Becomes a Founding Sponsor of the Communications Platforms Trade
Association
TEMPE, Ariz., May 31 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Continuing its long-term
commitment to open, standards-based communications computing, Motorola,
Inc. (NYSE: MOT) has taken a leading role in accelerating the adoption of
open, standards-based communications servers by becoming a founding sponsor
of the recently announced Communications Platforms Trade Association
(CP-TA).
"The mission of the CP-TA is perfectly aligned with Motorola's
communications server vision of a common communications computing platform
based on open industry standards," said Shlomo Pri-Tal, Director, Group
Technology Office for Motorola's Embedded Communications Computing
business. "By adding Motorola's experience and high level of commitment to
CP-TA, we believe that the industry's ability to deliver the
time-to-market, flexibility, and economic benefits of open, standards-based
computing will be more quickly realized."
CP-TA's mission is to drive the creation of a mainstream market for
open industry standards-based communications platforms by certifying
interoperable building blocks from multiple vendors. Twenty telecom
industry companies have joined to launch CP-TA and elected Pri-Tal as its
first chairman.
"The CP-TA brings together industry leaders who are collaborating to
establish a true standards-based ecosystem that delivers interoperable
products from multiple vendors," continued Pri-Tal. "As a result, we expect
that Network Equipment Providers (NEPs) will see faster time-to-market,
lower integration costs, alternative sourcing and product choice and
economies of scale. Specifying CP-TA certified products will allow NEPs to
identify hardware and software products and be confident that everything
works together."
CP-TA will develop interoperability testing requirements and test
methodologies and procedures based on the profiles created by the SCOPE
Alliance and specifications developed by PICMG, OSDL/CGL, the SA Forum and
other standards development organizations. Initial focus will be on ATCA
technology and systems.
CP-TA is co-locating with OSDL and the Service Availability Forum in
Booth #13048 at GLOBALCOMM 2006. These three groups, along with PICMG and
the SCOPE Alliance will share how they are working together in an Interop
Panel on June 5 at 2 p.m. in the CP-TA booth. Show attendees also will have
the opportunity to hear CP-TA introductory presentations from CP-TA members
and see two interoperability demonstrations.
About Motorola's Communications Servers
Motorola's communications servers are open, fully integrated systems
that act as a common, carrier-grade platform for a wide range of
applications. This common platform concept integrates hardware and software
elements to enable equipment manufacturers to focus on adding their
application-specific value, thereby reducing the time, cost and risk
involved in deploying new revenue-generating applications or migrating
existing applications to standards-based technology. For more information:
http://www.motorola.com/computing .
About Motorola
Motorola is known around the world for innovation and leadership in
wireless and broadband communications. Inspired by our vision of Seamless
Mobility, the people of Motorola are committed to helping you get and stay
connected simply and seamlessly to the people, information, and
entertainment that you want and need. We do this by designing and
delivering "must have" products, "must do" experiences and powerful
networks -- along with a full complement of support services. A Fortune 100
company with global presence and impact, Motorola had sales of US $36.8
billion in 2005. For more information about our company, our people and our
innovations, please visit http://www.motorola.com .
About CP-TA
The Communications Platforms Trade Association is a global organization
of communications platform and building block providers whose mission is to
accelerate the adoption of SIG-governed, open-specification-based
communication platforms through interoperability certification. Sponsor
companies include Intel, Motorola, Artesyn Technologies, Fujitsu Siemens
Computers, HP, Kontron, MontaVista Software, Nortel Networks and Wind
River. For more information about the CP-TA, visit http://www.cp-ta.org .
MOTOROLA and the Stylized M Logo are registered in the US Patent &
Trademark Office. AdvancedTCA and ATCA are registered trademarks and
MicroTCA is a trademark of the PCI Industrial Computer Manufacturers Group.
Service Availability is a proprietary trademark used under license. All
other product or service names are the property of their respective owners.
SOURCE Motorola, Inc.
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Related links:
http://www.motorola.com
http://www.motorola.com/computing http://www.cp-ta.org
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CONTACT:
Lee Ann Kuster, Embedded Communications
Computing, +1-602-438-3623, or leeannkuster@motorola.com , or
Shreek Raivadera, Embedded Communications Computing, +44 (0) 1509
634461, or shreek@motorola.com , both of Motorola
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