HomeNet Further Extends Market Reach  with New Motorola Distribution Agreement
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Motorola offers image distribution technology to TETRA customers

Motorola, Inc. 23rd November 2005, (NYSE: MOT), a global leader in wireless and broadband communications, and HomeNet Communications Ltd a leading provider of Visual Intelligence Solutions, today announced that they have signed a distribution agreement under which Motorola will supply HomeNet’s image distribution technology to their TETRA customers.

Using HomeNet’s HNC500 product, Motorola’s TETRA customers now have the ability to distribute images over the secure  network to public safety officers using the MTH800 WAP enabled TETRA handsets. Vital information can now be moved to the point of decision.

To be able to send CCTV images successfully to officers at the point of operation will enable officers to identify people swiftly - and securely - at the moment an image is available, saving vital time in the fight against crime and terrorism. HomeNet’s HNC500 product can also be utilised to rapidly disseminate images of missing persons and mug shots of most wanted, as well as minimizing the potential for wrongful arrest through misleading verbal descriptions.

“HomeNet is delighted to work with a world leader such as Motorola. This is a tremendous validation of our application and partnering with a leading provider of solutions to the Public Safety market gives HomeNet much greater market reach” said Denis Kelly, CEO of HomeNet Communications.  “We see an increasing need in the marketplace for the delivery of images, video and data to mobile terminals.  With further development in bandwidth this will become a major driver in productivity  and safety of frontline  officers”.

“This technology is a major benefit to police forces operating on TETRA networks. It demonstrates the future path for the collection and distribution of images to handsets and is a further extension of Motorola’s seamless mobility strategy” said Dave Floyd, Director EMEA Wireless Enterprise Solutions.

The HNC500

The HNC500 iServe is a combined embedded MPEG4 video encoder, JPEG image encoder, MultiMedia Streaming Server, Web Server and  FTP server supporting a range of image editing and distribution applications target at public safety data networks.

About TETRA

TErrestrial Trunked RAdio (TETRA) is an the open digital trunked radio standard defined by the European Telecommunications Standardisation Institute (ETSI) to meet the needs of the most demanding professional mobile radio users.

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, anywhere, anytime.  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/tetra

About HomeNet Communications Ltd

HomeNet Communications is a leading provider of visual intelligence solutions to the Public Safety market. The company uses advanced digital media technology and mobile data networks to supply a unique proprietary product family that enables the collection and distribution of fixed and mobile CCTV video and imagery, to computers and mobile terminals.  The family of products is sold under the ‘iServe’ brand. HomeNet's head office and product development operation is based at the Innovation Works in Limerick, Ireland, with a UK Sales office in Maidenhead, Berkshire, UK.

Note to Editors:

Founded in 2000, HomeNet's investors include Bank Of Scotland (Ireland) Limited, Enterprise Equity Investment Fund Limited, Eircom Enterprise Fund Limited and Shannon Free Airport Development Company.

Media Contacts:

Denis Kelly
CEO HomeNet
Mobile +353 (0) 87 8287244

Frank Roche
CTO HomeNet
Mobile +353 (0) 87 7996839

Suzanne McDermott-Swan
Motorola
+44 (0)1256 484 505 suzanne.mcdermott@motorola.com

Sam Bevans / Andrea Carter
Firefly Communications
+44 (0)207 386 1542
sam.bevans@fireflycomms.com or andrea.carter@fireflycomms.com