Wafer Systems, a leading network solutions and services provider in Asia, has signed an agreement with Motorola's Commercial, Government and Industrial Solutions Sector Multiservice Networks Division Asia Pacific to provide Network Convergence Solutions, using Motorola technology to companies in Hong Kong.

Under the agreement signed, Wafer Systems will distribute Motorola's Vanguard series of wide area, end to end multiservice networking solutions in Hong Kong. The Vanguard series offer an extensive selection of hardware and software, providing superior enterprise solutions for linking large central sites, regional concentration points, and branch and local access environments.

In addition, Motorola also provides packetized voice capability with voice for IP and frame relay networks, thereby creating a flexible enterprise-wide solution as well.

Mr Ringo Chan, Chief Executive Officer of Wafer Systems remarked: "This is a win-win partnership. Today, many of our customers are already considering deploying Voice applications over their networks. With this agreement, we can offer them the choice of using Motorola's superior multiservice networking solutions. I am confident that the synergy created will be welcome by the business community."

Indeed, users will be able to enjoy tremendous benefits from Motorola's Network Convergence Solutions. A key advantage is the convergence of voice, data and multimedia traffic onto a versatile and cost effective IP platform ready to carry other applications, e.g. Virtual Private Network (VPN), Video Conferencing, Video Security Surveillance to name a few.

In addition, the solution is cost-effective and affordable as the same bandwidth can carry more data, voice, fax and video.

"Motorola's Multiservice Networking solutions provides innovative business solutions to the commercial, government and enterprise customers. Wafer Systems has the reach of these group of target customers and I am sure we will be able to see immediate benefits of this partnership in Hong Kong very soon," stated Dominic Leung, Director of Distribution, Greater China, for Motorola Multiservice Networks Division Asia Pacific.