Motorola takes lead in wireless communications

The world will continue to experience a surge in access to the Internet and a good part of it will be accounted for by wireless mobile systems, Romy Serrano, corporate country manager of Motorola Communications Phils. Inc., said.

Speaking before a media group in the Telecomex Asia 2000 exhibit at the World Trade Center in Pasay City, Serrano said the Internet will continue to have a great impact on business and how people will communicate in the future.

He attributed this to the infusion of a wireless dimension to the World Wide Web which will allow more people to communicate and do business anywhere they are.

"In the communications environment of the future, people will be able to gain quick access to a new generation of powerful, easy-to-use wireless Internet products and services that will enable them to communicate and transact business anywhere and anytime," Serrano said.

Motorola has developed a new Internet Protocol (IP)-based communications architecture called "Aspira," a third-generation wireless system created in alliance with industry giants Cisco Systems and Sun Microsystems.

The result is a powerful Internet and networking capability that creates a platform that will provide an unprecedented level of wireless capability for networks and operators.

This substantial leap in technology will open new applications and services that will change the way people will communicate and do business in the future.

At the consumer level, Motorola has developed the most extensive portfolio of Wireless Applicant Protocol (WAP)-enabled wireless products to meet various consumer requirements. These include the Motorola Accompli, Timeport, TalkAbout and the V-series wireless phones which will soon catch the fancy of consumers worldwide.

The benefit to the consumer is expected to be enormous, Serrano said. "With the convergence of voice, video and data, the home of the future could have multiple TVs, phones and personal computers doing high-speed Internet access simultaneously -- all connected to home hubs from Motorola that provide the interface to broadband cable systems."

Motorola is one of the major exhibitors in Telecomex Asia 2000, an international exhibition which runs until today at the World Trade Center in Pasay City.

The Motorola exhibit carries the theme "Power to the Person," highlighting Motorola's global leadership in the convergence of microelectronics and wireless digital communications. Its booth, which measures 108 square meters, is one of the largest in the exhibit.

Its main attraction is the Tunnel Solutions where guests may interact with a computer-aided console to find a solution to a communications-related problem. The booth consists of a large display area, an elevated presentation area, a private meeting room, a lounge area and a giant overhead videowall.

Motorola Communications Phils. Inc. is part of the global network that Motorola Inc. has put together to align its communications business into an actively managed and coordinated unit.

The network combines the strength of five major business units operating in the country, namely Personal Communications Sector, Commercial, Government & Industrial Solutions Sector, Network Solutions Sector, Broadband Communications Sector and Semiconductor Products Sector-Marketing Business Group.