Motorola Placed in Leaders Quadrant for Wireless LAN Infrastructure in Leading Industry Analyst Firm's Magic Quadrant Report

SCHAUMBURG, Ill., Feb. 17 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- The Enterprise Mobility Solutions business unit of Motorola, Inc. (NYSE: MOT) today announced that it has been positioned by Gartner, Inc. in the Leaders quadrant in the 'Wireless LAN Infrastructure Magic Quadrant' (1) report.

The Gartner Magic Quadrant positions vendors according to their "ability to execute" and "completeness of vision" in wireless LAN infrastructure.

With respect to the first criterion, "Gartner evaluates technology providers on the quality and efficacy of the processes, systems, methods or procedures that enable IT provider performance to be competitive, efficient and effective, and to positively affect revenue, retention and reputation. Ultimately, technology providers are judged on their ability and success in capitalizing on their vision."

For the "completeness of vision" criterion, "Gartner evaluates technology providers on their ability to convincingly articulate logical statements about current and future market direction, innovation, customer needs, and competitive forces, and how well they map onto the Gartner position. Ultimately, technology providers are rated on their understanding of how market forces can be exploited to create opportunity for the provider."

"We are excited about Gartner's decision to place Motorola in the Leaders quadrant of its Magic Quadrant for Wireless LAN Infrastructure," said Sujai Hajela, vice president and general manager of Wireless Network Solutions, Motorola Enterprise Mobility Solutions business unit. "Motorola believes this is a testament to our continued commitment to deliver a comprehensive, innovative portfolio of wireless LAN solutions that offer customers wireless agility, helping them address changing market dynamics and position their organizations for growth."

According to the report, "A vendor in the Leaders quadrant will have demonstrated an ability to fulfill a broad variety of customer requirements, provide an end-to-end infrastructure-based solution and have financial viability to continue that support beyond a single installation. Leaders should have demonstrated an ability to shape the market, maintain strong relationships with their channels and customers, and have no obvious gaps within the portfolio."

Motorola delivers seamless connectivity that puts real-time information in the hands of users, which gives customers the agility they need to grow their business or better serve and protect the public. Working seamlessly together with its world-class devices, Motorola's unrivaled wireless network solutions include indoor wireless LAN, outdoor wireless mesh, point-to-multipoint, point-to-point networks and voice-over-WLAN solutions. Combined with powerful software tools for wireless network design, best-of-breed security, management and troubleshooting, Motorola's solutions deliver trusted networking and access anywhere to organizations across the globe.

About Motorola

Motorola is known around the world for innovation in communications and focused on advancing the way the world connects.  From broadband communications infrastructure, enterprise mobility and public safety solutions to high-definition video and mobile devices, Motorola is leading the next wave of innovations that enable people, enterprises and governments to be more connected and more mobile.  Motorola (NYSE: MOT) had sales of US $22 billion in 2009. For more information, please visit www.motorola.com.

(1) Gartner, "Magic Quadrant for Wireless LAN Infrastructure," by T. Zimmerman, et al. Feb. 12, 2010

The Magic Quadrant is copyrighted 2010 by Gartner, Inc. and is reused with permission. The Magic Quadrant is a graphical representation of a marketplace at and for a specific time period. It depicts Gartner's analysis of how certain vendors measure against criteria for that marketplace, as defined by Gartner. Gartner does not endorse any vendor, product or service depicted in the Magic Quadrant, and does not advise technology users to select only those vendors placed in the "Leaders" quadrant. The Magic Quadrant is intended solely as a research tool, and is not meant to be a specific guide to action. Gartner disclaims all warranties, express or implied, with respect to this research, including any warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose.

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