Cox Communications signs contract with Motorola for up to 50,000 CyberSURFR cable modems.

ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 10, 1996--

First Deployment Scheduled For Orange County, Calif.

Motorola Inc. -- Multimedia Group announced it has signed a contract with Cox Communications, Inc., for the delivery of up to 50,000 Motorola cable modems and associated infrastructure during 1997.

For Motorola, the contract represents a significant opportunity to serve one of the nation's foremost cable companies. Atlanta-based Cox Communications is among the nation's largest cable television operators, with more than 3.2 million customers. Notably, its systems are strategically clustered with a major presence in top markets such as San Diego and Orange County, Calif., Omaha, Neb., Phoenix, Ariz., the Hampton Roads area in Virginia, Oklahoma City, Okla., New Orleans, La., Pensacola, Fla., Hartford, Conn., and Providence, R.I.

"A critical element of our strategy is aligning our Motorola technology and expertise with visions of industry leaders, like Cox. They have some the nation's highest quality cable systems," said James M. Phillips, Motorola corporate vice president. "Motorola's technology will allow Cox to deliver broadband services on a wide scale to end users in 1997. The signing of a contract with Cox speaks volumes about our technology capability, our people and our ability to deliver solutions for our customers."

The contract includes delivery of up to 50,000 units during 1997, which will include Motorola CyberSURFR(TM) cable modems, cable routers and related infrastructure equipment.

"This contract represents another milestone in Cox Communications' development of a state-of-the-art infrastructure that will bring new levels of content and entertainment to our customers," said David Woodrow, senior vice president, broadband services, Cox Communications. "Motorola's CyberSURFR cable modems and routers will enable us to deliver high speed data service to hundreds of thousands of our customers in 1997."

The CyberSURFR cable modem is part of Motorola's CableComm family of products. The CyberSURFR modem connects subscriber personal computers to the hybrid fiber coax (HFC) system via a 10Base-T 802.3 local area network connection specifically designed for on-line services, Internet access, telecommuting and other emerging services for home and business PC users. The modem offers throughput speeds of up to 10 Mbps in the downstream path and upstream data of up to 768 Kbps. The Cable Router is installed in the network headend, where it interfaces with the HFC distribution network to local or remote IP networks.

Motorola has shipped cable modems and related network infrastructure equipment to customers in more than 40 cities worldwide, including shipments to Cox communications. CyberSURFR cable modems have been shipped to major North American customers, including @Home Network, TCI, Comcast, Cox, Time-Warner, Continental, Shaw, Videotron, Pacific Bell, NYNEX and US West-Media One. Major international markets to which Motorola is shipping its CyberSURFR systems include those in Singapore, Korea, Japan, France, Belgium, the United Kingdom, Norway, Brazil, Argentina and Australia; and to Toronto, Montreal, Calgary and Edmonton in Canada.

To ensure that its cable modems meet emerging industry standards, Motorola continues to work with various industry bodies, such as Cable Labs, MCNS, IEEE, DAVIC and others. For example, in support of these efforts, Motorola has shipped and installed a complete cable modem system at Cable Labs for performance and interoperability testing.

Motorola's Multimedia Group, a unit of the Messaging, Information and Media Sector, develops, manufactures and markets systems for the convergence of voice, video and data communications over advanced multimedia platforms. Motorola is one of the world's leading providers of wireless communications, semiconductors, and advanced electronic systems and services. Major equipment businesses include cellular telephone, two-way radio, paging and data communications, personal communications, automotive, defense and space electronics and computers. Motorola semiconductors power communication devices, computers and millions of other products. Motorola's 1995 sales were $27 billion.

Cox Communications, Inc., is among the nation's largest multiple system operators, serving some 3.2 million customers. As a full-service provider of telecommunications products, Cox has interests in wired telecommunications, including cable television and telephone services; wireless communications, including personal communications services (PCS) and direct-to-home (DTH) satellite television; and programming networks. Cox was recently named number one in customer service satisfaction in the cable industry by J.D. Power and Associates. More information on Cox can be found on the Internet at www.cox.com . -0-

CyberSURFR(TM) is a trademark of Motorola, Inc.

For further information about the Motorola Multimedia Group and Motorola, Inc., please visit the company's Web site at http://www.mot.com/multimedia

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