Motorola Untethers VoIP From the PC With Hands-Free Accessories and
Mobile Devices

    CANNES, France - 3GSM World Congress, February 14 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/
-- Motorola, Inc. (NYSE: MOT), a global leader in seamless mobility, and
Skype Technologies S.A., the Global Internet Telephony Company(TM), today
announced their intention to work together on a co-marketing collaboration
that will provide greater connectivity options and access for Skype's more
than 25 million registered worldwide users.
    The alliance will explore opportunities broadly across both companies,
leveraging Motorola's strength in seamless mobility, advanced technologies,
mobile devices and accessories and Skype's rapidly-growing global user base
and rich voice and messaging communication tools. The initial focus of the
collaboration will be on co-marketing of new optimized Motorola 'Skype Ready'
companion products, such as Bluetooth(R) headsets, dongles, and
speakerphones, as well as delivery of the Skype Internet Telephony experience
on select Motorola mobile devices.
    "By making Voice over IP truly mobile and easily accessible, we can make
communications seamless for consumers as they travel throughout the
environments of their day - at work, at home, in the car, or out in the
world," said Liz Altman, vice president of business development, Motorola
Mobile Devices. "With over 68 million downloads of their client in the last
18 months, we believe Skype is a natural fit with our vision of simple and
seamless connectivity for our consumer customers around the globe."
    "Our alliance with Motorola is a major step forward in delivering the
Skype experience to a whole new base of mobile device and accessory users,"
said Niklas Zennstrom, Skype CEO and co-founder. "Motorola is recognized
worldwide for delivering innovative products and this collaboration advances
our mission to offer expanded choice and mobility for Skype users worldwide."
    Skype takes communications to a new and global era with its free,
multi-faceted and rich communication tools, enabling users to make free voice
calls and rich messaging connections via the Internet. Skype is the leading
VoIP-category product worldwide, with more than 25 million registered users.
    Motorola 'Skype Ready' companion products are expected to be available in
the first half of 2005.
    About Motorola
    Motorola is a Fortune 100 global communications leader that provides
seamless mobility products and solutions across broadband, embedded systems
and wireless networks. In your home, auto, workplace and all spaces in
between, seamless mobility means you can reach the people, things and
information you need, anywhere, anytime. Seamless mobility harnesses the
power of technology convergence and enables smarter, faster, cost-effective
and flexible communication. Motorola had sales of US $31.3 billion in 2004.
For more information: http://www.motorola.com
    About Skype Technologies, S.A.
    Skype, the Global Internet Telephony Company(TM), allows people
everywhere to make free, unlimited, superior quality voice calls via its
award-winning innovative peer-to-peer software for Windows, Linux, Mac OS X,
and Pocket PC platforms. Skype is available in 22 languages and is the
fastest growing voice communications offering worldwide. Since its launch in
August 2003, Skype has been downloaded more than 66 million times. Skype
Technologies S.A. is headquartered in Luxembourg and is growing its offices
in London and Tallinn. Skype Technologies is privately held and backed by
top-tier international venture capital firms, including Bessemer Venture
Partners, Draper Fisher Jurvetson, Index Ventures, and Mangrove Capital
Partners. http://www.skype.com
    MOTOROLA and the stylised M Logo are registered in the US Patent &
Trademark Office. All other product or service names are the property of
their respective owners. (c) Motorola, Inc. 2005.

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