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@all
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OpenTV and Motorola Broaden Relationship to Accelerate Adoption of Interactive Television Worldwide
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 14, 2000--OpenTV (Nasdaq:OPTV <http://finance.yahoo.com/q?s=optv&d=t> - news </n/o/optv.html>; AEX:OPTV), the world`s leading interactive television and media solutions company, today announced that it has entered into a multiple-year, strategic relationship with Motorola Inc.`s Broadband Communications Sector.
The two companies have signed a series of definitive agreements dedicated to accelerating interactive television (ITV) deployments worldwide.
OpenTV and Motorola have agreed to several business initiatives, including the formation of a new joint venture entity to assist digital ITV deployments. The new joint venture`s services will include cable and satellite integration, testing, and development.
In addition, Motorola has named OpenTV a preferred ITV software and development partner. As part of this relationship, OpenTV has licensed its Device Mosaic Web browser, the most widely deployed browser in the U.S. cable TV industry, for use on Motorola digital set-top terminals. OpenTV also will port to Motorola`s model DVi-4000, an advanced DVB-compliant interactive digital set-top targeted for the European market. Having already successfully ported to Motorola`s mass-market DCT-2000, the two companies will work together to port OpenTV`s software to the next-generation set-top terminal, the DCT-5000+.
Also as part of their new alliance, OpenTV and Motorola will reach out to cable and satellite operators through collaborative market efforts and by leveraging each other`s current industry relationships and networks. Specifically, Motorola has agreed to make referrals and recommend the services of the new joint venture, when appropriate, to Independent Software Vendors (ISVs) and broadband network operators considering interactive software deployments.
``Motorola`s commitment to OpenTV highlights our reputation as a leader in ITV that has and will continue to deliver,`` said James Ackerman, president and COO of OpenTV. ``These agreements combine the strengths of two ITV leaders: OpenTV ported to more than 11 million set-top terminals -- more than all of our competitors combined -- and Motorola, the leading provider of interactive digital cable technology. There`s no better combination to accelerate the deployment of ITV worldwide.``
``We look forward to building on our current relationship with OpenTV and establishing the new joint venture to streamline the ITV integration process for operators worldwide,`` said Dave Robinson, Sr. Vice President and General Manager of Motorola`s Digital Network Systems business unit. ``Motorola is committed to a strong, long-term relationship with OpenTV, one that delivers leading interactive television solutions to broadband operators and content providers.``
OpenTV Acquires CableSoft
Under a separate agreement, OpenTV announces that it has acquired the business of CableSoft Corporation in a stock for stock transaction in exchange for 1,556,324 shares of OpenTV`s common stock. CableSoft is a leading provider of ``on-demand information`` software solutions for broadband network operators. Motorola was one of CableSoft`s primary shareholders.
OpenTV has future plans for its new acquisition of CableSoft, which currently provides applications for advanced analog platforms including community yellow pages and classified advertisements. Further penetrating the U.S. market, OpenTV expects to provide local content interactive services for cable and satellite television.
OpenTV and Motorola -- New Joint Venture
OpenTV and Motorola will join their worldwide leadership, knowledge and reputation in the ITV field by establishing a new joint venture entity that will begin offering its services at the beginning of 2001. The new entity fulfills the market demand of providing integration and testing services for cable and satellite operators to further the rollout of digital ITV services. The services will enable operators to integrate, test and develop software applications to different digital platforms and set-top terminals.
With more than 30,000,000 viewers in more than 50 countries, OpenTV`s leadership in the ITV industry deepens as a result of the joint venture with Motorola. OpenTV was the first company to develop interactive television solutions, has the most experienced experts in the digital communications arena, and is a recognized leader in Web browsing for interactive television with its recent acquisition of Spyglass.
Motorola to Acquire Acadia Application Integration Center from OpenTV
Under a separate agreement, Motorola has elected to purchase OpenTV`s equity interest in the Acadia Application Integration Center, taking Motorola`s ownership up to 100%. This transaction is anticipated to close in January 2001, subject to satisfaction of certain closing conditions. Acadia assists Motorola`s Horizon Developer Program ITV companies with technical support, training, testing, and deployment planning on the Motorola interactive digital system.
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Motorola to Showcase New Transmission Network Systems Technology At the Western Cable Show 2000
Upgrades and Additions to the STARLINE(R) 2000 Amplifier Family - Along With Apartment House Amplifiers, Next-Generation Extracting Taps, and RF Signal Managers - Signify Motorola`s Continued Commitment to Meeting Cable Networking Demands
HORSHAM, Pa., Nov. 14 /PRNewswire/ -- Motorola, Inc. (NYSE: MOT <http://finance.yahoo.com/q?s=mot&d=t> - news </n/m/mot.html> Broadband Communications Sector today announced that it will introduce several new transmission network advancements at the Western Cable Show 2000, Los Angeles Convention Center, Booth #1401. The advancements signify Motorola`s continued commitment to drive network technology and strengthen its leadership position by recognizing, responding to, and meeting the increasing demands of today`s cable networks.
Motorola`s advancements, designed and developed by Motorola`s Transmission Network Systems business unit, include:
STARLINE® 2000 Series Amplifier Upgrades
Motorola`s new line of STARLINE® 2000 Series Amplifier upgrades builds upon Motorola`s original STARLINE 2000 Series platform, while continuing to support digital compression, personal communications systems, and alternate access. In addition, the enhancements to the STARLINE 2000 Series platform will further enable broadband operators to provide high-profit, two-way video, voice, data, and telephony services.
Enhancements include:
Optional Enhanced Gallium Arsenide (E-GaAs) hybrids
Operational gain to 30dB for Broadband Line Extender 870MHz silicon
version, and to 40dB for Mini-Bridger® Amplifier 870MHz silicon
version.
M-split return band option (5-80 MHz)
Ergonomic improvements, including plastic shells and guides for field- installed components.
BHA-87*/P Apartment House Amplifier
This high-gain indoor distribution amplifier is specifically designed to meet the specialized installation needs of multiple dwelling housing units. Contained within a cast aluminum housing for maximum security and durability, the amplifier is available in 870 MHz, with a silicon power doubled output with an operational gain of 31 dB. It also has bi-directional functionality using the RA-Kit/40L for future return path upgrades, and is line-powered and equipped with a built-in auto ranging power supply.
Additional features include:
All directional coupler test points
Interior cover design with full access to plug-in accessories
LED indicator lights for 24 Vdc operation
5/8-24 input and output ports
Plug-in gas tube surge protection at the input
Interstage gain and slope control
Next-Generation BTT*-*P and BTTF*-*P Series Extracting Taps
The BTT*-*P tap and the BTTF*-*P taps help cable operators improve both system reliability for telephony devices and the overall performance of HFC plants and return. Both taps feature a new, auto-seize F-Connector for improved connectivity with the cable center conductor, along with plug-in equalization capabilities. With an external powering compartment located on the tap faceplate, the BTT*-*P enables the activation of AC power passing to the individual subscriber via twisted pair, without disrupting service to existing customers. The BTTF*-*P uses coaxial drop cable as the conduit that carries AC power from operators to subscribers.
Several field-configurable plug-in modules are available for both taps,
including:
-- The equalizer (T-EQ)
-- The return path attenuator (T-RPA)
-- The cable simulator (T-CS)
RF Signal Manager
Designed for the effective routing and management of RF cables in headend and hub environments, the RF signal manager is a flexible, modular system offering a variety of passive splitting and combining products, including 2-way, 4-way, 8-way, 16-way, and directional couplers. In addition, all RF Signal Manager modules operate from 5 to 1000 MHz and are available in both BNC and F-Connectors.
``Cable networks today are offering more advanced services and demanding greater system reliability then ever before,`` said Bick Remmey, Vice President and General Manager of Motorola`s Transmission Network Systems business unit. ``Motorola`s broadband transmission network solutions have consistently met the standard for reliability, and our transmission network technology continues to advance to meet the needs of the marketplace.``
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Motorola Provides Navigation and Image Precision for QuickBird 1
Advanced Communications Equipment to Supply Positioning Information to Satellite
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 14, 2000--Motorola Inc. (NYSE:MOT <http://finance.yahoo.com/q?s=mot&d=t> - news </n/m/mot.html> Tuesday announced the upcoming launch of its advanced communication equipment onboard the QuickBird 1 imaging satellite.
The launch is scheduled for Nov. 19, 2000, on a Russian Cosmos rocket from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome, according to the satellite`s owner, EarthWatch Inc., an imagery and information content provider.
QuickBird 1, manufactured by Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp., is equipped with two Motorola Viceroy(TM) spaceborne Global Positioning System (GPS) user receivers designed and developed by Motorola`s Integrated Information Systems Group (IISG) in Scottsdale.
The advanced radio frequency equipment will aid in the collection of one-meter panchromatic (black and white) and four-meter multispectral (color) images of Earth.
Designed for the unique requirements of the space environment, the Viceroy GPS receivers detect, decode, and process the GPS satellite signals to provide position, time, and velocity information to the spacecraft. The relative position information will improve the accuracy of the spacecraft navigation and image processing.
Additionally, the ground contact time can be precisely predicted using the GPS position and time. The time information will be used to synchronize the instrumentation on the QuickBird 1 spacecraft to a universal GPS time.
``QuickBird 1 has very demanding positioning requirements for image processing. In order to get better than one-meter spacecraft positioning precision and accuracy, QuickBird 1 needs ground information to augment the information received in space,`` said Ken Crawford, a business unit manager in Motorola`s Space Systems and Services Division.
``The Motorola Viceroy receiver takes the error out of the post-processing measurement of data that will be applied to the images captured onboard.``
Motorola Inc. is a global leader in providing integrated communications solutions and embedded electronic solutions. These include software-enhanced wireless telephone, two-way radio, messaging and satellite communications products and systems, as well as networking and Internet-access products, for consumers, network operators, and commercial, government and industrial customers.

