Tuesday February 17, 8:59 am Eastern Time
Company Press Release
SOURCE: Motorola, Inc.
Motorola And Inter-Tel To Coordinate IP Telephony Development
PHOENIX, and AUSTIN, Texas, Feb. 17 /PRNewswire/ -- Inter-Tel, Incorporated (Nasdaq: INTL - news) and Motorola, Inc.
(NYSE: MOT - news), Internet Products Operation have signed a Memorandum of Understanding outlining the companies'
intentions to develop standards-based interoperability among their IP Telephony products and to distribute each company's IP
Telephony products. As part of the agreement, Inter-Tel and Motorola intend to jointly develop interfaces for Motorola's VIPR
family of gateways, Inter-Tel Vocal'Net gateways and the Inter-Tel Vocal'Net Call Accounting System (CAS) that will
inter-operate through mutual support of the H.323 standards.
''Completion of these standards-based products will allow Inter-Tel to leverage Motorola's strengths in the IP Telephony
marketplace, to expand the range and capabilities of our Inter-Tel Vocal'Net family of products, and to support a wider spectrum
of IP Telephony applications,'' said Tom Parise, president and chief operating officer for Inter-Tel. ''As a result, we will be able to
offer small end-user organizations up through large, carrier-class service providers, a complete IP Telephony solution.''
''Motorola's goal is to provide our customers with the most advanced IP telephony solution in the world,'' said Sean Parham,
Motorola director, Internet Product Operations. ''Interoperability with the Inter-Tel product line allows us to combine the rich
features and services of the Vocal'Net gateway and Call Accounting System with the high performance and low cost of the
Motorola VIPR product line. There has been a lot of talk about H.323 implementations, but most of that has involved only
implementation of PC client-to-gateway interoperability. This is a major step toward independent vendor gateway interoperability
and integration between gateways and a gatekeeper.''
In addition to Motorola's and Inter-Tel's development of an H.323 interface for their existing Motorola VIPR and Inter-Tel
Vocal'Net gateways, Inter-Tel intends to develop an H.323 standards-based Gatekeeper to handle IP address resolution,
bandwidth management, call restrictions, call event monitoring and call billing. The Gatekeeper will incorporate the Inter-Tel
Vocal'Net Call Accounting System (CAS), which manages and monitors accounting and billing functions for pre-paid and billed
calling services. As part of the joint development agreement, Inter-Tel also intends to develop an H.323 standard voice-processing
platform to provide IVR functions for pre-paid and billed calling card services.
The Inter-Tel Vocal'Net gateway is available in multiple port sizes to accommodate both corporate end users and IP Telephony
service providers. Inter-Tel Vocal'Net will interact with telephone systems that support standard telecom interfaces such as T-1,
E-1, ISDN, and analog single lines. Calls are placed by simply using a desktop telephone.
Motorola's VIPR line is part of the Vanguard(R) and MPRouter(R) family of products and provides an advanced multiservice
platform. These versatile network access devices provide support of IP telephony, Frame Relay, ISDN, LAN routing, legacy data
protocols, WAN bandwidth optimization and support for either digital or analog PBX/PABX features. Motorola VIPR products are
DSP- based and offer built-in echo cancellation, silence suppression, SNMP management and super scalability from single analog
to multiple T-1, E-1 and PRI digital connections. Advanced voice and fax priority protocols ensure maximum quality of service.
These advanced features and the commitment to standards-based implementation makes the Inter-Tel Vocal'Net and Motorola
VIPR products the smart way of bringing voice and fax to IP data networks. The combined solution offers advanced call
accounting and management capabilities to IP Telephony Service Providers. In addition, business customers can bypass traditional
public telecommunications networks and potentially reduce long distance costs by providing a gateway between circuit-switched
phone systems and packet-switched Intranets or the public Internet. As a result, most organizations can use their current phone
systems to route long distance calls across the same network they use for data communications.
About Inter-Tel
Inter-Tel is a single point of contact, full service solutions integrator providing Internet Connectivity products such as the Inter-Tel
Vocal'Net, AXXESS and Axxent digital business communication platforms, AXXESSORY Talk voice processing platforms, call
processing and voice processing software along with various other productivity enhancing software applications, computer
telephone integration, and network services and long distance calling services, as well as maintenance, leasing and support
services. The Company's Common Stock is quoted on the NASDAQ National Market System under the symbol INTL. For more
information, contact Inter-Tel at 602-302-8900 or inter-tel.com on the World Wide Web.
About Motorola
Motorola is one of the world's leading providers of wireless communications, semiconductors, and advanced electronic systems,
components, and services. Major equipment businesses include cellular telephone, two-way radio, paging and data communications,
personal communications, automotive, defense and space electronics and computers. Motorola semiconductors power
communication devices, computers and millions of other products. Motorola's 1997 sales were $29.8 billion. ISG information is
available on the World Wide Web at www.motorola.com/isg. For more information, contact Motorola Internet Product Operations
at 512-370-4002, info@motispd.com or visit our web site at motorola.com.
NOTE: This news release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933
and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Actual results could differ materially from those projected in the
forward-looking statements as a result of the risks identified herein as well as the risks that are described in the Company's last
filed Forms 10-Q and 10-K, and Registration Statement on Form S-3.
SOURCE: Motorola, Inc.
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