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Motorola India today announced the successful completion of EDGE trials with Hutchison Max Telecom. Commercial deployment is scheduled for later in 2004. Implementation of EDGE on the Hutchison network is part of Motorola's ongoing relationship with this leading telecom operator.

"The successful trial of Motorola's EDGE solution demonstrates our ability to provide operators with the right mobile data solution for their market as they migrate to next generation networks and services," said Simon Leung, senior vice president, Motorola, Inc. and general manager of its Global Telecom Solutions Sector in Asia Pacific.

EDGE, which enables mobile data speeds up to 240 Kbps, supports mobile applications such as streaming video and will bring about wider use of other data applications like multimedia messaging services (MMS).

Asim Ghosh, managing director, Hutchison Max Telecom, said: "We were the first operator to offer multi circle GPRS roaming services early last year in India, as also MMS. Upgrading these services to the higher download speeds provided by EDGE is but the next natural step. We are delighted to work with Motorola on a roadmap to bring these services to Hutch subscribers."