Motorola ships 50 mln SURFboard cable and digital voice modems

Motorola, Inc. has shipped its 50 millionth SURFboard modem in a milestone that further strengthens its leadership in global modem deployments as well as retail cable modem shipments.

“For the last decade, Motorola has brought its proven experience and expertise to help further the development of the DOCSIS(R) standards,” said Alan Lefkof, corporate vice president, Motorola Broadband Solutions Group.

“As the leading provider of modems, we are in a strategic position to offer the most advanced, standards-based cable and digital voice modem features to our customers. We’re excited about the opportunities we’ll have around DOCSIS 3.0 in 2008.”

The Motorola SURFboard family of innovative, high-speed data and digital voice modems include an advanced feature set of Ethernet network connectivity and Universal Serial Bus (USB) interfaces for easy plug-and-play installation. They are compatible with Windows, Macintosh and UNIX computers and support standard Internet software. Trouble-shooting is simplified with front panel status indicator LEDs and an online diagnostics page.

As the long standing leader of cable modem sales globally, Motorola offers self-installable modems, reducing the need for on-site service installations and resulting in significant cost savings for customers.

“The total number of modem connections around the world is on the rise,” according to analyst firm Ovum’s global cable modem forecast published in October. “Current modem connections total 70 mln worldwide with an annual growth rate of approximately 10% through 2011.  It is anticipated that revenues will keep pace and experience similar growth.”