börsenratte believes in MOTOROLA !!

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@all

Für unsere Deutschen Freunde:

OpenTV (Nasdaq:OPTV) ist eine langfristige strategische Allianz mit der Breitband-Division von Motorola eingegangen. Ziel ist, das interaktive TV (ITV) voranzubringen.

Motorola sieht OpenTV als bevorzugten ITV Software- und Entwicklungspartner. OpenTV hat den eigenen Device Mosaic Web Browser an Motorola lizensiert. Es sei der meist-benutzte Browser in der US Kabel-TV Industrie. Motorola wird den Browser in seine digitalen Set-Top Boxen integrieren. OpenTV wird die DVB-komaptible Set-Top Box DVi-4000 von Motorola unterstützen, die für den europäischen Markt gedacht ist. Da man auch schon bei der DCT-2000 erfolgreich zusammengearbeitet hat, will man gemeinsam an die Portierung der OpenTV-Software für das neueste Modell, DCT-5000+, zusammenarbeiten.

OpenTV ist mittlerweile in mehr als 11 Millionen Set-Top Boxen eingebaut ..weiter.

Weiter hat OpenTV mehr als 1,5 Mio. CableSoft-Aktien von Motorola übernommen. CableSoft entwickelt Software von On-Demand Lösungen für Kabelbetreiber. Im Gegenzug erwirbt Motorola alle Anteile von OpenTV an Acadia Application Integration Center. Acadia unterstützt Motorolas im Rahmen des Horizon Developer Programs ITV Anbieter, die Motorolas interactives Digital System einsetzen.

OpenTV und Motorola wollen außerdem ihre Marktstellung durch ein zu Beginn des Jahres 2001 startendes Joint-Venture festigen.

Die OPTV-Aktie gewinnt 8,6 Prozent auf 23-3/4 Dollar. 52-Wochen Bereich zwischen 20-1/2 und 245-3/4 Dollar.

17:14 14.11 Klaus Singer

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[Shearer]

Hi Motorolans,

Klasse ich erfreue mich an diesen beiden Tagen.... MOT holt sich alles zurück... zumindest solange bis der Markt zurückschlägt
Endlich auch mal deutsche NEWS Ich habe manchmal den Eindruck US-Aktien sind in Deutschland gänzlich uninteressant... Hauptsache Gigabell und so ein Spass sind in den News...

Naja wollen wir mal hoffen das der Anstieg hält und MOT immernoch kräftig im PLUS ist wenn ich wiederkomme...

Bye SHEARER

[Rainolaus]

MOT bleibt in meinem Depot, egal was passiert, da ich langfristig weiterhin von diesem Wert überzeugt bin. Siehe u.a. auch KGV!

R.

[Shearer]

Hallo Motorolans,

Klasse MOT feiert ein Comeback .... zumindest heute

Auch ich werde in MOT bleiben bis wir die 60€ wiedersehen

@Rainolaus: Hey lange nichts mehr von dir gehört, oder ? Na trotzdem Willkommen alter Freund :-)
mal sehen ob wir es auch ohne Sami und Sal hinbekommen...

Also an alle, (z.B. MuddyFox, Börsenratte, Schätzer) viel Spaß mit dieser Aktie !

Vielleicht kommen ja die vergraulten auch wieder zurück

Bye Euer SHEARER

[pikatchu]

Hallo,
toll das es noch ein paar mit guten durchhaltenerven gibt.

ich musste mich mal ein paar tage aus dem nervenkrieg ausklinken-damit ich dieselbigen nicht noch ganz verliere.
nach der ami-wahl bzw. -nicht-wahl!!!!
hat mich doch etwas panik beschlichen,wollte aber nicht der letzte zittrige werden der seine OS verschleudert.
die motten fangen sich ja langsam wieder an zu regen.


