China Telecom selects Motorola's infrastructure for its FLEX protocol-based Backbone Network; $11.7 million contract includes Beijing, Shanghai and nine provincial capital cities in China's high-speed nationwide paging network.

BEIJING, China--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 24, 1996-- Motorola's Advanced Messaging Group (AMG) today announced that China Telecom of the Ministry of Post and Telecommunications (MPT) has signed a contract for Motorola's infrastructure equipment to implement China's FLEX(tm) National Backbone Paging Network in the prestigious cities of Beijing and Shanghai and nine major provincial capital cities: Changchun, Changsa, Hangzhou, Hefie, Nanchang, Nanjing, Nanning, Shenyang and Xian.

This equipment, with initial capacity for over 2 million subscribers, will deliver the most advanced release of the FLEX protocol, Version 1.8, with multi-frequency roaming and provide numeric, alphanumeric and voice messaging services in early 1997.

Under the guidelines of a Memo of Understanding, Motorola has been assisting and cooperating with China's MPT to develop and establish the protocols required for China's Backbone Network. Along with this contract, the MPT has issued the Inter Paging Network Protocol (IPNP). IPNP provides infrastructure equipment inter-networking and is based on Motorola's Wireless Inter Switch Protocol (WISP(tm)) and Glenayre's Wireless Messaging Transport Protocol (WMtp(tm)).

China's MPT has purchased the Wireless Message Gateway (WMG(tm)) paging gateway; the RF-Conductor!(tm) network controller; and the Nucleus(r) base station. Additionally, Motorola will team with the MPT's Science and Technology group and integrate its Operator Assisted Paging subsystem with the WMG and allow operator entered text messages to be transmitted to the world's first multi-frequency FLEX Chinese Character Display (CCD) pager.

"We are honored to be selected by China Telecom to assist them with the implementation of China's FLEX protocol-based nationwide paging system; and be awarded the two significant industrial cities of Beijing and Shanghai as these will be the major hubs for subscriber roaming," stated Pat Koons, vice president and general manager of Motorola's Advanced Messaging Systems Division. "With Motorola's infrastructure and FLEX protocol multi-frequency roaming technology, China Telecom will be deploying one of the world's most sophisticated one-way paging networks."

FLEX is the de facto standard for high-speed paging having been adopted by 70 percent of the world's largest markets. Major operators in the United States, Canada, Latin America and Asia have adopted the FLEX protocol. FLEX(tm)-TD is the national protocol standard in Japan, and the FLEX protocol has been adopted by China's Ministry of Post and Telecommunications as its nationwide, high-speed paging standard.

Motorola's Advanced Messaging Group (AMG), a business unit of Motorola's Messaging Systems Products Group, is leading the industry by providing the new value of automatic registration and acknowledge-back voice, data and numeric messaging system solutions for the global marketplace. AMG develops end-to-end advanced messaging solutions including technology, infrastructure and personal messaging devices for high-speed, one-way and two-way paging applications that take advantage of the opportunities presented by the emerging Narrowband PCS industry.

Motorola is one of the world's leading providers of wireless communications, semiconductors, and advanced electronic systems and services. Major equipment businesses include paging and data communications, personal communications, cellular telephone, two-way radio, automotive, defense and space electronics and computers. Motorola semiconductors power communication devices, computers and millions of consumer products. Motorola's 1995 sales were $27 billion. -0- Motorola, FLEX, FLEX-TD, WISP, WMG, RF-Conductor! and Nucleus are trademarks or registered trademarks of Motorola, Inc. WMtp is a trademark of Glenayre.

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