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Motorola to Launch Yahoo! Ready on Millions of Mobile Devices

Posted on: Friday, 6 January 2006, 12:00 CST

Motorola, Inc. (NYSE:MOT), a global leader in wireless communications, and Yahoo! Inc. (Nasdaq:YHOO), a leading global Internet company, today announced they will launch pre-installed Yahoo! Ready applications on Motorola mobile devices globally in the coming months. Delivering on a commitment between the two companies to bring Yahoo!'s leading products and services to consumers worldwide, these affordable Motorola devices will provide consumers fast access to the Yahoo! services they know and love.

The new Yahoo! Ready for Motorola devices will deliver a convenient way for millions of consumers to access and use their Yahoo! Mail, Yahoo! Messenger, Yahoo! Address Book and Yahoo! Calendar(a) services while on the go. The Motorola devices will feature pre-installed Yahoo! Ready applications and are designed to give consumers quick access to their favorite Yahoo! services. These devices will also allow Motorola's key operator customers the ability to offer their consumers the robust and familiar Yahoo! experience.

"People everywhere rely on both Motorola and Yahoo! products to stay connected to information as well as family and friends," said Scott Durchslag, corporate vice president and general manager, Global xProducts Group, Motorola Mobile Devices. "Now with Motorola's new Yahoo! Ready mobile devices, consumers have the best of both worlds -- a cost-friendly and powerful mobile phone combined with quick and easy access to the benefits of the leading consumer e-mail and instant messaging services while on the go."

"By pre-installing Yahoo! Ready applications on Motorola handsets, we are making it easier for consumers to access their personalized Internet services and give them the rich Yahoo! experience wherever they are," said Christian Lindholm, vice president, global mobile products, Yahoo!. "We are excited to also extend Yahoo!'s reach by putting key Internet communications services in the hands of millions of consumers around the world who may not have access to them on a personal computer."

Availability

The new Yahoo! Ready products are expected to be available to consumers globally on select Motorola devices starting in the first quarter of 2006.

About Yahoo!

Yahoo! Inc. is a leading global internet brand and one of the most trafficked Internet destinations worldwide. Yahoo! seeks to provide online products and services essential to users' lives, and offers a full range of tools and marketing solutions for businesses to connect with Internet users around the world. Yahoo! is headquartered in Sunnyvale, California.

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 on the go. 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: www.motorola.com.

(a) Network dependent feature, not available in all areas. Airtime, data charges, and/or additional charges may apply.

MOTOROLA and the Stylized M Logo are registered in the US Patent & Trademark Office. Yahoo! and the Yahoo! logo are trademarks and/or registered trademarks of Yahoo! Inc. All other product or service names are the property of their respective owners. (C) Motorola, Inc. 2005.

Source: Business Wire

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