Motorola Awarded $75 Million Contract to Expand Two Cellular Networks in Hong Kong

Business Wire, March 29, 1999

ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 29, 1999--Hutchison Telecommunications (Hong Kong) Limited today awarded Motorola, Inc.'s Network Solutions Sector (NSS) a $75 million contract to expand two digital cellular networks in Hong Kong.

In total, the two network expansions will increase Hutchison's network coverage and subscriber capacity by sixty percent and will provide cellular service to 1.5 million people. Deployment of Motorola NSS's SC(TM) and M-Cell(TM) series of base stations will begin immediately with completion of the entire expansion project expected during the fourth quarter of this year.

"Since Motorola and Hutchison launched the world's first commercial CDMA(a) system in 1995, the two companies have been providing Hong Kong's subscribers with the latest digital cellular services," said Simon Leung, vice president and general manager of Asia Pacific for Motorola NSS's Customer Solutions Group. "Both of Hutchison's networks - its CDMA and dual-band GSM(a) systems - have experienced phenomenal growth within the past year. The expansions will provide Hong Kong's residents with increased capacity while new subscribers to the systems will soon realize the many benefits CDMA and GSM technologies - including greatly enhanced voice and call quality."

The CDMA system slated to be expanded was the world's first commercial CDMA cellular phone network and was launched by Hutchison Telecom with Motorola's cell site and network equipment in September of 1995. The second network, built by Motorola in 1994, includes NSS's state-of-the-art GSM equipment.

Motorola NSS is responsible for manufacturing, sales and integration of Motorola's cellular infrastructure and iDEN cellular/two-way radio products. NSS is a multi-billion dollar business with more than 16,000 employees. Headquartered in Illinois, USA, NSS has major engineering, marketing and manufacturing facilities in the USA, the United Kingdom, Israel, Brazil, China/Hong Kong, Singapore and Japan.

Motorola is a global leader in providing integrated communications solutions and embedded electronic solutions. Sales in 1998 were $29.4 billion.

NOTE: (a) CDMA stands for Code Division Multiple Access GSM stands for Global System for Mobile Communications