))) Texas Instruments, Zebra Technologies and Symbol Technologies Form Alliance to Advance UHF RFID Applications

Industry Leaders to Offer Compatible RFID Smart Label Supply Chain Solutions

))) DALLAS, TX – CHICAGO, IL – HOLTSVILLE, NY
(June 19, 2000)

Texas Instruments Incorporated (NYSE: TXN), Zebra Technologies Corporation (Nasdaq: ZBRA), and Symbol Technologies Corporation (NYSE: SBL), leading providers of automatic identification solutions, today announced a strategic alliance to develop and market passive, ultra high frequency (UHF) radio frequency identification (RFID) technology for supply chain logistics applications, such as warehouse management.

The alliance's goal is to bring a complete UHF RFID solution to the market, including smart labels, antennas, handheld and fixed readers, printer/encoders and connectivity software. This suite of products will meet emerging RFID standards and be readily implemented by end users in their logistics operations.

Compared with other frequencies, UHF RFID technology, which operates in the range of 862 to 928 Megahertz, offers the longer read range needed in large warehouse environments for the rapid and accurate identification and tracking of individual pallets and containers. This vital information gives a company a tool to increase overall logistics productivity, accuracy, and quality.

The alliance expects to initially target logistics applications in North America and other areas with similar government regulations allowing use of the 902 to 928 Megahertz portion of the radio spectrum for deployment of UHF RFID technology. The companies expect field trials to begin during the fourth quarter of 2000.

Each company will incorporate Texas Instruments' UHF technology into its product offerings. Texas Instruments will supply smart label inlays; high-power readers and antenna systems for reading smart labels; and low-power UHF reader modules for incorporation into handheld terminals and smart label printer/encoders. Texas Instrument's Team Tag-it™ label partners will convert inlays into smart labels.

Zebra Technologies will develop smart label printer/encoders for UHF RFID smart labels. Smart labels incorporate small, flexible passive RFID transponders into traditional thermal bar code labels. Symbol Technologies will integrate UHF RFID reader technology into its portable terminals and scanners, which read and write to smart labels once initially encoded and applied to the end user logistics' application. Symbol will also provide system integration services to connect users' automatic data capture systems to UHF RFID technology.

Texas Instruments, Zebra Technologies, and Symbol Technologies are committed to the development of RFID standards and have played an active role in RFID standardization efforts including the recently announced Uniform Code Council (UCC) Global Tag (GTAG) initiative and International Standard Organization's (ISO) item standardization group (ISO/IEC JTC1 SC31). RFID standards, such as those recently announced by ISO for 13.56MHz smart labels (ISO/IEC 15693-2), provide end-users with a wider range of choices in technology suppliers and help to ensure reliable and compatible RFID system components.

Texas Instruments recently announced its teaming with SCS Corporation of San Diego to develop a range of UHF products. This agreement with Symbol Technologies and Zebra Technologies does nothing to change Texas Instruments' agreement with SCS Corporation.

About Zebra Technologies Corporation

Zebra Technologies Corporation manufactures and distributes
on-demand bar code label printers, secure ID printing systems and plastic card printers used in automatic identification and plastic card personalization applications worldwide. The company's products are sold under the Zebra, Eltron, and Comtec brand names. Businesses around the world recognize Zebra thermal bar code label printers for their quality, durability, and technological leadership. The company also offers software and related supplies, including more than 300 label and ribbon combinations. Zebra's customers include more than 70 percent of the FORTUNE 500. The company's stock is traded on the Nasdaq Stock Market under the symbol ZBRA. Information about Zebra Technologies can be found at www.zebracorporation.com.

About Symbol Technologies, Inc.

Symbol Technologies, Inc., winner of this year's National Medal of Technology, is a global leader in mobile data transaction systems, providing innovative customer solutions based on wireless local area networking for data and voice, application-specific mobile computing and bar code data capture. Symbol's wireless information appliances connect the physical world of people on the move, packages, paper and shipping pallets, to information systems and the Internet. Today, some 10 million Symbol bar code scanners, mobile computers and wireless LANs are utilized worldwide in markets ranging from retailing to transportation and distribution logistics, manufacturing, parcel and postal delivery, government, healthcare and education. Symbol's systems and products are used to increase productivity from the factory floor to the retail store, to the enterprise and out to the home. Information about Symbol is available at www.symbol.com and
1-800-722-6234.