SCHAUMBURG, Ill.—Motorola Inc. announced plans to acquire privately-held wireless Ethernet provider Orthogon Systems. Motorola said it expects the acquisition to advance its growing wireless broadband business, supporting its MOTOwi4 products for WiMAX, mesh solutions, as well as its Canopy products.
Motorola further explained that Ashburton, U.K.-based Orthogon has installed thousands of its patented intelligent radio wireless links, connecting disparate networks for corporations, service providers and municipalities in more than 50 countries.
“Orthogon is at the forefront of innovation in wireless OFDM point-to-point solutions and is highly complementary to Motorola’s MOTOwi4 wireless broadband capabilities,” stated Greg Brown, president of Networks and Enterprise business at Motorola. “Orthogon products and technologies will advance Motorola’s vision of seamless mobility by providing customers with easy, uninterrupted access to communication and information.”
Motorola said it has been distributing Orthogon’s products through its Canopy business since 2004 and owned a minority stake in Orthogon through its venture capital arm, Motorola Ventures.
Terms of the transaction were not disclosed, but Motorola said it expects to close the deal within the first half of this year.
