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To: marginmike who wrote (37429)	7/31/1999 1:53:00 AM
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oopps ot -- Motorola Signs $370 Million Supply Contract For Digital Cellular Equipment In China ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 2, 1999--To provide its customers in China with state-of-the-art wireless communication system solutions, Motorola, Inc.'s Network Solutions Sector (NSS) today announced it signed a $370 million contract with China Eastern Communications Company Limited (Eastcom) for the manufacture and supply of GSM digital cellular infrastructure equipment. GSM stands for global system for mobile communications. The contract, the fifth and largest GSM equipment contract between Motorola NSS and Eastcom since 1995, enables Eastcom to manufacture and distribute Motorola NSS's GSM cell site equipment. Eastcom will manufacture and distribute Motorola NSS's M-CellTM2 and M-CellTM6 series of base transceiver stations. It also enables Eastcom to distribute all of Motorola NSS's GSM base station equipment including its latest generation GSM network infrastructure solution for high capacity coverage - the M-Cell(TM)Horizonmacro. The equipment under the contract will be deployed in cellular networks operated by China Telecom and China Unicom. The two operators are planning to expand networks in a number of provinces including: Sichuan, Jiangxi, Fujian, Zhejiang, Shandong, Jilin , Anhui, Henan, Xinjiang, and Henan. To support the licensed manufacturing and service activities in China, Motorola NSS also will provide Eastcom with related support services, including training and system design. ''The signing of the contract represents another milestone in our strategic relationship with Motorola NSS,'' said Yu Changming, General Manager of Eastcom. ''This contract, the largest of our GSM contracts with Motorola NSS, shows that our overall competitive strength is continuously increasing on the China market,'' he added. ''Motorola NSS's long-standing relationship with Eastcom has played an important role in our commitment to providing our customers in China with the most advanced cellular infrastructure equipment and timely services,'' said Tim Chen, vice president and general manager of Motorola NSS's China Operations. ''With this contract Motorola NSS is strengthening its valuable relationship with Eastcom and will deliver quality end-to-end GSM systems solutions and services to meet our customers' requirements,'' Chen added. Eastcom has licensing and joint venture agreements with Motorola NSS to manufacture, distribute and provide service for Motorola's NSS Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) and GSM cellular infrastructure products within China. Eastcom has been supplying Motorola NSS cellular equipment in China since 1991. Eastcom became a publicly listed company in 1996. As China's largest mobile communications product manufacturer and supplier, Eastcom has become the largest state-owned company and reported a business volume of $675 million in 1998. Motorola, Inc. is a global leader in advanced electronic systems and services. Sales in 1998 were $29.4 billion. For further information on Motorola, please visit the web site at motorola.com. Contact: Motorola NSS Public Relations Joe Arimond, 847/632-3889 More Quotes and News: Motorola Inc (NYSE:MOT - news) Related News Categories: computers, semiconductors, telecom Help Copyright © 1999 Business Wire. All rights reserved. All the news releases provided by Business Wire are copyrighted. Any forms of copying other than an individual user's personal reference without express written permission is prohibited. Further distribution of these materials is strictly forbidden, including but not limited to, posting, emailing, faxing, archiving ina public database, redistributing via a computer network or in a printed form. See our Important Disclaimers and Legal Information. Questions