Motorola Milestone: Company Celebrates 50 Million Digital Cable Boxes Shipped; 10 Years Of Digital Cable Leadership

Motorola Milestone: Company Celebrates 50 Million Digital Cable Boxes Shipped; 10 Years Of Digital Cable Leadership

NEW YORK, Oct. 20 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, Motorola, Inc. (NYSE:MOT) is celebrating the shipment of the company's 50 millionth digital cable set-top and reflecting on ten years of invention for the connected home that has turned its original promise into a reality. This is a huge landmark for the company and the industry.

Motorola's Connected Home Solutions Division held an event celebrating their 50 Millionth Digital Cable Box being shipped out in Horsham, PA, just outside of Philadelphia. Township mayor Michael McGee was on hand for the event, and declared today "National Set Top Box Day."

Here's what 50 million set-tops look like:
- 50 million Motorola set-tops stacked one on top of the other would reach
a height of over 11 million feet, almost 400 times that of Mount
Everest!
- 50 million Motorola set-tops placed end-to-end in a straight line would
cover the distance from London to Sydney, Australia.

For more information, visit: www.Motorola.com

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NEWS: MOTOROLA SHIPS 50 MILLIONTH CABLE SET TOP BOX; WHEN STACKED, 50 MILLION SET-TOPS EXCEED 11 MILLION FEET

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SOUNDBITES:
- Dan Moloney, President of Connected Home, Motorola, Inc.
- John Burke, Corporate VP & General Manager, Digital Video Solutions,
Motorola, Inc.
- Michael McGee, Horsham Township Manager
- Joanna M. Furia, President of Council

B-ROLL INCLUDES: ***50 Millionth Cable Set Top Box***Event Footage***

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