@ m.re

falls du ab und zu vorbeischaust sag mir bitte mal was ich mit meinen freudig eingetauschten mot-OS 595178 machen soll?
abschreiben-oder weiterhoffen ?
ogottogottogott -ganz schöne pleite was.
habe gottseidank auch ein paar751374 gekauft.
die werden mich aber nicht gleich rausreissen, denke da hab ich genauso mit zitronen gehandelt,als ich auf deinen rat gehört habe. wie mit meinen ehemals "kamikazes"
ich will dir aber nicht wirklich vorwürfe machen - jeder ist für seine entscheidungen selbst verantwortlich.
aus wider besserem wissen getroffenen entscheidungen lernt man vielleicht mit der zeit seine strategie konsequenter zu verfolgen.


grüsse und good tradings
pikatchu

PS:@salparadise
schlapp machen gilt nicht!
man darf sich eine kurze auszeit durchaus genehmigen,
manchmal ist reden nur silber...du weisst ja..
mit der ähnlichkeit deiner postings mit gewissen flüchtlingen stimme ich übrigens überein.
werde mal jetzt in mein postf. schauen ob meine abwesenheit bemerkt wurde.
freue mich sehr über weitere beiträge deinerseits.
scheinst wirklich nicht der einzige zu sein der sich für mot interressiert.
bis bald
pikatchu

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@Motorolans

Bei Motorola ist Konidition beim New`s Lesen angesagt:

Xilinx to Collaborate With Motorola on RapidIO Interconnect Architecture
Companies Seek to Accelerate Product Development Based on Emerging Standard
SAN JOSE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 14, 2000--Xilinx, Inc. (Nasdaq:XLNX - news) today announced that it will be collaborating with Motorola, Inc. (NYSE:MOT - news) on product development involving the emerging RapidIO(TM) interconnect architecture.

Motorola plans to use Xilinx® FPGAs that incorporate RapidIO intellectual property, or cores, to validate future Motorola products that incorporate RapidIO technology. At the same time, Xilinx will use bus functional models developed by Motorola to validate the Xilinx RapidIO cores targeted for its Virtex®-II FPGAs. The bus functional models are software modules used to test the functionality of a RapidIO solution. The RapidIO architecture was initially developed by Motorola and Mercury Computer Systems, Inc. and announced in February.

``We are extremely happy to be working with Xilinx to create a strong force behind the RapidIO standard,`` said Sam Fuller, director of system architecture for Motorola. ``Support for RapidIO in Xilinx FPGAs is expected to play a key role in our future product development plans and in our customers systems.``

The RapidIO interconnect architecture is offered as an open standard through membership in the RapidIO Trade Association (www.rapidio.org). RapidIO technology is a next-generation, packet-based, switched-fabric interconnect architecture for embedded systems that is optimized for both high bandwidth and low latency. Initial implementations are expected to exceed 1.0 Gbyte per second throughput based on clock rates from 250 MHz and higher.

``Working with Motorola, we hope to accelerate market acceptance of RapidIO technology,`` said Babak Hedayati, marketing director for the Xilinx IP Solutions Division. ``Broadband interconnect technology is becoming increasingly important to manufacturers of Internet infrastructure equipment. We`re confident that our collaboration with Motorola will speed up our ability to deliver fully compliant RapidIO solutions to our customers who are building that new class of broadband equipment.``

About Xilinx

Xilinx is the leading supplier of complete programmable logic solutions, including advanced integrated circuits, software design tools, predefined system functions delivered as cores, and unparalleled field engineering support. Founded in 1984 and headquartered in San Jose, Calif., Xilinx invented the field programmable gate array (FPGA) and fulfills more than half of the world demand for these devices today. Xilinx solutions enable customers to reduce significantly the time required to develop products for the computer, peripheral, telecommunications, networking, industrial control, instrumentation, aerospace, defense, and consumer markets. For more information, visit the Xilinx web site at www.xilinx.com.

Ich hoffe für heute läßt es Motorola gut sein !!

all motorolens a good night :

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Motorola Invests in Wireless Headset Tech Firm

SCHAUMBURG, Ill. (Reuters) - Technology giant Motorola Inc. (NYSE:MOT - news) and Aura Communications Inc., a closely held developer of wireless headset technology, said Wednesday they signed a strategic agreement to expand the development of Aura`s technology.

As part of the agreement, Motorola`s venture unit will make an equity investment in Wilmington, Mass.-based Aura.

Aura`s technology and integrated circuits are used in wireless handsets for cellular phones. The technology can also be used in handheld computers, mobile Internet appliances, point-to-point data transmission, and personal audio devices such as MP3 and DVD players.

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New Broadband Streaming Media Company Secures $15 Million From Liberty Media And Motorola
Aerocast Also Announces Management, Board and Launch Date
SAN DIEGO, Nov. 16 /PRNewswire/ -- Aerocast (www.Aerocast.com) today announced it has received its initial financing and has established a management team and board. Aerocast is deploying a service for delivering the industry`s highest quality streaming media to homes and businesses with broadband Internet access. The company will officially launch on December 12 at Streaming Media West in San Jose, Calif., where it will provide greater detail about its technology and services.

The company has secured a total of $15 million in initial financing from a combination of Motorola, Inc. (NYSE: MOT - news) and Liberty Satellite, L.L.C., a joint venture owned by Liberty Media Corporation (NYSE: LMG.A - news, LMG.B - news) and Liberty Satellite & Technology (OTC Bulletin Board: LSATA - news, LSATB - news). The Liberty entities and Motorola are leaders in the markets targeted by Aerocast. Liberty Media Corporation is one of the world`s leading media companies in the video content area, and Motorola is a leading provider of integrated and interactive broadband access solutions in the broadband communications equipment area.

``Streaming media is an important element of Motorola`s strategy,`` said Edward Breen, executive vice president and president of Motorola`s Broadband Communications Sector. ``We believe that Aerocast is creating a broadband delivery service that is expected to dramatically transform the Internet video content distribution market,`` he added.

``The streaming media market is projected to have tremendous growth over the next several years. We believe Aerocast has the right technology, team and strategy to take advantage of the opportunities in this market,`` said Carl Vogel, president and CEO of Liberty Satellite and Technology.

Management Team: Deep Industry Experience and Successful Start-Ups

Aerocast`s management team combines seasoned high tech and broadband executives. Co-founder and CTO Nathan Raciborski is a serial entrepreneur with a proven track record of three successful Internet start-ups. Most recently, he co-founded Axient, an Internet content delivery backbone company based in Phoenix, Arizona. Prior to that he co-founded Primenet Services for the Internet, a national Internet access provider which merged with GlobalCenter, Inc., which is in the process of being sold to Exodus Communications for more than $6 billion. Raciborski`s second entrepreneurial venture was as co-founder of Entera, Inc., a successful streaming media software company that was listed on Upside Magazine`s 2000 Hot 100 Private Companies list.

