Motorola Wins Contract to Build 3G UMTS Network in Portugal

Motorolas Global Telecom Solutions Sector (GTSS) has agreed 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 Motorolas 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. Motorolas 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 Motorolas 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.