Motorola, Avaya and Proxim to collaborate

Motorola Inc, Avaya Inc and Proxim Corporation recently announced that they
will collaborate on the creation and deployment of converged cellular, Wireless
Local Area Networking (WLAN), and Internet protocol (IP) telephony solutions
that will deliver new levels of communications mobility and network
connectivity. These solutions will be enabled by an array of new products
including a Wi-Fi/cellular dual-system phone from Motorola, Session Initiation
Protocol (SIP)-enabled IP telephony software from Avaya, and voice-enabled WLAN
infrastructure from Proxim.

The jointly developed, standards-based solutions will support contiguous
voice and data service to users across enterprise networks, public cellular
networks, and public hotspot WLANs based on 802.11 technology (commonly known as
Wi-Fi).

The convergence of these technologies will enable businesses to gain new cost
savings, user efficiencies, and enhanced communications capabilities.

The IP Telephony application is enabled by Avaya MultiVan-tage software,
which provides reliable and scalable communications. Motorola will create
network Mobility Management components that control the hand-off between local (WLAN)
and cellular networks; and Proxim will provide voice-enabled Wi-Fi WLAN
infrastructure, quality of service software, and centralized management systems
to facilitate hand-offs between access points.

Voice-enabled Wi-Fi WLAN infrastructure from Proxim and SIP-enabled
communications applications from Avaya is expected to be made available early in
2003, establishing a ready base for converged communications. Trials of the
joint solution are expected to begin in the second half of 2003.

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