MOTOROLA WINS THE FIRST FLEX PAGING NETWORK CONTRACT IN AUSTRALIA; INTRODUCING NEW CONCEPT OF FLEXINFO PAGING Networks Division (APPND) today announced it has signed the first FLEX(TM)paging network contract in Australia through an agreement with HutchisonTelecommunications (Australia) Limited. The contract is valued atapproximately US$1 million. Motorola (NYSE: MOT) will supply the C-NET controller, a highly reliableand well proven digital simulcast control system, and Nucleus(TM) transmittersfor a 150 MHz network, designed to maximize airtime usage and manage radio-frequency networks more efficiently. The network will roll out commerciallyin Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane in early 1999 for broadcast messaging only.Designed to transcend traditional peer-to-peer paging, the network will offerFLEX information services, such as on-line financial services from worldfinancial markets, which are supplied to paging subscribers within seconds ofmarket changes. Other new value-added services will be added over time. Justin Nelson, Information Services Manager of Hutchison Telecoms, said,"Hutchison Telecoms plans to capitalize on Motorola's paging leadership andfurther enhance paging as a communications option by breaking into time-sensitive messaging markets with paging information updates at costs wellbelow GSM messaging rates." "We are proud to partner with Hutchison Telecoms to introduce FLEX high-speed paging protocol to Australia," said Mr. Jeffery A. Dryjanski, VicePresident and General Manager of Motorola's APPND. "Our FLEX protocol-basedsystems are built to address operators' expansion needs, by allowing them togo beyond the current limitations of other paging protocols. In addition,FLEX offers increased transmission speed and capacity, thus building a solidfoundation for future enhanced paging services." Motorola's family of FLEX paging protocols includes FLEX one-way,ReFLEX(TM) two-way and InFLEXion(TM) voice transmission technologies. Inaddition to the protocols, FLEX technologies include a robust productportfolio of pagers, components, infrastructure, test equipment, theFLEXsuite(TM) of application-enabling protocols, and software. The FLEX protocol, created by Motorola, is the global de facto standard forhigh-speed paging. It has been adopted by 18 of the top 20 U.S. serviceproviders, as well as by market-leading providers in Canada, Latin America,Asia, Africa, the Middle East and Europe. The FLEX protocol is the nationalstandard for high-speed paging in Japan and Korea, and is also a nationalstandard in India and Russia. In addition, it has been adopted by China'sMinistry of Posts and Telecommunications (MPT) as its nationwide high-speedpaging standard, and is included in an International Telecommunication Union(ITU) Recommendation. FLEX protocol-based operators are in all of the world'stop ten largest paging markets. There are more than 160 FLEX technology-basedsystems in commercial operation in 36 countries, representing 93 percent ofthe world's paging subscriber base. Motorola is a global leader in advanced electronic systems and services. Itcreates software-driven products that provide integrated customer solutionsand Internet access via wireless and satellite communications, as well ascomputing, networking, and automotive electronics. Motorola also liberatesthe power of technology by providing essential digital building blocks in theform of embedded semiconductors, controls and systems. Sales in 1997 were$29.8 billion. For further information, please visit our website athttp://www.pagingsystems.com. Motorola, FLEX, Nucleus, ReFLEX, InFLEXion and FLEXsuite are trademarks orregistered trademarks of Motorola, Inc. All rights reserved. SOURCE Motorola, Inc. CONTACT: Ashley Wong, Marketing Communications Manager of Motorola AsiaPacific Paging Networks Division, +65-486-2973/2922, or fax, +65-481-9025, [email protected] Web site: http:/www.pagingsystems.com