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Motorola, Home & Networks Mobility business today announced operations support systems (OSS) and business support systems (BSS) integration solutions for IPTV deployments with Microsoft Mediaroom. Motorola’s Communications Convergence Engine (CCE) enable operators to rapidly converge, design, package, deploy and manage a broad range of compelling content and services. Motorola’s CCE software integrates with Mediaroom to enable service providers to rapidly and economically deploy a more compelling, personalized IPTV experience. By working with Motorola, operators can minimize Mediaroom deployment risk while gaining greater flexibility in integrating Microsoft Mediaroom with new systems and applications.

As a global leader in IPTV solutions, Motorola offers service providers faster time-to-revenue IPTV deployments with flexible service/content packages for consumers, new billing options, and end-user personalization. Adding to Motorola’s extensive industry-leading IPTV solutions portfolio is Motorola’s CCE software platform, which allows IPTV operators to manage and personalize content across multiple domains, resulting in new service offerings and revenue opportunities. CCE is easily integrated into the operator’s existing back-office systems — resulting in faster, more effective IPTV Mediaroom deployments. Motorola has developed the CCE product suite to automate processes for IPTV service provisioning and activation, which allows IPTV service providers to customize their storefront packages to generate additional subscriber revenue using “on the go” technologies.

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Motorola Home & Networks Mobility business today announced that it is accelerating the delivery of personalized media experiences with the expansion of Motorola’s NBBS remote device management software platform to include IP-based Microsoft® Mediaroom® certified set-tops, like Motorola’s VIP Series. Motorola’s NBBS software platform provides visibility and management of the whole IP home–including modems, Wi-Fi® gateways, VoIP phones and now IP set-tops – enabling operators to accelerate the introduction of new revenue-generating high-definition IP video experiences, while providing whole-home service assurance.

Motorola’s new NBBS IPTV solution module enables operators to provide greater value to their subscribers by automating customer service and providing faster response times. Adoption of NBBS results in fewer calls to the operators’ customer support center and faster resolution for subscriber issues – enabling the simplification of today’s complex digital home for the subscriber, while simultaneously reducing the operator’s operational and support costs.

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Motorola announced today a contract with Zain’s operation in Kuwait to expand and upgrade the operator’s 3G HSPA mobile broadband network to HSPA+, which supports increased download speeds of up to 21.6 Mbps, as well as implementing enhancements to the uplink.

“Zain strives to offer its customers the fastest mobile broadband service possible and our continued collaboration with Motorola provides us with the latest solutions to facilitate the best customer experience,” said Khaled Al Hajeri, CEO, Zain in Kuwait. “We have trust in Motorola’s technology and ability to deliver on 3G, as was previously demonstrated in the rapid deployment of our first contract.”

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Motorola Home and Networks Mobility business today announced a recent milestone in its drive to accelerate the delivery of personalized media experiences – with the shipment of more than one million on-demand video streams worldwide. The company’s success is predicated on the broadest, most flexible lineup of solid-state on-demand servers in the industry.

Motorola has aggressively pursued the video-on-demand (VOD) market, introducing new products and technologies for evolving networks. Today Motorola offers the B-1 and B-3 video servers, as well as intelligent content management software to optimize on-demand resources. The Motorola B-1, the world’s most widely deployed solid-state video server, was introduced in 2004, while Motorola launched the B-3 earlier this year as a solid-state server that leverages standards-based hardware. All of Motorola’s solutions leverage the company’s innovative Adaptive Media Management (AMM) framework for dynamically allocating resources across technologies, servers and the entire on-demand network. The Motorola CPS1000 software uses AMM to distribute content, assign streaming resources and effectively share content libraries between video servers.

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The Enterprise Mobility Solutions business unit of Motorola, today announced that the Los Rios Community College District, located in the greater Sacramento area, has deployed Motorola’s wireless LAN (WLAN) solutions across its four campuses. Motorola’s wireless solutions are delivering cost-effective, reliable and scalable coverage to enhance classroom lectures and enable access to online resources from both indoor and outdoor locations across the district’s colleges.

“Our colleges seek to provide outstanding programs and services, and by offering Wi-Fi access, students can take advantage of vast online resources to easily access lecture notes, register for classes or conduct research for assignments,” said Mark Williams, Network Architect, Los Rios Community College District. “The network has also become the primary connection point for Internet access especially in older buildings and portables, leading our IT department to think about wireless by default and wired as needed.”

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