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AT&T Broadband Partners with Motorola for Digital Set-Top Terminals and VoIP Technology Solutions

Strategic Insights

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AT&T Broadband has entered into a comprehensive video, voice, and data supply memorandum of understanding with Motorola's Broadband Communications Sector. This arrangement maintains Motorola as a primary supplier of digital technology to AT&T, with Motorola agreeing to provide the majority of AT&T's advanced interactive digital set-top terminals through 2003. AT&T has also committed to launch Motorola's digital technology in the major markets it recently acquired.

The partnership will enable operators to offer consumers bundled services including digital cable television, high-speed Internet access, and telephony over broadband fiber coaxial networks. Motorola's interactive digital platform is the world leader, with over 8.5 million interactive digital set-tops shipped and more than 1,200 digital cable headends deployed. The company's digital processing technology vastly increases channel capacity over existing cable plants, while providing significantly improved audio and video quality.

Key Takeaways:

  • Motorola will provide the majority of AT&T's advanced interactive digital set-top terminals through 2003.
  • AT&T has committed to launch Motorola's digital technology in the major markets it recently acquired.
  • Motorola's digital processing technology will enable AT&T to offer consumers bundled services including digital cable television, high-speed Internet access, and telephony over broadband fiber coaxial networks.
  • Motorola's interactive digital platform is the world leader, with over 8.5 million interactive digital set-tops shipped and more than 1,200 digital cable headends deployed.
  • Motorola's digital set-top terminals will enable real-time interactive applications such as video-on-demand, Internet access, e-mail, e-commerce, and other digital video and audio services.
  • AT&T plans to purchase 700,000 Motorola cable modems certified to comply with CableLabs' Data Over Cable System Interface Specification (DOCSIS) through the end of next year.
  • AT&T has selected Motorola as an initial provider of Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) technology and plans to launch Motorola's Switched IP access solution in two major markets.

Statistics:

  • 8.5 million interactive digital set-tops shipped by Motorola.
  • 1,200 digital cable headends deployed by Motorola.
  • 700,000 Motorola cable modems to be purchased by AT&T through the end of next year.
  • 48 million North American homes passed by Motorola's interactive digital systems.
  • Motorola's digital set-top terminals deliver a wealth of new revenue-generating services to the cable industry.

Sources:

  • Motorola Fact Sheet
  • AT&T press release (August 14, 2001) -PRNewswire
  • "Motorola's End-to-End Solution for the Convergence of Video, Voice, and Data" - Motorola Fact Sheet

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