Leading the management team is acting President and CEO Thomas J. Lynch. Lynch also holds the corporate vice president and general manager title for the Satellite & Broadcast Network Systems (SBNS) business unit of Motorola`s Broadband Communications Sector. The Motorola Broadband Communications Sector was created when General Instrument Corporation (GI) was acquired by Motorola in January 2000. Lynch has worked at GI and Motorola for nearly 20 years.

Chief Operating Officer Dario Santana also comes from Motorola`s Broadband Communications Sector and the former GI. At Motorola, he served as vice president and general manager of Advanced Network Systems, a business unit that developed end-to-end systems which enable pay-per-view and Internet access solutions. Vice President of Business Development for Aerocast Marc Tayer also comes from Motorola and the former GI. Most recently, he was vice president, business development and new markets for Motorola`s SBNS business unit. Tayer was instrumental in the creation and marketing of GI`s DigiCipher® II MPEG-2 digital encoding system, which received an Emmy Award in 1996. Vice President of Marketing Mike Sawyer brings extensive experience with Internet start-ups, including most recently NetObjects where he was director of online brands. Previous start-ups where Sawyer had a strategic role include Entera as vice president of marketing and GlobalCenter as director of product marketing. Marc Kauffman comes to Aerocast as the vice president of engineering. Kauffman brings over 20 years of experience designing systems and products for the broadband communication and cable television industry, most recently as vice president of engineering for the IP Network System business unit of Motorola`s Broadband Communications Sector.

Aerocast`s five-member board consists of Edward Breen, executive vice president and president of Motorola`s Broadband Communications Sector, Chris Sophinos, senior vice president of Liberty Satellite & Technology, Inc., John Orr, director of corporate development for Liberty Media Corporation, acting Aerocast President and CEO Tom Lynch and Robert Scott, corporate vice president and legal director of Motorola`s Broadband Communications Sector.

About Aerocast

Aerocast.com, Inc. is a next generation broadband streaming media services company. Aerocast`s mission is to fundamentally change the delivery of video content across the Internet, delivering the industry`s highest entertainment quality Internet video more economically than current solutions. In a strategic partnership with Motorola, Aerocast is deploying a unique technology to securely distribute streaming media to homes with broadband Internet access.

About Liberty Media Group

Liberty Media Group (NYSE: LMG.A - news, LMG.B - news) holds interests in a broad range of video programming, communications, technology and Internet companies in the United States, and throughout the world, including Starz Encore Group, The News Corporation, Ltd., Time Warner, Inc., Discovery Communications, Inc., USA Networks, Inc. and UnitedGlobalCom, Inc.

About Motorola

Motorola, Inc. (NYSE: MOT - news) is a global leader in providing integrated communications solutions and embedded electronic solutions. Sales in 1999 were $33.1 billion. For more information visit the web site at www.motorola.com.

About Liberty Satellite & Technology

Liberty Satellite & Technology, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: LSATA - news, LSATB - news), a consolidated subsidiary of Liberty Media Corporation, capitalizes on strategic opportunities worldwide in the distribution of Internet data and other content via satellite and related technologies. Liberty Satellite, L.L.C. is a joint venture 89.41% owned by Liberty Media Corporation and 10.59% owned by Liberty Satellite & Technology, Inc

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Motorola to Continue Servicing Two-Way Radio Customers in Central Illinois With New Dealer Arrangements
Company Steps in When Area`s Authorized Service Center Closes Shops in Central Illinois
SCHAUMBURG, Ill., Nov. 16 /PRNewswire/ -- Motorola today announced it has reached agreements with several central Illinois two-way radio communications operations to fill the void caused by the closing of Segno Communications shops in Illinois. Segno Communications recently closed its facilities in Bloomington, Champaign, Danville, Decatur, Effingham, Jacksonville, Kankakee, Quincy, and Springfield.

``Motorola has enjoyed a longtime business relationship with the central Illinois service shops that were part of Segno Communications. They have provided sales and support to Motorola customers for more than 45 years,`` said Rich O`Herron, Motorola area service manager. ``Unfortunately, Segno recently chose to discontinue its operations in Illinois. Although it was unfortunate, Motorola was able to call on its extensive network of authorized service shops to step in and provide uninterrupted support.``

The operations that are now serving Motorola customers in the affected areas include: WirelessUSA, Inc. with locations in Springfield and Quincy; Barbeck Communications, Inc. serving the Danville, Decatur and Champaign areas; Roy Walker Communications, Inc. serving the Effingham area; Supreme Radio Communications, Inc. serving the Bloomington area; and Mobile Communications Corporation, located in Bourbonnais is now serving the Kankakee area. All of these operations are Motorola Authorized Dealers that are now authorized to provide service on Motorola two-way radio products.

``One of the major advantages of having companies that are Motorola Authorized Service Centers is Motorola`s ability to direct a large and diverse pool of technical resources to resolve customer problems. Whether it`s a natural disaster, unique customer needs or disruptions in the local marketplace, Motorola can draw on one of the world`s largest network of radio shops and Motorola technical resources to meet the need and guarantee high quality support to our customers`` said O`Herron.

The newly Authorized Service Centers have been supporting their market areas during the transition period and are authorized by Motorola for sales, installation, warranty and maintenance services on two-way radio communications systems for commercial and public safety users. Most of the Motorola factory-trained technicians previously employed by Segno Communications are now employed by the new Motorola Authorized Service Centers and continue to support their customers.

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REPEAT/ Motorola Focuses On Solutions Business by Licensing Its Family of Transmission Products & Technologies to Telenetics Corporation
MANSFIELD, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 17, 2000--Motorola Inc.`s (NYSE:MOT <http://finance.yahoo.com/q?s=mot&d=t> - news </n/m/mot.html> Multiservice Networks Division (MND), a leader in Smart Access Solutions, today announced an agreement with Telenetics Corporation (NASDAQ:TLNT <http://finance.yahoo.com/q?s=tlnt&d=t> - news </n/t/tlnt.html> under which MND will license its technology of its Transmission Products to Telenetics. Telenetics will private label, build, market and continue development of these products based on Motorola`s technology.
According to Motorola, this decision to license its line of Transmission Products, which include data and fax modems, DSU/CSU, ISDN and T1 products, bolsters its strategic move to realign its core business around offering enterprise-level, integrated multiservice convergence solutions.
``Motorola MND is committed to developing and selling the most advanced networking solutions enabling voice/data convergence for wireless/wireline integration through our Vanguard® family of multiservice access devices,`` said Rick Lane, vice president and general manager, Multiservice Network Division, Motorola. ``We are very pleased, therefore, to continue our relationship with Telenetics involving Motorola`s commodity-driven Transmission Product line that began earlier this year with the licensing of our Bell 202T compatible modem business.``
``We are assuring Motorola`s customers that they will continue to receive from Telenetics the high quality products and service support they have come to expect,`` noted Terry Parker, Telenetics` CEO & President. ``We will be a continuing market source of these advanced data communications products, while evolving our own Telenetics` product line based on Motorola`s core technology.``

