protocol (IP) telephony systems, communications software
applications and services, Avaya is driving the convergence of
voice and data applications across IT networks enabling businesses
large and small to leverage existing and new networks to enhance
value, improve productivity and gain competitive advantage. For
more information visit the Avaya Web site: http://www.avaya.com. About Proxim
Proxim Corporation is a leading provider of high-performance
wireless local area networking (WLAN) and wireless wide area
networking (WWAN) products. The company holds leading shares in the
fast-growing markets for 802.11b, 802.11a, and license-exempt fixed
wireless networking systems. Proxim's systems securely connect
networks within buildings, as well as between locations up to 40
miles apart, providing enterprises, service providers, and
consumers with unprecedented networking capacity and mobility.
Proxim Corporation was created by the merger between Proxim, Inc.
and Western Multiplex Corporation in March 2002. Its Web site is www.proxim.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. 2003. Business Risks
This press release includes forward-looking information and
statements that are subject to risks and uncertainties that could
cause actual results to differ materially from those stated in the
forward-looking statements. Statements regarding joint development
of products and solutions by and among Motorola, Avaya and Proxim;
performance and benefits of solutions, including cost savings, user
efficiencies and enhanced communication capabilities; the growth of
the market for enterprise communication solutions and the
availability of products and solutions are forward-looking
statements and are subject to the following risks: that products
and solutions will not be developed as anticipated; that products
will not perform as designed; that the expected benefits will not
be realized by customers; that products will not become available
in a timely manner due to design, manufacturing or supply issues;
that product pricing will not be competitive; that the market for
enterprise communication solutions based on 802.11 technology will
not develop as anticipated and other risks and uncertainties
associated with Motorola's, Avaya's and Proxim's businesses. For a further list and description of such risks and
uncertainties, see the reports filed by Motorola, Avaya and Proxim
with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Each of the companies
disclaims any intention or obligation to update or revise any
forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information,
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