Motorola CIG Sale of 50,000 Fixed Wireless Terminals to
India's Tata Lucent is Biggest Ever
SINGAPORE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 24, 1998--Motorola, Inc.'s Cellular Infrastructure
Group (CIG) today announced the industry's largest sale ever -- 50,000 units -- of fixed wireless
terminals (FWT) to Tata Lucent Technologies Ltd. of India, a joint venture between Tata
Teleservices and Lucent Technologies. The announcement was made during the 1998 CDMA
World Congress, the industry's annual conclave being held here this week.
The devices -- the Motorola CIG CDMA WiLL(R) 800SC FWT -- will be used to connect Tata
Teleservices subscribers to Tata Lucent 800 Mhz CDMA wireless local loop systems in Hyderabad
and Vijayawada in Andhra Pradesh initially and eventually throughout all of Andhra Pradesh.
CDMA, or code division multiple access, is a digital wireless technology used globally by more than
13 million subscribers.
Using state-of-the-art digital technology, Motorola CIG's CDMA WiLL 800SCs provide dial tone
and multiple-extension connections at a subscriber's residence or place of business. Traditional and
cordless phones, answering machines, fax machines, PCs and laptop computers, and even pay
phones and public calling offices can be connected to an 800SC without special adapters.
The 800SCs provide wireline quality far below the cost of wireline infrastructure, while maintenance
costs are held in check by Motorola CIG technology that allows for remote, wireless equipment
diagnostics and downloads of operational software. In addition, Motorola CIG's 800SCs are
impervious to the wide fluctuations in voltage input typically found in the region where the units will
be deployed.
''Motorola CIG is pleased to have been selected by Tata Lucent to provide the finest in fixed
wireless terminal technology,'' said Anders Gustafsson, executive director and general manager of
Motorola CIG's European Cellular Infrastructure Group. ''We are very happy to be associated
with Lucent and look forward to a long working relationship,'' he added.
Motorola CIG also plans to establish an in-country service center in Bangalore. When opened later
this year, the center will help to enhance customer service by providing across-the-table FWT
replacements.
Motorola, Inc. is one of the world's leading providers of wireless communications, semiconductors,
and advanced electronic systems, components and services. Motorola's 1997 sales were $29.8
billion.
For more information on Motorola CIG, please visit our web site at: mot.com.
Contact:
Motorola CIG
Joe Arimond, 847/632-3889
JARIMON1@email.mot.com
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