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RadioShack Extends Collection Efforts for Used Wireless Phones
Phones Can Be Donated Through the End of the Year to Aid Domestic Violence Victims
FORT WORTH, Texas, Nov. 17 /PRNewswire/ -- RadioShack Corporation (NYSE: RSH <http://finance.yahoo.com/q?s=rsh&d=t> - news </n/r/rsh.html> announced today that it has extended participation in the Wireless Foundation`s Donate a Phone program and will continue accepting used, inactive wireless phones through Dec. 31 at its 7,100 stores nationwide.
During the month of October, which was Domestic Violence Awareness Month, RadioShack stores collected more than 14,500 donated wireless phones. RadioShack field management and staff were instrumental in the decision to extend the company`s involvement as the program`s first national collection site.
``This program provides our customers with an easy and convenient way to support the Donate a Phone efforts by dropping off their used wireless phones at our stores,`` said Laura Moore, senior vice president of public relations and corporate communications. ``Our sales associates and field management saw this program as a great opportunity for their local communities to help victims of domestic violence. So with their backing, we decided to extend the program until the end of the year.``
Sponsored by the Wireless Foundation, Motorola and the National Coalition Against Domestic Violence, the Donate a Phone campaign was launched in September 1999 to collect and refurbish a portion of an estimated 24 million wireless phones that are no longer being used. During the last year, businesses, civic groups and grass roots organizations have donated more than 100,000 phones to the program.
The Donate a Phone campaign provides domestic violence shelters, law enforcement agencies and other organizations working to fight domestic violence with refurbished wireless phones. The phones are preprogrammed with 911 and other emergency numbers so that domestic violence victims can access local emergency services and domestic violence hotline numbers at the touch of a button. Local shelters, agencies and organizations that are interested in receiving preprogrammed phones can fill out an application online at www.wirelessfoundation.org <http://www.wirelessfoundation.org>.
Any wireless phone in any condition or age will be accepted through the Donate a Phone program. Consumers can bring their wireless phones to RadioShack and a store associate will provide a receipt for the tax deductible donation to the Wireless Foundation.
About RadioShack
RadioShack Corporation is the nation`s largest and most trusted consumer- electronics retailer, and offers both on- and off-line shopping capabilities. With more than 7,100 stores and dealers, RadioShack sells more wireless telephones, telecommunications products, electronics parts, and accessories than any other retailer. It is estimated that 94 percent of all Americans live or work within five minutes of a RadioShack store or dealer. For more information, visit the RadioShack web site at www.RadioShack.com <http://www.RadioShack.com>.

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Motorola Wins More of China`s No. 2 Mobile Market
Deal Will Include Wireless Applications and Consulting Services
ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 20, 2000--Motorola Inc.`s (NYSE:MOT - news) Global Telecom Solutions Sector (GTSS) has won an even greater share of China`s second largest mobile phone market with the award of a GSM (Global System for Mobile Communication) digital network expansion contract worth over US$29 million in Zhejiang Province. In addition, Motorola will include two new offerings -- wireless applications and consulting services.

The announcement marks the second GSM expansion contract awarded by the Zhejiang Branch of China Mobile Communications Corporation (Zhejiang Mobile) this year. The first contract worth US$53 million was awarded in June.

Under the terms of the contract, which also involves China Eastern Communications Company Limited (Eastcom), Motorola will integrate its market-leading Horizonmacro GSM infrastructure solution for macrocellular (wide-area) coverage and capacity at 900MHz in four major cities in the province. The expected date of completion is the first quarter of next year. The expansion is designed to increase network capacity by 370,000, or a total capacity of 2.8 million subscribers.

In addition to the network expansion, Motorola also plans to break new ground in China by supplying Zhejiang Mobile with wireless applications including location-based services, which are becoming increasingly more popular with mobile handset users. Early next year, Zhejiang Mobile will focus on development of a wireless portal to facilitate email traffic and the wireless delivery of news. Motorola`s consulting services offering will cover areas such as market analyses for wireless applications, market strategy, business modeling, and assistance with the technological complexities of customer billing.

Zhejiang, located on China`s eastern coast, is one of the most economically developed regions in the country. With 4.76 million mobile subscribers, Zhejiang Province is second only to China`s Guangdong Province, with some 9.6 million cellular phone users.

Motorola`s market-leading Horizonmacro GSM solution provides wide-area coverage from transceivers that are link-balanced for optimum performance. Its small size, easy expansion capability, and readiness for the new mobile data General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) and dual band (GSM900/1800MHz) implementation provide flexibility for the future.

Eastcom has licensing and joint venture agreements with Motorola GTSS to manufacture, distribute and provide service for Motorola GTSS`s GSM and CDMA (Code Division Multiple Access) cellular infrastructure products within China. Eastcom has been supplying Motorola GTSS digital cellular equipment in China since 1995.

[börsenratte]

