it looks like a deal is all but signed, sealed and delivered .
this will be worth waiting for.
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The Motorola Computer Group is a leading worldwide supplier of computer board
products and computer systems platform products to original equipment
manufacturers (OEMs) in technical and embedded markets.
Motorola, Inc. is one of the world's leading providers of wireless communications,
semiconductors, and advanced electronic systems, components, and data
communications, personal communications, automotive, defense and space
services. Major equipment businesses include cellular telephone, two-way radio,
paging electronics and computers. Motorola semiconductors power communication
devices, computers and many other products.
URL: motorola.com
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Shaping the Future of Wireless Communications
In a strategic 10-year non-exclusive technology agreement, Sun and
Motorola are moving to meet the changing needs of consumers,
developers, manufacturers, and service providers.
Consumers want affordable, high-quality, easy-to-access services.
Developers need a flexible architecture to create innovative wireless
services that combine voice, video, and Internet data.
Manufacturers need open standards to build products with universal
access.
Service providers need the ability to roll out new services more
quickly -- with wireline quality.
By combining their expertise, Motorola and Sun -- world leaders in
telecommunications and network computing, respectively -- are driving the
move to a common, open platform that makes all of the above possible.
The two companies are introducing a high-availability wireless computing
architecture designed to break down current barriers to innovation. Based
on open standards and comprised of software and hardware from both Sun
and Motorola, the joint solution will give wireless services the kind
of dial-tone reliability that today only the wire-line industry can
deliver.
The new platform was forged to overcome the limitations of the
current wireless model, which is plagued by highly specialized,
proprietary solutions with limited features, limited consumer access, and
high maintenance costs.
The new model emphasizes open, distributed, generalized solutions
that are fault tolerant, easier to maintain, and deliver voice, video, and
Internet data to a variety of consumer devices.
Motorola's plans call for the purchase of up to $1 billion in board- and system-level
hardware from Motorola Computer Group; software and hardware from Sun; as well
as custom hardware from Motorola's Network Solutions Sector. In addition,
Sun and Motorola Computer Group will independently
offer their respective, high-availability software and hardware architectures to other
telecommunications and enterprise customers.
The collaboration pairs Motorola's expertise in wireless communications with Sun's
carrier-grade hardware and mission-critical software. Early next year, the new wireless
platform will offer three tiers of service |
