Motorola And Huawei Create New UMTS Venture For Customers
One of the keys to this UMTS venture is the creation of a joint research and development center in Shanghai, China, where employees from both companies will work on development of the architecture and portfolio of products and services.
This portfolio will offer mobile operators a choice of UMTS solutions, including a range of radio access, circuit and packet core products and high speed packet access (HSPA) over a range of new frequency bands. This relationship is expected to provide time-to-market advantages while enhancing the ability of both companies to evolve their UMTS portfolios for the global market.
"Motorola is committed to being a global leader in next-generation networks and to supporting its customers with local in-country expertise. With this collaboration, we are better positioned to meet our customers' 3G network infrastructure needs both today and in the future," said Greg Brown, president, Networks & Enterprise, Motorola. "This agreement enhances our technological innovation while also creating cost savings for our business."
"Due to its technology leadership, abundant experience in mobile and valuable relationships with customers around the world, Motorola is the perfect research and development partner for Huawei. Huawei and Motorola customers will benefit immediately from this collaboration with rapid availability of an innovative and extensive product portfolio, as well as our rich experience in mobile networks," said Zhang Shunmao, president of Wireless Product Line of Huawei. "Today's announcement will result in a highly competitive commercial product and extensive services portfolio, which will provide operators with immediate access and support for high quality, efficient UMTS and HSPA solutions for deployment worldwide, and help enhance their competitiveness in the market."
SOURCE: Motorola