SAO PAULO, Brazil, and SAN FRANCISCO, April 5 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Motorola, Inc. today announced that it has been selected by NET Servicos de Comunicacao to provide BSR 64000 CMTS/edge routers that will serve as the foundation for enhanced IP services, including voice, throughout Brazil. The initiative marks NET Servicos' first expansion into IP-based voice services, and the first step on a path toward unifying the company's wireless and switched network assets on an IP platform.

Motorola will provide both network infrastructure and consumer premise equipment, including cable modems with integrated telephony and wireless features for the upgrade. The Motorola BSR 64000 will provide scalability and redundancy as NET expands its network with voice and high-speed data offerings. NET Servicos will deploy 11 Motorola BSR 64000 units, leveraging the product's redundancy features to permit "always on" availability and density to accommodate future growth in subscribers and the addition of VoIP services.

NET Servicos will deploy the Motorola SBV5120 modem, which will allow subscribers to easily experience Internet voice and high-speed data services from a single device. Additionally the operator will offer the Motorola SBG900, offering an integrated 802.11g wireless access point and a cable modem into a single unit. The products will be implemented as part of field trials of VoIP and Wi-Fi services throughout Brazil.

For NET Servicos' Product and Marketing Director, Ciro Kawamura, this partnership is very important for the future of the company's business. "The subscriber base of our High Speed Internet services, Virtua, has been growing at a high rate and having next generation infrastructure and CPE will allow us to offer a multitude of services beyond broadband data," said the executive.

"As Brazil's largest cable operator, NET Servicos must continually adapt and build into its system the capacity and flexibility to accommodate future growth," said G. Bickley Remmey, vice president and region management - Motorola Latin America. "Motorola is both honored and excited to be selected as the supplier of the infrastructure components that will allow NET Servicos to address these issues and provide its subscribers with the advanced IP services."

About the Motorola BSR 64000

The carrier-class Motorola BSR 64000 CMTS/edge router allows broadband providers to rapidly introduce reliable data, voice and multimedia services for both corporate and residential subscribers, as well as deliver QoS levels end-to-end from the network edge to the network core. Its high-density design -- based on centralized routing and distributed filtering and forwarding -- provides the benefits of simple and scalable performance. The BSR 64000 is DOCSIS(R) 2.0, PacketCable(TM) 1.1, and Euro-DOCSIS 1.1 qualified.

About the Motorola SBG900

Designed to provide a simple way for broadband users to experience a wireless network in their home, the SBG900 integrates an 802.11g wireless access point, a DOCSIS(R) 2.0-certified cable modem, and advanced security options - all into a single, easy-to-operate unit.

About the Motorola SBV5120

The Motorola SBV5120 is the newest member of Motorola's family of telephony cable modems, providing an integrated solution for voice telephony services and high-speed Internet access. The product combines a multimedia telephony adapter with a PacketCable(TM)-based cable modem which was recently certified for DOCSIS(R) 2.0 and 1.1 (CW28), and Euro-DOCSIS 2.0.

The Motorola SBV5120 allows consumers to use their existing home telephone wiring to power two lines of voice service, and supports all class features including:

-- Basic call functionality -- Three-way calling -- Caller ID -- Call forwarding -- Voicemail messaging -- Optional battery back-up About NET Servicos de Comunicacao

NET Servicos is the largest pay TV operator in Latin America and the largest Cable high speed Internet provider in Brazil. Present in 44 cities, including Sao Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Belo Horizonte, Porto Alegre, Curitiba, Brasilia, Florianopolis and Goiania, the company covers metropolitan areas responsible for 45% of the country's GDP.

Its pay TV services (NET), with more than 1.4 million subscribers, available in analog and digital, has the widest channel line-up in the country, being the only one to offer simultaneously HBO and Telecine channels.

Its high speed Internet services (Virtua), with more than 180 thousand subscribers, is the only one in the country to offer the Double Flash technology, that guarantees the end user the same speed both in the downstream and in the upstream.

NET Servicos was the only private company to receive the UNESCO award in 2004, for its Community relations program, NET Educacao. The project supports teachers' continuous education aiming to improve the quality of the public school system and reaches more than 1800 schools in the country.

With 3.218 employees, the company deploys an HFC network that extends for over 35 thousand kilometers, covering more than 6.5 million homes passed, which represents 1/3 of the A/B class households in the country.

About Motorola

Motorola is a Fortune 100 global communications leader that provides seamless mobility products and solutions across broadband, embedded systems and wireless networks. In your home, auto, workplace and all spaces in between, seamless mobility means you can reach the people, things and information you need, anywhere, anytime. Seamless mobility harnesses the power of technology convergence and enables smarter, faster, cost-effective and flexible communication. Motorola had sales of US $31.3 billion in 2004. For more information: http://www.motorola.com/ .

MOTOROLA and the Stylized M Logo are registered in the US Patent & Trademark Office. DOCSIS is a registered trademark and PacketCable is a trademark of Cable Television Laboratories, Inc. All other product or service names are the property of their respective owners.

CONTACT: Luciana Vedovato, Brazil, +55 11 3030-5000,
Luciana.vedovato@motorola.com , or Paul Alfieri, +1-609-575-8835 (on site at
NCTA 2005), +1-215-323-1804, paul.alfieri@motorola.com , both of Motorola; or
Publicom Assessoria de Comunicacao, Adriana Duarte, +55- 11 5186 2799,
aduarte@publicom.com.br , Juliana Barbieri, +55- 11 5186 2809,
imprensa@netservicos.com.br , or Ewerton Nunes, +55- 11 5186 2914,
imprensa@netservicos.com.br, all for NET Servicos

Web site: http://www.motorola.com/