Sprint Extends CDMA Infrastructure Supply Agreement with Motorola; Adds Mobile Broadband Commitment Across Markets with Motorola Gear

Sprint Extends CDMA Infrastructure Supply Agreement with Motorola; Adds Mobile Broadband Commitment Across Markets with Motorola Gear

Supply Agreement Renewal Estimated at $450 million

ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill., Dec. 7 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Motorola, Inc. (NYSE:MOT) has been awarded an extension of its existing CDMA infrastructure supply agreement with Sprint (NYSE:FON) through the end of 2006. The renewal, estimated at $450 million, includes CDMA2000 1X base station and core equipment, software and services, and a commitment to deploy Motorola's high- speed mobile broadband CDMA2000 1x EV-DO solution in several markets served by Motorola infrastructure. The agreement also covers a potential broadband data upgrade to 1xEV-DO Release A or 1xEV-DV Release D technologies.

Sprint's initial Wireless High Speed Data (WHSD) service offering, based on CDMA2000 1xEV-DO with a peak data rate of up to 2.4 Mbps, will improve enterprise communications particularly for mobile workers who require phone or laptop access to corporate applications such as e-mail and intranets.

"Motorola's mobile broadband solution will help Sprint meet its customers' demand for faster wireless data speeds and wireless access to information and entertainment while on the go," said Bruce Stone, senior vice president and general manager of Motorola's CDMA Systems Division, Global Telecom Solutions Sector. "Our unique IP backhaul capability from each site will help provide Sprint with cost-effective bandwidth to carry anticipated increases in data traffic."

Motorola's CDMA radio access network design, with a migration path that requires a straightforward card upgrade at each cell site to enable 1xEV-DO data capability and installation of incremental core mobility management equipment to facilitate connectivity to the Internet, allows Sprint to maximize re-use of its existing equipment to support mobile broadband.

"Sprint's 1xEV-DO deployment makes efficient use of our existing resources and will help Sprint widen its industry lead in wireless data services," said Oliver Valente, Sprint vice president for Technology Development. "Sprint customers will experience superior application and service performance, with mobile device data speeds up to 10 times faster than today's network. Higher- speed data connectivity will significantly improve individual as well as enterprise communications."

About Sprint

Sprint is a global integrated communications provider serving more than 26 million customers in over 100 countries. With more than $26 billion in annual revenues in 2003, Sprint is widely recognized for developing, engineering and deploying state-of-the-art network technologies, including the United States' first nationwide all-digital, fiber-optic network and an award- winning Tier 1 Internet backbone. Sprint provides local communications services in 39 states and the District of Columbia and operates the largest 100-percent digital, nationwide PCS wireless network in the United States. For more information, visit http://www.sprint.com/ .

About Motorola

Motorola, Inc. (NYSE:MOT) is a global leader in wireless, broadband and automotive communications technologies that help make life smarter, safer, simpler, synchronized and fun. Sales in 2003 were US$27.1 billion. Motorola creates innovative technological solutions that benefit people at home, at work and on the move. The company also is a progressive corporate citizen dedicated to operating ethically, protecting the environment and supporting the communities in which it does business. For more information: http://www.motorola.com/ .

Business Risks:

Statements about mobile broadband solutions, the rollout of CDMA2000 1xEV-DO (Evolution-Data Only) and the functionality of the networks are forward-looking and involve risk and uncertainties. Factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements include unforeseen events related to the performance of the networks, the pace of the rollout, the volume of customer purchases, end user acceptance of the solution and certain other factors found in Motorola's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

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Source: Motorola, Inc.

CONTACT: Media, Kathi Haas of Motorola Infrastructure, +1-480-732-2835,
kathi.haas@motorola.com ; Industry Analyst Relations, Kathy Wiesner of
Motorola, Inc., North America, +1-847-632-6021, k.wiesner@motorola.com

Web site: http://www.motorola.com/
http://www.sprint.com/


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