Magnalink Selects Motorola FTTH and IPTV Solutions for the Czech Republic

PARIS, France — Broadband World Forum Europe 2009 — Motorola, Inc (NYSE: MOT) today announced that Magnalink has chosen Motorola Home & Networks Mobility’s (H&NM) gigabit passive optical network (GPON) and IPTV set top solutions to deliver ultra-broadband services to municipalities within the city of Hradec Kralove in the Czech Republic. The new GPON FTTH network will enable the delivery of rich personalized media experiences while supporting fast Internet access and advanced IPTV services including the highest quality high definition (HD) television programming available to consumers today.

Working with solutions provider KonekTel, Motorola has supplied Magnalink with key products from its market leading FTTH and IPTV portfolios. As Magnalink looks to diversify its utility business to offer broadband and rich media services, it can draw from a wide array of Motorola GPON and VIP series set tops currently deployed by services providers throughout the world.

“Driven by high-quality HD content and social media networking, consumers are demanding higher speed broadband connections and more personalized video services”, commented Joe Cozzolino, senior vice president and general manager, Access Networks Solutions, Motorola Home and Networks Mobility. “Our GPON solutions enable service providers such as Magnalink to enter new markets and offer differentiated services, and we’re excited to announce progress in our roll out of GPON FTTH solutions in Europe.”

The Motorola products selected include the AXS1800 optical line terminal (OLT) which offers improved density and scalability allowing service providers like Magnalink to cost effectively deliver the highest quality video, voice and data into small and large markets. It also includes Motorola’s ONT1120 desktop optical network terminal (ONT), which is designed to deliver a full range of advanced services over an all-optical network. Magnalink has also selected Motorola’s market leading VIP1900 series IPTV set tops supporting HDTV and DVR which simplify the delivery of new personalized entertainment and communications services

“Magnalink has chosen Motorola’s GPON and IPTV technology as the most suitable technology to provide a complete portfolio of high speed data services for business and residential subscribers,” commented Jan Jirka, director, Magnalink. “In addition, to these new services, Magnalink will use the GPON technology to help the city to better control and optimize its commodities services such as electricity, gas and water or control traffic”.

“KonekTel has had a long term relationship with Motorola”, commented George Grubr, executive vice president of KonekTel. “We are pleased to participate in a project which will provide high speed data for Internet, IP telephony and IPTV and offer users in Hradec Kralove some of the highest quality broadband and television experiences available in Europe today.”