Motorola, Texas Instruments Latest to Join Broadband Content Delivery Forum - Industry Trend or Event

Cambridge Telcom Report, May 1, 2000

Motorola (NYSE:MOT) and Texas Instruments (NYSE:TI) are among the latest companies to join the Broadband Content Delivery Forum (www.bcdforum.org), founded earlier this month to recommend open architectures for delivering rich multimedia content and an improved end user experience over emerging broadband networks. They will participate with more than 50 other member companies in the Forum's first meeting at NetWorld Interop 2000 in Las Vegas.

"The Broadband Content Delivery Forum brings together fresh thinking and new perspectives to the mission of building the broadband business case," said Anthony Alles, president, IP Services for Nortel Networks (NYSE/TSE: NT), a founding member and co-sponsor -- along with NetWorld Interop -- of the inaugural meeting.

"Customers want more than simple connectivity," said Alles, who will serve as the Forum's interim chairperson. "They want the network to truly become their `world,' a place where they can access personalized services, data, applications and content from anywhere and at any time. The rapid growth of Forum membership and NetWorld Interop's invitation to host the first meeting demonstrate the support and interest in this initiative."

"As the leading conference for the network and telecommunications industry, NetWorld Interop is the perfect opportunity to kick-off the Broadband Content Delivery Forum," said Leonard Heymann, vice-president, content, NetWorld Interop. "We're proud to sponsor the venue for the first meeting of this important initiative."

The inaugural meeting -- to be held at the Las Vegas Convention Center from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. (local time) on Thursday, May 11 -- will focus on establishing a scope and objectives for the Forum. The morning session will be open to media, analysts and parties interested in joining the Forum. The afternoon session, which will include election of a board of directors, will be for members only.

Forum members include: Akamai Technologies Incorporated, Aliant Incorporated, Alta Vista, AT&T Broadband LLC, BBC, Be Here Corporation, Bertelsmann Broadband Group, British Telecom, Broadband Digital Group Incorporated, Broadjump Incorporated, Canbras TVA Cabo Ltda., Cidera, Digital Fountain Incorporated, DSLnetworks.com, Editora Abril S/A, El Mundo, Enron Broadband Services, Entera, FirstMark Communications International, Gotham Broadband, Hewlett-Packard Company, Huawei Technologies Company Ltd., iKnowledge Incorporated, Incanta Incorporated, InfoLibria Incorporated, InfoSpace, Inktomi Corporation, Interactive Enterprise, Into Networks, Mirror Image Internet, Motorola, NBCi, Net Continuum, NetActive Incorporated, Nortel Networks, NTL, Peak XV Networks, Qwest, Redo Ajato Ltda., Reliacast Incorporated, Riverstone Networks, Seabridge, StarGuide Digital Networks Incorporated, Sun Microsystems Incorporated, Syndeo Corporation, Tele Norta Laste Particpaches S.A., TelePacific Communications, Telocity, Telstra, Texas Instruments, TVA Sistems de Televisao S.A., Universo Online Ltd., Visual Media LLC, XOSoft and Zyan Communications Incorporated.

Nortel Networks is a global leader in telephony, data, eBusiness, and wireless solutions for the Internet. The Company had 1999 U.S. GAAP revenues of US$21.3 billion and serves carrier, service provider and enterprise customers globally. Today, Nortel Networks is creating a high-performance Internet that is more reliable and faster than ever before. It is redefining the economics and quality of networking and the Internet through Unified Networks that promise a new era of collaboration, communications and commerce. FMI: www.nortelnetworks.com.