Motorola Provides Mobile Virtual Network Enabler vistream with IP Core Network Solutions and Services

BARCELONA, Spain, Feb. 13 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Motorola Inc. has signed a contract with vistream, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the telecommunications specialist MATERNA Information & Communications, to supply its IP core network solution to deliver mobile services quickly and cost effectively across Germany. vistream, who expects to launch its service with several MVNOs in the second quarter of 2006, selected Motorola's core network solution to further differentiate and control its mobile service offering and more rapidly introduce new services without relying on the host operator network.

vistream will be implementing an IP-ready core solution that includes the Motorola SoftSwitch (MSS-G), Home Location Server (HLS), Mobile Number Portability (MNP) and associated network services. The MSS-G provisions legacy and IP mobile networks, providing MVNOs with superior network and service flexibility. The Motorola SoftSwitch shares a common core platform with the Motorola IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS), delivering an evolutionary path to IMS and seamless mobility.

With Motorola's core solution, vistream's service quality and provisioning costs can be managed more effectively due to the ability to interconnect with multiple RAN and interconnect network providers. Also, by deploying the next generation Motorola HLS, vistream can access an increased level of subscriber intelligence to support such activities as customer care and planning the overall strategic direction of their service portfolio.

"With our proven core network solution, we're addressing a growing trend amongst MVNOs to have greater control and flexibility over the services they offer their customers and we're enhancing their ability to differentiate with rapid deployment of services such as Push-to-Talk or UMA," said Margaret Rice- Jones, corporate vice president and general manager, Motorola Core Networks.

The Motorola solution can enable MVNOs to make savings on hosting costs, transmission and interconnect charges. In addition, Motorola's next generation solution will enable vistream to offer service plans and rate options based on a combination of fixed and cellular network connections.

"The next-generation core network from Motorola combines all the characteristics that are crucial for getting into the mobile market successfully: scalability, flexibility and cost efficiency," says Jurgen Zimmer, CEO of vistream. "With this solution, we can support our customers for existing and future communication requirements."

Future service flexibility is supported through the Motorola SoftSwitch which delivers an evolution to IMS and Seamless Mobility thus providing continued opportunity to integrate new service combinations of speech, data, and video content over legacy and next generation access networks.

About vistream

A wholly owned subsidiary of the telecommunications specialist MATERNA Information & Communications, vistream offers customers from various industry sectors innovative GSM and UMTS solutions, as well as value-added services. As the first company on the German mobile telephone market, vistream sees itself as a genuine Mobile Virtual Network Enabler (MVNE), thus taking on the role of a mobile network operator for its customers. Using its own GSM core network, as well as its own services, vistream offers individual customer models. In addition to customer service and various billing modules, these customer models also include a wide range of value-added services on the basis of text messaging (SMS), multimedia messaging (MMS), and speech solutions. vistream's focus is on innovative product development in cooperation with its customers. These include mainly companies that have strong brands, and that want to enter the lucrative mobile telephone business on the basis of their existing customer relations. For more information: http://www.vistream.de/.

About Motorola

Motorola is known around the world for innovation and leadership in wireless and broadband communications. Inspired by our vision of Seamless Mobility, the people of Motorola are committed to helping you get and stay connected simply and seamlessly to the people, information, and entertainment that you want and need. We do this by designing and delivering "must have" products, "must do" experiences and powerful networks -- along with a full complement of support services. A Fortune 100 company with global presence and impact, Motorola had sales of US $36.8 billion in 2005. For more information about our company, our people and our innovations, please visit http://www.motorola.com/ .

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