Seoul, Korea – 16 November 2006 – In a ceremony today attended by Motorola Chief Technology Officer, Padmasree Warrior, and Minister Junhyong Rho, Korea’s Ministry of Information & Communication, Motorola, Inc. (NYSE:MOT) officially opened its Things-to-Things Research Center (T2TRC) in Seoul.

Motorola and ETRI also announced a multi-year joint research agreement for the development of the ubiquitous sensor network (USN) technologies that enable things-to-things connectivity. The agreement is part of an effort by the Institute of Information Technology Assessment (IITA) to help Korea realize its IT839 vision of Ubiquitous-City (U-City), meaning future cities seamlessly connected through USNs.

By researching ways to add connectivity and to extend today's Internet by creating a whole new range of products and services, the center will enable the development and ultimate commercialization of “things to things” communications solutions.

"Motorola is researching things-to-things solutions that will connect the physical world to the internet and enable billions of things like appliances, electronic goods, highways and more. to collaborate and simplify our lives," says Dr. Iwona Turlik, corporate vice president, physical realization research, Motorola. "Partnering with ETRI to further develop existing technologies in this area will bring us one step closer to realizing the U-City infrastructure vision."

"Ubiquitous sensor networks are one of the key infrastructures the Korean government has identified to make the U-City vision a reality," said Yoon Deock Lee, Project Manager of RFID/USN, IITA. "Motorola is a research leader in this space whom we are pleased to partner with in an effort to help keep Korea at the forefront of technology."
"Motorolas' expertise in wireless sensor network technologies complements ETRI's knowledge in developing U-City applications," said Jong-suk Chae, Vice President of Telematics and USN Research Division, ETRI. "This partnership promises revolutionary advances in extending the connectivity of the Internet into the physical world."

Initial focus of the Motorola/ETRI joint research agreement will be to develop USN systems that leverage the low-cost, low-power, easily deployable wireless technologies promoted by the Zigbee Alliance. Research will further develop Motorola’s own USN Middleware, NeuRFon hardware and software and MuSE dynamic programming system, which in the future may enable structural health monitoring, general environmental monitoring and periodic asset monitoring.


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