Baltimore Gas and Electric Company Selects Motorola to Provide Advanced Voice and Data Communications
Utility Using Private Wireless System to Enhance Asset Management andControl Costs
Baltimore Gas andElectric Company (BGE), a subsidiary of Constellation Energy (NYSE: CEG), has signed a contract to utilize Motorola, Inc. (NYSE: MOT) voice and data technology to enhance customer service, improve reliability, manage utility
assets more efficiently, and reduce operating costs by eliminating leased air time charges.
The multi-million dollar contract, which was awarded to Motorola during the first quarter of 2005, was announced today during the United Telecom
Council's "Telecom 2005" Expo in Long Beach, CA.
BGE, which delivers natural gas to approximately 620,000 customers and provides electricity to roughly 1.2 million customers in Central Maryland, will use Motorola's Harmony(TM) Wireless Communication System throughout the company's 2,300 square mile service territory. BGE will use the integrated communication system for a variety of business critical functions, including
improved outage response and restoration, additional remote monitoring and control, enhanced system reliability, and improved customer service.
"BGE was seeking a system that would deliver multiple capabilities,
scalability and control, while ensuring the highest level of security and cost
efficiency," said Gregory C. Martin, vice president of BGE's General Services
Division. "In addition to satisfying these requirements, the Harmony solution
will allow us to work smarter, achieve higher performance ratings and return
on investment as we grow customers and expand services."
Motorola's Harmony System is a user-owned wireless voice communications
network designed to provide mobile work groups with fast, flexible
communication services over 800 and 900 MHz frequencies. The Harmony System
provides two-way radio and packet data services while enabling up to six
simultaneous transmissions on a single 25 kHz channel using Time Division
Multiple Access (TDMA) digital technology. Motorola's digital private
wireless systems range from large, statewide networks to small, single-site
private systems.
The Motorola Harmony system will replace BGE's existing analog radio
communications infrastructure, a 10-site simulcast system. According to
Martin, the Harmony system eliminates the reliance on public wireless networks
for BGE's critical communications.
"We are extremely pleased that a company often recognized as being at the
forefront of the utility industry selected Motorola to implement a business-
critical communications system," said Chris Banakis, Motorola Vice President
and Director of Enterprise Utilities Solutions. "Commercial and residential
utility providers such as BGE are turning to the Harmony system because it
addresses today's most relevant business issues for the utility industry --
safety, reliability and customer satisfaction."
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: http://www.motorola.com .
About BGE
BGE is a member of Constellation Energy (NYSE: CEG), a FORTUNE 200 company
based in Baltimore. Constellation Energy is the nation's largest competitive
supplier of electricity to large commercial and industrial customers and the
nation's largest wholesale power seller. Constellation Energy also manages
fuels and energy services on behalf of energy intensive industries and
utilities. It owns a diversified fleet of more than 100 generating units
located throughout the United States, totaling approximately 12,500 megawatts
of generating capacity. The company also delivers electricity and natural gas
through the Baltimore Gas and Electric Company (BGE), its regulated utility in
Central Maryland. In 2004, the combined revenues of the integrated energy
company totaled $12.5 billion.
MOTOROLA and the Stylized M Logo are registered in the U.S. Patent and
Trademark Office. All other product or service names are the property of
their respective owners.
SOURCE Motorola, Inc.
Web Site: http://www.motorola.com
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