Motorola

Motorola Introduces First WiMAX USB Adaptor for Laptops

Bernie — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 00:00:00 -0400

ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill. - 23 Sept. 2008 – Fulfilling a promise of delivering high-speed, wireless broadband while on the go, Motorola, Inc. (NYSE: MOT) today unveiled its first WiMAX USB adaptor, the USBw 100. This thumb-drive-sized device is available in three versions to connect to WiMAX networks in each of the three bands approved for use around the world - 2.3GHz, 2.5GHz and 3.5 GHz. The Motorola USBw 100 plugs directly into laptop computers to provide mobile and nomadic wireless broadband connectivity, both indoors and out. It is expected to be available in Q4 2008. Read More ...

Avail Media and Motorola Partner for IPTV

Bernie — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 09:57:01 -0400

Avail Media and Motorola announced a partnership to integrate Avail’s content transport solution and Motorola’s MWAVE IPTV portfolio. MWAVE provides set-tops, encoders, systems integration services, and program management for video hub office components, including third-party middleware and digital rights management. MWAVE will integrate with Avail’s Avail Connect to create a “hosted” head-end solution. Servicoe providers can also utilize these services to build their own head end.

Comcast, Motorola Team to Help Rural Cable Compete

Bernie — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 09:49:56 -0500

Comcast Media Center and Motorola are teaming up to offer smaller cable systems a consolidated digital platform which allows for the deployment of advanced services including HDTV, DVR, VOD, and tru2way applications. The new platform will allow smaller cable operators with as little as a “330 MHz system [to] expand its service offering to customers by converting some of its analog channels to digital, utilizing programming on the HITS platform, and then using that reclaimed bandwidth to offer hundreds of additional linear HDTV and SD channels and a library of VOD programming with over 2,000 titles also available through the HITS platform.” It’s somewhat analogous to what Avail Media and IP Prime provide small telcos for IPTV.

This development could have implications on the competitive landscape. Smaller and rural cable companies have had a more difficult time upgrading their older plant to provide competitive triple play offerings than their larger MSO brethren. Small telcos have seized on that, and are launching IPTV powered triple play platforms to win over customers wanting a more robust video experience. In theory, this new Comcast/Motorola platform will allow smaller cable companies, who normally couldn’t afford to upgrade their plant, to now get in the two way digital, triple play game. If it gains traction, and quickly, the competitive landscape in smaller markets across the U.S. may begin to look very different.

Clearwire Launches Nationwide Portable Wireless Broadband

Bernie — Thu, 18 Oct 2007 10:07:38 -0400

Clearwire announced the launch of a pre-WiMAX broadband PC card that can be used for portable broadband access within Clearwire footprints. Clearwire will use Motorola's pre-WiMAX OFDM technology for the service, which provides up to 1.5 Mbps broadband speeds. Pricing for the portable broadband service start at $59.99 a month with a PC card lease fee of $6.99 a month.