Nokia, Motorola to push 1XTREME into open wireless standards

The 1XTREME proposal enables real time voice, data and multimedia services on existing cdma2000 networks allowing end users to browse the Internet from a personal computer or access email while "on the go". The Nokia and Motorola 1XTREME proposal consolidates the companies' individual efforts, including Motorola's 1X Plus, presented at a telecommunications industry trade show in New Orleans on Feb. 29.

"1XTREME is a global open standards proposal, which offers operators an orderly migration path beyond IS-2000 1X," said Neal Campbell, director of CDMA product operations for Motorola's Network Solutions Sector. "With this technology, wireless network operators will provide their customers integrated real-time voice and data, at twice the data rate of a proposed HDR system," said Campbell.

1XTREME was jointly presented to the Third Generation Partnership Project 2 (3GPP2) in Kyoto, Japan, on March 21, and will be presented to the Third Generation Partnership Project 2 (3GPP2) in Cheju, S. Korea on March 27. At these meetings, Nokia and Motorola will ask that 3GPP2 begin the standardization process for 1XTREME, which meets all requirements for ITU 3G standards.

"1XTREME is aimed to reach an open market with open standards and interfaces, something Nokia has always been committed to," said Nokia's Heikki Ahava, vice president, System Research and Standardization. "1XTREME is a further indication of Nokia working together with industry key players, to resolve issues that will ultimately enable early implementation of all Internet protocol (IP) core networks, based on Ipv6.

"1XTREME is a significant technology step in increasing data rates and opening up potential for new mobile multimedia services, for IS-95 A/B/1X CDMA networks," said Ahava.

In addition to 1XTREME, Motorola is proposing a minor enhancement to the existing 1X standard allowing for data rates up to 1.6 Mbps for 1XRTT enabled CDMA networks. Trials for both this enhancement and 1XTREME will be conducted by the end of this year. Commercial deployment for enhanced 1X is planned for 2001, while commercial deployment for 1XTREME is planned for the end of 2002.

About Nokia
Nokia is paving the way to the Mobile Information Society with its innovative products and solutions. The company is the leading mobile phone supplier and a leading supplier of mobile, broadband and IP networks, related services as well as multimedia terminals. In 1999, Nokia's net sales totaled EUR 19.8 billion (USD 19.9 billion). Headquartered in Finland, Nokia is listed on the New York (NOK), Helsinki, Stockholm, London, Frankfurt and Paris stock exchanges and employs more than 55,000 people. For more information, please visit our web site at www.nokia.com

About Motorola
Motorola, Inc. (NYSE:MOT) is a global leader in providing integrated communications solutions and embedded electronic solutions. Sales in 1999 were $30.9 billion. For more information, please visit our web site at www.motorola.com.