Motorola
Reach GSM Network Solutions to Connect Next Billion Mobile Users!
2/13/2006
Motorola Inc. launched Motorola Reach, a portfolio of GSM
network solutions aimed at enabling telecom operators to connect
the next billion mobile subscribers by 2010. This
portfolio of affordable wireless platforms is designed to allow
providers in both 'high growth' and more mature economies
across the world to offer services in both densely populated and
remote, rural locations. The new network offering
complements Motorola's broad mass market portfolio, which is
specifically designed to address the diverse needs and desires
of consumers in emerging markets and around the world.
The Motorola Reach solutions feature small-footprint GSM base
stations for rural connectivity, backhaul offerings for
transmission, a Softswitch-based core including media gateway
for lower call transport costs, and alternative power sources,
including solar, wind and innovative liquid propane gas (LPG)
solutions. While relevant to high growth markets, the
solutions also offer value to operators in more mature economies
where the average revenue per user (ARPU) is decreasing and who
face issues of optimizing networks, coping with traffic surges,
and maintaining networks as cost-efficiently as possible.
"Now that the global mobile industry has reached more than
2 billion subscribers(1), research has demonstrated that in
emerging markets, every increase of 10 mobile phones per 100
people can boost a nation's GDP by 0.6 percent per
year(2)," said Jose R. Figueroa, corporate vice president
and
regional manager Europe, Middle East & Africa Region and
Latin America & Caribbean Region, Motorola Networks.
"Motorola has firsthand experience in market dynamics
facing both emerging and more mature geographies, and using that
expertise, has created the Motorola Reach GSM portfolio to
address issues such as achieving a low cost- per-subscriber
ratio, serving both dense and sparsely-populated areas, and
maintaining consistent service quality," Figueroa
continued.
