Motorola, Huawei create UMTS venture

CYBERMEDIA NEWS

Motorola and Huawei Technologies have announced a new collaboration to bring
an enhanced and extensive portfolio of Universal Mobile Telecommunications
System (UMTS) and High Speed Packet Access (HSPA) infrastructure equipment to
customers worldwide.

By combining its expertise in UMTS, the two companies will meet the needs of
mobile operators today and in the future.One of the keys to this UMTS venture is
the creation of a joint research and development center in Shanghai, China,
where employees from both companies will work on development of the architecture
and portfolio of products and services.

This feature rich portfolio will offer mobile operators worldwide a
compelling choice of UMTS solutions, including one of the broadest ranges of
radio access, circuit and packet core products and HSPA over a wide range of new
frequency bands.

Motorola will contribute to the collaboration its services expertise in
network design, deployment and integration as well as providing value added
services .