Motorola has won a contract to supply TETRA (TErrestrial Trunked RAdio) 
handsets to three different emergency services in Limburg. The handsets will 
allow seamless communication between Limburg ambulance, police and fire 
service, which will allow mission critical information to be instantly 
communicated amongst public safety officials at an accident.

The contract was awarded in open tender by the regional police of Limburg 
South and calls for Motorola, in partnership with distributor KPN, to deliver 
more than 1000 digital radio devices to the police, ambulance and fire 
services in Limburg. The handsets will work on the new C2000 nationwide 
digital TETRA network that is deployed in the Netherlands.

TETRA allows inter-communication of public safety agencies within the system 
and also connects to telephone networks, while offering protection from 
eavesdropping with control channel encryption.

David Ritchie, Motorola Director for C2000 said, "This is a great contract to 
win as it really shows what TETRA can do when agency interoperability is 
essential. The efficiency and reliability of TETRA makes it highly suited for 
emergency services, which require reliability, high capacity and security. We 
already have more than 150,000 TETRA radios in daily use by transit and public 
safety customers throughout Europe, Asia and Latin America, including more 
than 38,000 of our second generation TETRA handsets.

C2000, The Netherlands

Motorola is supplying a professional digital radio network for public safety 
organizations in the Netherlands. C2000 is the largest private radio 
communications project in the Netherlands' history and will provide services 
for all Dutch public safety organizations. Users will include the police, fire 
brigade, ambulance service and military police. Motorola is providing the 
TETRA digital network as a subcontractor to TETRAnet. The contract was signed 
in April 1999.

The project is being deployed across 15 zones groups in the country. A trial 
and evaluation process was initiated in the Amsterdam area. This evaluation 
process commenced at the end of 2000 and proved satisfactory with a "GO" 
decision in November 2001.

The infrastructure roll out is progressing over the next few years and the 
nationwide operational "go live" date is scheduled for January 1, 2004.

The Amsterdam region has a requirement for up to 2,500 TETRA radios and the 
nationwide system has a potential for in excess of 40,000 TETRA radios.

The contract with Motorola includes both the TETRA professional digital radio 
network and an Alpha/Numeric paging system. With an unrivalled heritage in 
public safety communications, Motorola not only offered proven technology but 
also extensive expertise and understanding of customer needs and related 
security issues.

The project is the trailblazer for TETRA in Europe it borders with Germany 
where a cross border communications trial will be undertaken incorporating the 
Aachen pilot TETRA system also being provided by Motorola.

Motorola is one of the founder members of the TETRA Memorandum of 
Understanding, an industry group with representatives from users, 
manufacturers, operators, test houses and telecom agencies.