99 Cents Only Stores Selects Motorola to Deliver Enterprise Networking Solution Carrying Data, Voice, and Video Between 90-Plus Locations Throughout California and Nevada
MANSFIELD, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 20, 2000--Motorola Inc.`s (NYSE: MOT <http://finance.yahoo.com/q?s=mot&d=t> - news </n/m/mot.html> Multiservice Networks Division (MND), a leader in smart access solutions, today announced the deployment of a new networking solution to carry data, voice, fax, and video for 99 Cents Only Stores® (NYSE: NDN <http://finance.yahoo.com/q?s=ndn&d=t> - news </n/n/ndn.html>, the nation`s oldest existing one-price retailer. 99 Cents Only Stores selected Motorola to create a network that links all of the company`s 90-plus retail locations to its headquarters in City of Commerce, California.
99 Cents Only Stores turned to Motorola to design a cost-effective networking solution to meet both their business needs and budget. The result is a network using 56K connections which carries point of sale transactions, inventory control information, daily sales tracking data, e-mail, and video surveillance images. Additionally, the Motorola-enabled network allows 99 Cent Only Stores to centrally monitor, view and operate every camera installed in every store from one control point.
``Motorola developed a network that specifically meets our needs for reliable connections to carry critical data, voice and video images between the retail locations and our headquarters,`` notes Robert Adams, Vice President of Information Systems, 99 Cents Only Stores. ``The new network has helped us cut costs and allowed us to concentrate on providing quality goods at a consistent price.``
The 99 Cents Only Stores network features the deployment of Motorola`s Vanguard(TM) 6425 Multiservice Router, a high-performance router designed to enable small and branch offices to efficiently handle integrated data, fax, voice and video over IP, Frame Relay, ISDN or X.25 services. The Vanguard 6425`s compact design encases both power and flexibility. In addition, the network includes the Vanguard 6455 at the company`s headquarters, designed to handle the efficient consolidation of multiple protocols with voice and data traffic over dedicated or switched connections.
About the 99 Cents Only Store
99 Cents Only Stores, the nation`s oldest existing one-price retailer, operates 96 retail stores in Southern California and Nevada and a wholesale division called Bargain Wholesale. 99 Cents Only Stores emphasizes name-brand consumables, priced at an excellent value, in attractively merchandised stores.
About Motorola
Motorola, Inc. (NYSE: MOT <http://finance.yahoo.com/q?s=mot&d=t> - news </n/m/mot.html> is a global leader in providing integrated communications solutions and embedded electronic solutions. These include:
Software-enhanced wireless telephone, two-way radio, messaging and satellite communications products and systems, as well as networking and Internet-access products, for consumers, network operators, and commercial, government and industrial customers.
Digital and analog systems and set-top terminals for broadband cable television operators.
Embedded semiconductor solutions for customers in the networking and computing, transportation, wireless communications and imaging and entertainment industries.
Embedded electronic systems for automotive, communications, imaging, manufacturing systems, computer, consumer and industrial markets.
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Motorola to Demonstrate Its New DBM-2000 Distributed Broadband (Interface) Module at the Western Cable Show 2000
Motorola`s New Node-Hosted CMTS Technology Allows Operators to Expand Their Existing HFC Networks to Meet the Requirements for IP Telephony and Provides Potential for Greater Bandwidth Per Subscriber
HORSHAM, Pa., Nov. 20 /PRNewswire/ -- Motorola, Inc. (NYSE: MOT <http://finance.yahoo.com/q?s=mot&d=t> - news </n/m/mot.html> Broadband Communications Sector announced today that it is introducing and demonstrating its new node-hosted DBM-2000 distributed broadband (interface) module at the Western Cable Show 2000, Los Angeles, Booth #1401.
The new node-hosted DBM-2000 distributed broadband (interface) module pushes CMTS functionality from the headend deeper into the network and closer to the home/office, helping operators more easily upgrade their networks to meet the rapidly expanding requirements for IP data delivery. This new distributed CMTS approach works by building a Layer 2 bridge with Ethernet- type baseband data network transmissions between node and headend, and RF transmission between node and the subscriber`s cable modem over existing HFC plants. The new DBM-2000 also provides the potential for greater bandwidth per subscriber and more robust optical transport.
These capabilities build upon Motorola`s proven track record of delivering advanced, cost-effective, state-of-the-art HFC transmission network and cable modem equipment. The DBM-2000 modules can be factory configured or field installed in Motorola`s STARLINE® SG2000 node platform.
The DBM-2000 supports both the Physical Layer (PHY) and the Media Access Layer (MAC) functions of a Layer 2 bridge in addition to the routing functionality of other Motorola CMTS products. PHY functions include QAM modulator, RF upconversion, RF tuner/downconversion, QPSK/QAM burst demodulation, and optical/electrical baseband media conversion. The MAC functions control the flow and routing of data traffic to multiple subscribers.
In the forward path, optical data traffic is received, converted to baseband digital signals, processed, modulated to a forward path carrier frequency, amplified, and distributed via coax cable to subscribers; in the reverse path, multiple RF signals from subscribers are tuned, demodulated to recover subscriber data traffic, time-division multiplexed, and converted to an optical signal for transport to the headend. At the headend, only a conventional Layer 3 router and electrical/optical transceiver are required.
``We are pleased to introduce and demonstrate the node-hosted DBM-2000,`` said Bick Remmey, General Manager and Vice President of Motorola`s Transmission Network Systems business unit. ``This advanced solution further enables operators to remain competitive in this rapidly changing marketplace, without the added cost of switching to an entirely new network.``
The live booth demonstrations will feature optical transport to/from the headend router, node platform capabilities with CMTS hardware modules, RF transport to/from a DOCSIS-compliant cable modem, and transfer of IP data via a PC.
About Motorola Broadband Communications Sector
Motorola`s Broadband Communications Sector was created when General Instrument Corporation (GI) merged with Motorola, Inc. in January 2000. Combining the former GI`s leadership in converged voice, video, and data networks with Motorola`s global reach and brand identity, Motorola`s Broadband Communications Sector focuses on broadband solutions that deliver interactive television, Internet, and telephone services over both wired and wireless networks.
About Motorola
Motorola, Inc. (NYSE: MOT <http://finance.yahoo.com/q?s=mot&d=t> - news </n/m/mot.html> is a global leader in providing integrated communications solutions and embedded electronic solutions. These include:
Software-enhanced wireless telephone, two-way radio, messaging and satellite communications products and systems, as well as networking and Internet-access products, for consumers, network operators, and commercial, government and industrial customers.
Digital and analog systems and set-top terminals for broadband cable television operators.
Embedded semiconductor solutions for customers in the networking and computing, transportation, wireless communications and imaging, and entertainment industries.
Embedded electronic systems for automotive, communications, imaging, manufacturing systems, computer, consumer, and industrial markets.

[DerSchaetzer]

@Börsenratte

Ich sehe seit langen wieder grün bei mot.
Ein gutes gefühl. Qualität wird sich auf die dauer durchsetzen.

Gruß der schaetzer

[börsenratte]

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Motorola Announces Design of LIN Specific Flash Microcontroller to Drive Systems Solutions for In-vehicle Communications and Networking
Advanced, Cost-effective and Flexible Solution Will Bring Standardization of In-car Multiplexing and Networks to a New Level
MUNICH, Germany, Nov. 21 /PRNewswire/ -- Advanced automotive design received a boost from Motorola today with the announcement that Motorola is in the final design stages of its first LIN Slave (Local Interconnect Network) Specific microcontroller, the Flash based MC68HC908EY8, which will further enhance Motorola`s range of systems solutions for in-vehicle communications and networking.

Targeted for 2Q 2001 availability for sampling, Motorola`s MC68HC908EY8 boasts an impressive on chip peripheral set including dedicated functionality required to synchronize with a LIN Bus, which uses a single wire implementation to reduce cost and compliment CAN in low end nodes. ``Motorola once more demonstrates its overriding and continued commitment to the automotive industry, by working with some of the world`s leading OEM`s to define and standardize the next generation of in-vehicle communication and network architectures`` stated Juergen Weyer, Vice President and General Manager of the Body Electronics and Occupant Safety Division. ``As the future unfolds, Motorola`s leadership in embedded solutions, such as the MC68HC908EY8, are designed to enable a new generation of smart, intuitive and easy to use products for the automotive market.``

Motorola is the only semiconductor manufacturer in the LIN consortium, which also includes Audi AG, BMW AG, Daimler Chrysler AG, Volvo Car Corporation AB, Volkswagen AG and Volcano Communications Technologies AB (VCT). Motorola expects to continue to strengthen its global leadership position, providing customers industry-leading technology to enable total systems solutions for the automotive market.[/]

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The MC68HC908EY8 will be the first in a family of dedicated LIN devices from Motorola addressing the rapidly developing LIN market, and is expected to be qualified to full automotive AEC standards. Device features include high performance 8-bit (HC08) Core, 8K bytes of on chip Flash (with 10K write erase) and 256 bytes of RAM. The on chip RC Oscillator (+/- 2% accuracy) aids synchronization with the LIN bus and the Enhanced SCI allows 13 bit LIN break detection capability without the use of an external timer channel. Packaged in a small footprint 32 pin QFP and including an 8-ch 8-bit A/D, two 16 bit dual channel timers and an SPI, strength and performance of the M68HC908EY8 is obvious, making it truly suitable as a LIN Slave Node MCU.

