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uniView Technologies and Motorola Align to Revolutionize Set Top Box
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Business Wire - March 16, 1999 07:16
DALLAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 16, 1999--
Joint Marketing and Sales Alliance Finalized; Expertise Combined
to Customize, Develop Convergence Technologies
uniView Technologies Corp. (Nasdaq:UVEW) announces that it has finalized a strategic business alliance with Motorola, Inc.
(NYSE:MOT) that leverages the companies' individual capabilities for the joint marketing, sales and development of
advanced set top box (STB) platforms for an array of vertical markets.
The agreement establishes the joint marketing of existing and future products that combine Motorola's Streamaster(tm)
multimedia architecture and other STB reference designs with uniView's custom software applications and user interface. In
addition, the companies have established a reciprocal preferred provider relationship under which uniView is marketing the
Motorola STB platform to its customers, and uniView's unique software solutions on the Streamaster platform are being
promoted by Motorola to its customers.
"This agreement underscores our commitment to deliver leading interactive convergence and e-commerce applications. With
the power of Motorola's Streamaster enabling implementation of the latest in multimedia and interactive appliances, we can
continue to meet our customers' diverse and individual needs," said Patrick A. Custer, president and CEO of uniView
Technologies. "Additionally, with this reciprocal relationship, we expect positive financial impact as a result of our own sales,
as well as through Motorola's marketing efforts."
The companies are targeting customers worldwide with vertical and horizontal market applications for industries including
multi-level marketing, utilities, banking, hospitality, telecommunications and real estate. The agreement also extends joint
marketing activities to appropriate industry tradeshows, conventions and conferences.
"The unique software-based capabilities of the Streamaster(tm) architecture utilizing uniView technology brings a new level of
interactive and multimedia capabilities to the fingertips of businesses needing lead-edge capabilities to remain competitive,"
said Ray Burgess, corporate vice president of Motorola. "This combined expertise provides a seamless convergence of
entertainment, communications and connectivity for our respective customers," he concludes.
Dallas-based uniView Technologies is the nation's only IT consultant that offers the expertise and innovative tools necessary
to create fully customized interactive and electronic commerce solutions. Building on a foundation rooted in convergence
technology and a deep understanding of business operations and the end user, uniView merges proprietary and partner
Internet access technologies with existing applications to deliver the future of interactive networking products and services.
In 1997, uniView introduced its first revolutionary set top box and, today, its Advanced Systems Group (ASG) uses
convergence devices and integration expertise to design custom networks for clients in multi-level marketing, utilities, banking,
and telecommunications. In addition to complete IT consulting, ASG also offers Web site development and hosting, and full
Internet service, while uniView's Product Group focuses on research, product development and customer service. More
information on uniView is available at www.uniview.net.
About Streamaster
Motorola's Streamaster technology is a new open, extensible multimedia architecture aimed at revolutionizing video
entertainment and video communications. This architecture combines the key functions of a broadband router, a network
computer and a digital home theater platform. It offers an unprecedented integration of communications and interactive
entertainment, including video-on-demand, networked and DVD-based 3D games, video information and conferencing, high
speed Internet access and secure electronic commerce.
Streamaster technology employs industry-leading technologies to provide rapid adaptability to the rich variety of broadband
networks and conditional access systems around the world. With immediate support for ATM-based networks, the
Streamaster architecture will rapidly gain support for ADSL, HFC, satellite and terrestrial broadcast networks. With an
insertable security module, the Streamaster architecture is capable of supporting the emerging North American and
international standards for point-of-deployment security implementation. More information on the Streamaster architecture
can be found on the web site at motorola.com.
About Motorola
As the world's No. 1 producer of embedded processors, Motorola's Semiconductor Products Sector offers multiple
DigitalDNA(tm) solutions which enable its customers to create new business opportunities in the consumer, networking and
computing, transportation, and wireless communications markets. Motorola's worldwide semiconductor sales were $7.3
billion (USD) in l998. More information on Motorola's Semiconductor Product's Sector can be found at:
motorola.com.
Motorola is a global leader in providing integrated communications solutions and embedded electronic solutions. Sales in
1998 were $29.4 (USD) billion. Motorola's corporate Web site is located at: motorola.com.
NOTICE: Some of this information may contain "Forward Looking Statements" which are company plans, projections and
uncertainties. For a discussion of risk factors associated with some of these plans and projections, please refer to the
company's SEC filings, which contain additional discussion about those factors which could cause actual results to differ from
management's expectations.
CONTACT: Edelman Public Relations Worldwide
Media contact for uniView Technologies:
Reba Reid/Holly Vershum, 713/623-2666 or 214/520-3555
email: rreid@edelman.com or holly_vershum@edelman.com
or
Media contact for Motorola:
ZOOM Marketing Corp.
Megan O'Reilly-Lewis, 650/614-1980 ext. 232
email: megan@zooming.com
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