[October 26, 2004] VIVO Launches Motorola's CDMA2000 1xEV-DO Mobile Broadband Network Solution in Brazil SAO PAULO, Brazil, Oct. 26 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- VIVO today announced Brazil's first CDMA2000 1xEV-DO service on its Motorola -supplied network in Curitiba, Parana State. As part of an agreement with Motorola Industrial Ltda, the Brazilian subsidiary of Motorola, Inc., to support this CDMA2000 1xEV-DO trial, Motorola is providing network hardware, software, and deployment services. It is upgrading existing Motorola Base Transceiver Subsystems (BTS) with the addition of a new Multi-Channel CDMA Module to enable CDMA2000 1xEV-DO service. "With a 1xEV-DO network our customers can enjoy a whole suite of new services and applications with download speeds that rival that of other high speed alternatives, "said Javier Rodriguez, VIVO's vice president of technology and network. Motorola's 3G solution enables subscribers to experience high data rates -- at peak speeds of up to 2.4 Megabits per second (Mbps) -- that will provide them ready access to real-time services and applications such as e-mail, the Internet, music and file downloading, video and audio streaming. "Motorola's CDMA experience and technology leadership once again comes into play, giving VIVO's subscribers access to mobile data services, and providing an attractive differentiator for VIVO in the highly competitive telecoms market in Brazil," said Jose Figueroa, corporate vice president and general manager of Motorola's Global Telecom Solutions Sector for the Latin America and Caribbean Region. In addition to mobile broadband, VIVO has taken advantage of several of Motorola's innovative solutions, including its Push-To-Talk over Cellular and SoftSwitch. VIVO's order for Motorola SoftSwitches, announced in July 2004, is the largest single order among Motorola's base of global customers and one of the largest in the industry. Motorola's SoftSwitch can be deployed more quickly than a traditional circuit switch, enabling VIVO to readily and cost- effectively adapt its network for future enhancements. CDMA2000 1xEV-DO, the next step in CDMA evolution, is optimized for data services. It reduces the cost of delivering data, as it enables data applications at faster speeds. Motorola's CDMA2000 1xEV-DO offering provides effective cost management through planned network upgrades that will integrate with customers' current CDMA2000 1X networks to maximize the re-use of their existing infrastructure equipment. About VIVO VIVO, a company under the control of the Portugal Telecom and Telefonica Moviles groups, is the largest mobile service operator in the Southern Hemisphere with more than 25 million subscribers and 45 percent market share in Brazil. Today, the operator serves 19 Brazilian states, which generate 86 percent of the nation's Gross Domestic Product. VIVO's technology choice is CDMA, which is the underlying technology for third-generation mobile networks worldwide. For more information about VIVO, visit its website at: http://www.vivo.com.br/ . About Motorola Motorola, Inc. is a global leader in wireless, broadband and automotive communications technologies that help make life smarter, safer, simpler, synchronized and fun. Sales in 2003 were US$27.1 billion. Motorola creates innovative technological solutions that benefit people at home, at work and on the move. The company also is a progressive corporate citizen dedicated to operating ethically, protecting the environment and supporting the communities in which it does business. For more information: http://www.motorola.com/ . Business Risks: Statements about mobile broadband trials, the rollout of CDMA2000 1xEV-DO (Evolution-Data Only) and the functionality of the networks are forward- looking and involve risk and uncertainties. Factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements include unforeseen events related to the performance of the networks, interoperability with other equipment, the success of the trials, the pace of the rollout and other factors found in Motorola's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. MOTOROLA and the Stylized M Logo are registered in the US Patent & Trademark Office. All other product or service names are the property of their respective owners. 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