Samples of the MC68HC908EY8 are expected to be available in Q2 2001 with supporting software and development tools to enable immediate design-ins. Production quantities are scheduled to follow later in 2001.

Motorola`s Transportation Systems Group provides core design methodologies, non-volatile memory, SMARTMOS, Mechatronics, sensors, software and development tools for the automotive market. For more information about Motorola`s Transportation Systems Group solutions, please visit booth A4.125 at Electronika 2000, being held this week (November 21-24), in Munich, Germany.

ps:Wenn Motorola eines Tages Exclusiv-Verträge mit den obenstehende Autoherstellern in punkto Telematik hat, und praktisch den Standard vorgibt,rauscht es aber im Wald !!!
Eines Tages werden das auch die Analysten bemerken das Sie da etwas verschlafen.

[Shearer]

Hi Motorolans,

Danke Börsenratte ! Das sind ja schonwieder gute News, nur wie immer könnten mal die Amis ihren Präsidenten wählen, solange da nix passiert bewegt sich am Markt garnix... IMHO habe ich aber den Eindruck das sich MOT auf dem aktuellen Niveau stabiliesieren zu scheint... sie will nich noch weiter herunter... Na ich hoffe mal das wir bald eine furiose Rallye starten können... die 60$ müssen doch bald fallen ;-)

Ansonsten gibt es nur Zurückhaltung an den Märkten, bis wieder etwas Sicherheit zurückkehrt.

Bye SHEARER

[börsenratte]

@all
Wieder ein bißchen Kleingeld aus Israel!!
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Bezeq to buy Motorola`s Pelephone stake via third party
TEL AVIV, Nov 23 (Reuters) - State-run Bezeq Israel Telecom said on Thursday it had chosen U.S.-based Shamrock Holdings as a third party to buy Motorola Inc`s (NYSE:MOT - news) 50 percent stake in mobile phone operator Pelephone.

Bezeq, which already owns 50 percent of Pelephone, has first right of refusal on Motorola`s stake. It said it had decided to buy Motorola`s stake through a third party to avoid government intervention.

As a government-controlled company, Bezeq is subject to government regulations and had expressed concern that restrictions would be imposed on Pelephone, putting it at a competitive disadvantage should Bezeq own 100 percent.

The Government Companies Authority has said Bezeq would not be subject to restrictions imposed on other government companies.

``The board of directors reached the conclusion that despite all the intentions of the Government Companies Authority to free Pelephone from certain restrictions that would apply to it (if it were government run), these easier terms were not sufficient,`` Bezeq said in a statement.

The government aims to privatise Bezeq, which plans to buy the other half of Pelephone from Shamrock once it is freed from government control.

Shamrock is an investment company controlled by the Disney family with holdings in several Israeli companies.

Bezeq said it would sign an agreement with Shamrock stipulating that Shamrock would buy the stake from Motorola for $595 million through a company to be set up for this purpose.

The acquisition would be financed by at least $60 million in equity capital and $240 million in bonds convertible into 80 percent of the share capital in the new company. These bonds would be issued to Bezeq.

Bezeq would also receive an option to buy the remaining 20 percent in the newly created company.

The options and bonds can be exercised in six months or between two and four years after the stake is acquired.

If the options are exercised within six months Bezeq would pay Shamrock the amount invested plus $8 million. If the longer- term option was exercised, Bezeq would pay Shamrock the higher of two valuations to be made for Pelephone or the nominal investment made by Shamrock.

Pelephone competes with Cellcom and Partner (NasdaqNM:PTNR - news) in the growing market for mobile phones in Israel.

Spanish firm Telefonica had also expressed an interest in buying Motorola`s Pelephone stake.

[DerSchaetzer]

@börsenratte

Motorola wird seinen weg machen.
Hoffentlich erkennt dies bald die börse.
Mot ist ne aktie die kauft man und legt sie schlafen.
Nach ein paar monaten denke ich, ist die aktie doppelt so viel wert.

Gruß der schaetzer

[börsenratte]

@all
Nochmals in Deutscher Sprache.Sieht so aus als wenn Telefonica den Preis nochmal hochdrücken könnte.wird schwer für Motorola sich zu entscheiden.Telefonica ist ein wichtiger Strategischer Partner von Mot.Da Schlummert noch mancher Milliarden-Auftrag vor allem in Südamerika!!

Bezeq beabsichtigt Pelephone zu kaufen.
Bezeq, das staatliche Telekommunikations-Unternehmen Israels, möchte Motorola´s Pelephone über eine dritte (private) Firma kaufen. Bezeq besitzt bereits 50% von Pelephone und befürchtet staaliche Interventionen, falls das Unternehmen zu 100% übernommen werden würde. Dies wurde jedoch von der Regierung dementiert.
Bezeq hat eine Vereinbarung mit Shamrock unterschrieben, welche den Kauf der restlichen 50% über eine weitere Firma, welche eigens zu diesem Zweck gegründet wird, festlegt. Den Kaufpreis bezifferte man auf 595 Mio. US-Dollar.
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Des weiteren bekundete die spanische Telefonica Interesse an dem Mobilfunkunternehmen Pelephone, welches mit Cellcom um die Marktführerschaft in Israel kämpft.

[MuddyFox]

Chinesische Lauer

HELMUT STEUER; PEKING


Im Reich der Mitte rangeln Mobilfunk-Multis um die beste Position. In fünf Jahren soll China das Handy-Land Nummer eins sein.


