Motorola Helps SMART Communications Launch
Wireless DSL Network with MOTOwi4™ Canopy® Solution
Motorola
February 20, 2006
Largest cellular carrier in
Philippines deploys Canopy to bolster emerging market broadband
services to the home
SCHAUMBURG, Ill. -- In a country where only 10 percent of the
households have land line telephones, SMART Communications, the
Philippine’s largest cellular carrier, has broken through the cost and
landscape barriers by using Motorola (NYSE:MOT) technology. SMART has
commercially launched its SMART WiFi wireless digital subscriber line
(DSL) service using Motorola’s MOTOwi4™ Canopy® fixed wireless
solution to deliver “always on” broadband service to subscribers.
Motorola’s MOTOwi4 next generation Internet protocol (IP) wireless
broadband portfolio, which includes Canopy solutions, can deliver
high-speed data and voice services as an alternative to or an
extension of wired solutions helping customers reach unserved and
underserved residential, business and enterprise markets.
Motorola’s Canopy solution has become popular in the Philippines and
around the world because of its ability to meet service providers’
business cases. One reason is that the Canopy customer premises
equipment (CPE) in the Philippines is a cost-effective alternative to
traditional 3.5 GHz wireless local loop (WLL) alternatives.
Additionally, the Motorola Canopy network is faster and easier to
deploy and is scalable, to meet SMART’s future growth opportunities.
“By tapping into SMART’s extensive cellular network infrastructure,
we’ve been able to rapidly deploy wireless broadband. The roll-out has
benefited hugely from having access to key assets including towers,
backhaul, distribution and provisions systems that can scale,” said
Rolando G. Pena, head of SMART’s network services division.
“In the six months since our launch, we have seen a steady and strong
daily growth in wireless DSL subscribers where SMART WiFi is
deployed,” said Ramon S. Fernandez, head of SMART’s Administration and
Materials Management Division. “We’ve developed an effective
relationship with Motorola in growing our wireless broadband
business.”
SMART, with more than 22 million cellular subscribers, spent more than
a year in wireless broadband trial deployments before deciding to
launch its commercial services with Motorola’s Canopy wireless
broadband equipment. The wireless broadband equipment supply contract
between the two companies was signed in June 2005.
“Wireless broadband complements cellular and wire line carrier’s
businesses with an architecture that allows for a gradual roadmap to
scale the network,” said Raghu Rau, senior vice president of Global
Marketing and Strategy, Motorola Networks. “Our Canopy solutions are
designed for unlicensed or managed spectrum, and provide WiMAX
services supporting voice over Internet protocol (VoIP) and IP data
applications at price points that meet customers’ business case
requirements. Wireless broadband to the home is proving to be a very
powerful and useful tool in emerging markets like the Philippines
where alternative broadband options are either impractical or not
available.”
In addition, Motorola’s Canopy solutions are bridging the
technological gaps around the globe. This cost-effective platform has
met application needs such as:
E-learning initiatives in places like Indonesia and South Africa where
a single teacher can interactively teach students in multiple
classrooms in different schools;
A countrywide network in Macedonia that provides wireless connectivity
that is delivering Internet content to all 360 primary and 100
secondary schools. Additionally, two-dozen secondary school
dormitories, 15 university locations, 15 local educational development
board offices and 1,000 businesses are being served by the same Canopy
network;
An installation of a wireless broadband infrastructure solution for a
large medical assistance network in Brazil. The network supports the
resources of a virtual private network (VPN), Internet connectivity,
VoIP, videoconferencing systems and independent networks in order to
connect its doctors, service providers, drugstores and hospitals.
About Motorola’s MOTOwi4™ Canopy® Solutions
Winner of the 2005 SUPERquest Award for Continuous Achievement,
Motorola’s MOTOwi4 Canopy portfolio delivers innovative wireless
broadband connectivity. Canopy solutions offer a unique combination of
superior technology, performance, flexibility, and cost effectiveness.
With implementations in more than 100 countries around the world,
Canopy solutions provide the ideal wireless technology for building,
enhancing or extending advanced broadband networks. Internet Service
Providers, carriers, enterprises, and municipalities use Canopy
solutions for both private networks and public access.
Please visit our website at www.motorola.com/canopy and the online
magazine Connections at www.connectwithcanopy.com.
About Motorola
Motorola is known around the world for innovation and leadership in
wireless and broadband communications. Inspired by our vision of
Seamless Mobility, the people of Motorola are committed to helping you
get and stay connected simply and seamlessly to the people,
information, and entertainment that you want and need. We do this by
designing and delivering "must have" products, "must do" experiences
and powerful networks -- along with a full complement of support
services. A Fortune 100 company with global presence and impact,
Motorola had sales of US $36.8 billion in 2005. For more information
about our company, our people and our innovations, please visit
www.motorola.com
Media Contacts:
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Motorola’s Canopy Wireless Broadband group
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+1-847-341-8796 mobile
s.hanley@motorola.com
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Alltel Supply
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Kelly+LoDestro Global Relations, Ltd.
For Motorola
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