Motorola and Cisco have teamed up to launch a new mobile seamless enterprise solution.

Motorola has announced that it is joining forces with Cisco Systems to deliver a seamless enterprise mobility solution that will include wireless local area networking (WLAN) Internet Protocol (IP) telephony and cellular phone technologies. The Motorola-Cisco solution aims to blend key features and benefits of mobile cellular, 802.11 wireless and enterprise fixed networks, and provide a single mobile communications device that bridges the physical and virtual-office environments.
The technologies will come together in the form of dual-mode cellular and Wi-Fi phones. The Motorola and Cisco solution will operate using 802.11 technology inside the enterprise and cellular telephony elsewhere. The solution will be available as an extension to the Cisco CallManager IP-based communications system, utilizing a standards-based interface, the companies said.
“The convergence of cellular and WLAN networks on a single device further enhances the value proposition of IP-based applications for the enterprise,” said Barry O’Sullivan, VP and general manager for the Cisco IP Communications Business Unit, in the statement. “A dual-mode solution will add a very important dimension to Cisco’s growing voice business.”

Motorola solution elements will include dual-mode devices and network mobility enabled by their Wireless Services Manager. Cisco will provide IP telephony and WLAN infrastructure. Motorola and Cisco said they plan to extend the initial solution offering to include additional Cisco CallManager features and deliver the Cisco IP Communications experience to enterprise workers whenever and wherever they are needed.Motorola and Cisco expect the dual mode solution to be available in early 2006