Gigantische Leuchtreklame sowie große Vierfarbplakate künden schon am Flughafen von Peking von neuen Zeiten: China ist auf dem Weg ins Mobilfunkzeitalter. Davon zeugen nicht nur die frohen Werbebotschaften von Siemens, Motorola, Nokia, Panasonic oder Ericsson. Ob in Peking, Nanjing oder Shanghai – überall wird mobil telefoniert. Und wie auch in anderen Branchen, bekommen Konzerne aus dem Westen leuchtende Augen, denken Sie an den gewaltigen chinesischen Markt mit seinen 1,3 Milliarden potenziellen Kunden. Und so eröffnen auch die Großen der Telekom-Gesellschaften bereits Niederlassungen im Reich der Mitte, darunter auch die Deutsche Telekom.
Die britische Vodafone hat sich Anfang Oktober sogar mit China Mobile liiert und will in den kommenden Jahren 2,5 Mrd. $ in das Unternehmen investieren. Und es könnte noch besser kommen: Wenn die WTO-Verhandlungen mit China demnächst erfolgreich abgeschlossen werden, können ausländische Konzerne sich mit bis zu 49 % an chinesischen Gesellschaften beteiligen – eine Kapitalflut dürfte die Folge sein.

Derzeit kontrolliert die staatliche China Mobile noch 85 bis 90 % des chinesischen Mobilfunkmarkts und liegt damit deutlich vor den ebenfalls staatlichen Konkurrenten China Telecom und Unicom. In Großstädten ist das Handy genauso wenig mehr weg zu denken wie in westlichen Metropolen. „Im kommenden Jahr rechnen wir mit 40 bis 60 Millionen Handys in China“, sagt David Almström, Vize-Chef für Strategien bei Ericsson China.

Allerdings sei in China „nur eine kleine Minderheit in der Lage, sich ein Handy zu leisten“. Diese „kleine Minderheit“ macht nach allgemeiner Ansicht 300 bis 400 Millionen Menschen aus. „Die meisten von ihnen werden in den kommenden Jahren ein Mobiltelefon haben“, glaubt Almström.

Derzeit gibt es in China etwa 60 Millionen Mobiltelefon-Nutzer, jeden Monat kommen 2,8 Millionen hinzu. Diese Wachstumsrate werde sich auf bis zu 5 Millionen neue Anwender pro Monat in den nächsten Jahren erhöhen, so dass Analysten 2004 mit etwa 250 Millionen Handy-Benutzern im ganzen Land rechnen.

Wenn die Prognose eintrifft, kommt künftig jeder fünfte Handy-Benutzer der Welt aus China. Wu Weihong, Regionalchef von China Mobile in Gebiet Nanjing, ist sich sogar sicher, dass die Schätzungen eher vorsichtig sind: „Ich glaube, dass wir 2004 von monatlich sechs Millionen neuen Handy-Nutzern ausgehen können.“ Dafür spreche, dass es in China nur 18 Millionen Computer gibt, und viele davon nicht Internet-fähig sind. Wegen der hohen Kosten für einen Computer werde sich das auch nicht schlagartig ändern, meint der Chinese, und darum sei der mobile Netz-Zugang eine gute Alternative.

Auch die Preise sind anders: Ein Mobiltelefon kostet in China 200 bis 500 DM. Eine Koppelung an einen Vertrag gibt es bisher nicht. Das Telefonieren ist ebenfalls relativ günstig: Weniger als 10 Pfennig muss der Handy-Benutzer je Minute zahlen, allerdings wird der Angerufene auch zur Kasse gebeten.

Dass der Mobilfunk in China boomt, erstaunt Experten nicht. Das riesige Land hat nur knapp 140 Millionen Festnetztelefone. Auf einen Neuanschluss muss man Jahre warten – wenn er überhaupt gelegt werden kann. Und obwohl der Empfang auf dem flachen Land bisher noch die Ausnahme ist, bietet Mobiltelefonie für viele Chinesen eine denkbar gute Alternative.

Alle Großen der Branche liegen denn auch auf der Lauer, lassen keine Gelegenheit ungenutzt, um sich besser zu positionieren: Die großen Handy-Hersteller haben Joint Ventures mit chinesischen Produzenten gegründet. Ericsson ist an zehn Unternehmen beteiligt, Nokia an acht. Beide Konzerne unterhalten mit chinesischen Partnern je zwei Mobiltelefon-Fabriken. Und nachdem gerade dieser Bereich für Ericsson wegen des Preisdrucks in Europa zu einem Sorgenkind geworden ist, sollen Niedrigpreis-Telefone nun auch für Europa in China produziert werden.

Alle Hersteller kämpfen um die Vormachtstellung. Bislang hat der US-Konzern Motorola mit einem Marktanteil von 31,9 % die Nase bei den Handys vorn, gefolgt von Nokia und Ericsson. Siemens liegt bei 7 %. „Ericsson hat schon vor 100 Jahren die ersten Telefone in Shanghai verkauft“, sagt Sören Elsborg, Forschungschef der Schweden in China. Ericsson habe allein durch diese alten Verbindungen einen Vorsprung.

Im Bereich Infrastruktur stimmt das mit Sicherheit: Die Schweden haben 44 % Marktanteil bei den Übertragungssystemen. Nach Angaben des chinesischen Ministeriums für Informationsindustrie folgt Motorola mit deutlichem Abstand und kommt auf rund 19 %.

Viel spannender ist noch die Frage, welcher Mobilfunkstandard sich in China zur Übertragung durchsezten wird. Entschieden ist noch nichts, allerdings scheint so gut wie sicher, dass die Chinesen ein weiteres Mal Europa folgen und Übertragungswege einführen, auf denen auch UMTS aufbaut.

Hinter den Kulissen in Peking spielt sich derzeit aber ein zähes Ringen um die Entscheidung ab: Die US-Mobilfunkindustrie will nicht kampflos das Feld räumen: Gelingt es ihr, auf dem gewaltigen chinesischen Markt ihren eigenen Standard zu platzieren, wäre sie auf einen Schlag wieder von globaler Bedeutung. Auch Siemens schaut nicht tatenlos zu. „Derzeit werben die Deutschen aggressiv für sich“, geben die Konkurrenten zu. Denn der maßgeblich von Siemens entwickelte TD-SCMA-Standard fand bei den Standardisierungsverhandlungen zum Mobilfunk der dritten Generation in Europa nur wenig Gehör. Jetzt aber bietet sich die Chance, der Technik doch noch zum Erfolg zu verhelfen.

Dass bei der Entscheidungsfindung Investitionsversprechen durchaus hilfreich sein können, will niemand direkt aussprechen – ist jedoch ein offenes Geheimnis. Die chinesische Führung hat kürzlich mitgeteilt, dass sie den Mobilfunkbetreibern die freie Standardwahl erlaube. Telekom-Analysten glauben darum, dass alle drei Standards den Weg in den riesigen Markt finden werden. Den Massenmarkt aber, meinen die Fachleute, wird der europäische W-CDMA-Standard herherrschen. Um auf jeden Fall auf der sicheren Seite zu sein, haben alle großen Netzwerk- und Handy-Hersteller parallele Entwicklungen für die konkurrierenden Standards eingeleitet. Ihre Motivation ist der riesige Markt in China. Almström: „Er ist einfach zu wichtig.“


HANDELSBLATT, Montag, 20. November 2000



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