Telia Stofa Selects Motorola to Drive EuroDOCSIS 3.0 Deployment

Telia Stofa Selects Motorola to Drive EuroDOCSIS 3.0 Deployment

Motorola SURFboard(R) ultra-broadband solutions to deliver high-speed rich media experiences

COLOGNE, Germany, May 26 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- ANGA Cable 2009 -- Motorola, Inc (NYSE:MOT) today announced that Telia Stofa, part of the TeliaSonera telecommunications group, has selected Motorola's SB6120e SURFboard EuroDOCSIS 3.0 cable modem to provide ultra-broadband, high-bandwidth data and multimedia services to customers throughout Denmark. Telia Stofa can now optimize its broadband services to offer speeds up to four times faster than DOCSIS(R) 2.0 to its bandwidth-demanding consumers without the need for an expensive plant upgrade.

"As the Danish broadband market grows increasingly competitive, we wanted to give our customers access to the fastest broadband experiences possible while protecting service levels and minimizing costs," said Kaj Skov, CTO, Telia Stofa. "Utilizing the new EuroDOCSIS 3.0 cable modems from Motorola gives us the standards-based reliable service that we and our subscribers demand."

Motorola is a leading provider of DOCSIS technology, and provides innovative DOCSIS solutions that interoperate with existing network equipment. According to Infonetics, Motorola continues to lead in the DOCSIS 3.0 certified CPE market, with a 70 percent market share in 2008. In addition to its DOCSIS 3.0-certified cable modems, Motorola offers its worldwide customers proven field experience in DOCSIS 3.0 deployments as well as extensive knowledge in carrier-grade networks and device management.

"We are delighted Telia Stofa has chosen our next generation EuroDOCSIS solutions to deliver high-speed broadband media experiences to consumers across Denmark," said Joe Cozzolino, senior vice president and general manager, Motorola Home & Networks Mobility EMEA and Asia Pacific. "Motorola's expertise in deploying DOCSIS solutions means that more and more operators worldwide are turning to us to offer ultra fast broadband and personal media experiences. We have a proven platform that creates opportunities for cable operators to increase bandwidth as well as offer advanced voice, data and video services."

Motorola's SB6120e SURFboard cable modem helps Telia Stofa deliver faster Internet download and upload speeds, supporting a myriad of high-bandwidth, next-generation services such as gaming, streaming video and multimedia download. The SB6120e is part of a complete Motorola portfolio of bandwidth-expanding technologies including both customer premises equipment (CPE) and cable modem termination systems (CMTS). Motorola's SURFboard DOCSIS 3.0 line of modems enables operators to:

-- Cost-effectively introduce new value-added services, while increasing
the bandwidth offered to existing customers
-- Maximize their current infrastructure investment, without service
interruption, when deploying any of Motorola's DOCSIS 1.x / 2.0
backward compatible CPE
-- Protect their installed base of high-speed data customers
-- Deliver new high-value and high-bandwidth multimedia services
-- Deliver competitive, high-capacity commercial services to their
business customers

To learn more about Motorola's service-assured DOCSIS 3.0 Solutions, visit Motorola's award-winning Ultra-Broadband Solutions micro-site.

About Motorola

Motorola is known around the world for innovation in communications and is focused on advancing the way the world connects. From broadband communications infrastructure, enterprise mobility and public safety solutions to high-definition video and mobile devices, Motorola is leading the next wave of innovations that enable people, enterprises and governments to be more connected and more mobile. Motorola (NYSE:MOT) had sales of US $30.1 billion in 2008. For more information, please visit www.motorola.com.

About TeliaSonera and Telia Stofa

TeliaSonera provides telecommunication services in the Nordic and Baltic countries, the emerging markets of Eurasia, including Russia and Turkey, and in Spain. We are the leading European provider of quality cross-border voice, IP and capacity services, provided through our wholly-owned international carrier network. In 2008, TeliaSonera's net sales amounted to SEK 104 billion, and at the end of December 2008 the total number of subscriptions was 135 million in 20 countries. The TeliaSonera share is listed on NASDAQ OMX Stockholm and NASDAQ OMX Helsinki. Simplicity and service are important tools for us in creating profitable growth and value for our customers and shareholders. Read more at www.teliasonera.com

TeliaSonera's broadband business unit in Denmark consists of Stofa and Telia Broadband. Stofa is the 2nd largest cable operator in Denmark and supplies 600,000 consumers with cable-tv and 150,000 consumers with broadband via antenna and residential associations. Read more at www.stofa.dk

Media Contact:
Gemma Priscott
Motorola Home & Networks Mobility
+44 (0) 7970 882994
gemma.priscott@motorola.com

MOTOROLA, the stylized M Logo, and SURFboard are registered in the US Patent & Trademark Office. DOCSIS is a registered trademark of Cable Laboratories Inc. All other product or service names are the property of their respective owners. (C) Motorola, Inc. 2009. All rights reserved

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