Symbol Technologies Names Industry Leader Philip Lazo Vice President and General Manager of RFID...

Business Editors/High-Tech Writers

HOLTSVILLE, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 20, 2004

Symbol Technologies, Inc. (NYSE:SBL), the enterprise mobility company, today announced the appointment of Philip Lazo as vice president and general manager of the RFID division of its Global Products

Lazo is a seasoned technology veteran with well over a decade of experience in the development, deployment and management of RFID and related automatic data capture technologies, most recently at Tyco/Sensormatic Corporation. Lazo graduated from the University of South Florida, Tampa, with an electrical engineering degree.

"I am pleased to have an executive with Phil Lazo's proven experience leading our RFID initiatives," said Todd Hewlin, senior vice president, Global Products Group. "We remain committed to RFID as a strategic initiative and a significant emerging business opportunity leveraging our unique technology strengths, understanding of customer requirements and ability to deliver RFID as part of a complete end-to-end mobility platform. We are bringing the same level of innovation and technical leadership to RFID that we have historically brought to other data capture technologies."

"RFID is a critical solution that spans wireless infrastructure, mobile computing, data capture and mobility software products," said Lazo. "I am pleased to be part of a team that has both the technology to deliver world-class product performance and the enterprise mobility framework that will allow RFID to be deployed as a scaleable, cost-effective and reliable solution. Symbol understands that integration is the key to success -- there can be no 'RFID islands' within the enterprise of tomorrow."

Symbol Technologies, Inc., The Enterprise Mobility Company(TM), delivers solutions that capture, move and manage information in real time, from the point of activity to the point of decision. Symbol solutions integrate advanced data capture technology, ruggedized mobile computers, wireless infrastructure, enabling software and high-ROI applications from our business partners and Symbol Enterprise Mobility Services. Symbol enterprise mobility solutions increase business productivity and velocity, reduce costs and realize competitive advantage for the world's leading retailers, transportation and logistics companies and manufacturers as well as government agencies and providers of healthcare, hospitality and security. More information is available at www.symbol.com.