ZTE U-Highway National Broadband Network Solution

The Driving Factors

The soaring demand for new high-speed Internet access, HDTV, and 3DTV has motivated international operators to build networks that allow higher broadband speeds. A number of countries have recognized the value of the digital economy to their future development. A national broadband network (NBN) helps a country

• boost economic growth. According to research by the World Bank, the return on investment in broadband is significant. A 10% increase in broadband penetration brings 1.2% growth in GDP for developed countries and 1.4% growth in GDP for developing countries.
• promote employment. Research by the World Bank shows that every $5 billion invested in broadband creates about 100,000 jobs in the short term. A 10% increase in broadband penetration creates more than 2 million jobs.
• improve people's livelihoods. In some cases, broadband can help reduce poverty in the countryside, narrow the digital divide, and strengthen social communication. Broadband can help in areas such as construction, population management, healthcare, insurance, and welfare.
• focus on the future. Broadband is a basic infrastructure in modern society, just like roads. Fast broadband can boost the economic development while a slow one hinders it. Many countries such as USA, UK, China, Korea, Malaysia, South Africa, Japan, Australia, and Singapore have proposed their national broadband strategies.

ZTE U-Highway Solution

 A national broadband network uses the national telecommunication provider's network as the backbone, and other private networks, for example, government networks, enterprise networks, and education networks are supplemental. An NBN is deployed and managed in a centralized way by the government.

ZTE U-Highway is an end-to-end NBN solution supported by ZTE’s strong R&D capabilities and product lineup. The solution includes three layers: terminal, pipe, and cloud. The terminal layer provides broadband connectivity, the cloud layer provides various services, and the pipe layer is the infrastructure connecting users to services.

In the terminal layer, many user devices are available to connect people and things to the broadband network anytime and anywhere.

In the cloud layer, abundant services are provided to make people’s lives easier and more entertaining, enhance productivity, stimulate innovation and business growth, and provide government services. Services can be government cloud service, personal cloud services, or industrial cloud services.

In the pipe layer, fast, open, scalable, secure, and manageable network is built to meet the increasing demand for broadband. There are five modules: Uni-backhaul for the mobile backhaul network, Uni-NGA for the access network, Uni-metro for the metro network, Uni-backbone for backbone network, and Uni-BSS/OSS for billing and operation support system.

Highlights

High-speed

 With a backbone of up to 100G and access network up to 10G, ZTE large-capacity, highly scalable products create a future-proof network. Such a network can provide all services, including voice, video, and data and can meet bandwidth requirements in the coming five to ten years.

Universal

ZTE’s U-Highway solution provides wired and wireless technologies to cover all access scenarios, from urban and suburban areas to rural areas. This bridges the geographic and digital divide. 

Open

 ZTE’s U-Highway has open content, channels and terminals. This allows resource sharing and fosters effective competition among players so that better services are provided. 

Convergent

 ZTE’s U-Highway has converged cloud, pipe, and terminal layers. Converged applications in the cloud give rise to new content. Converged wired, wireless, optical, copper all-IP networks in the pipe layer provide clear, unblocked channels for services. Converged devices in the terminal layer allows people to enjoy ICT services anytime and anywhere through a single device.

Green

ZTE has an “energy saving, emission reduction and eco-friendly” philosophy for its NBN products. This philosophy is adhered to throughout the product lifecycle, from design and production to operation and recycling. Green solutions help protect the environment, ensure sustainable growth, and cut OPEX by consuming less power.

Market Application

The High Speed Broadband (HSBB) project in Malaysia was made possible by government investment, and was implemented by Telekom Malaysia. TM was the best operator to implement the HSBB. ZTE gained a 50% share of Multi-Service Access Network (MSAN) business and 40% of Metro-E, and entered long-term strategic partnership with TM to cooperate on different fields. At the end of 2010, ZTE assisted TM to provide high-speed Internet access to 48 regions and 750,000 users.

Ismail Ab Ghafar, regional general manager of TM, said, “It is the first time in years that TM had completed more than 4,000 MSAN links within one year, and ZTE contributed 58% to that.”

As a leading NBN solution provider, ZTE aims to help countries keep up with the rapid pace of broadband network development.

ZTE has been serving customers all over the world with its full turnkey capabilities and rich experience. Its U-Highway solution has been used for Malaysia’s HSBB project, Singapore’s NBN, Italy’s Digital Divide and Next Generation Access Network (NGAN) Projects, Lithuania’s NBN, and Brazil’s OiPNBL project.