News Brief

ZTE Achieved Breakthrough in 400Gb &1Tb Optical Transmission During Field Trial in Western Europe

25 June 2012, Shenzhen –– ZTE recently partnered with the operator of the largest optical transport infrastructure in Europe on a field trial for optical transmission with data rates of 100Gb/s, 400Gb/s and 1Tb/s. A joint team of engineers from both sides completed the field test on a trial network comprising eight cities in Germany, including Darmstadt, Stuttgart and Nurnberg. The equipment used during the trial was based on advanced technologies such as coherent detection, QPSK/16QAM modulation and innovative digital signal processing.

Experiments conducted during the trial were designed to address important issues that concern operators and vendors around network evolution towards and beyond 100Gb. Using ZTE’s 100Gb OTN products (ZXONE 8000 series), 400Gb prototype and 1Tb prototype, the team succeeded in simultaneous transmission on 100Gb/s, 400Gb/s and 1Tb/s WDM channels over 2150 km, passing 26 spans with gain flattening erbium doped fiber amplifiers (EDFAs). The team also achieved 2450 km of successful transmission on two simultaneous 100Gb/s channels with a large performance margin.

ZTE Wins Contract for 40% of China Telecom 2012 Broadband Equipment Project

27 June 2012, Shenzhen –– ZTE today announced that it has won a contract for 40 per cent of China Telecom’s 2012 broadband equipment procurement project. The 40 per cent share is the largest of any company participating on the project.

China Telecom’s broadband equipment contract includes procurement of PON OLTs, FTTB MDUs, and broadband terminals. It includes for over 21 million units valued at approximately RMB4 billion. It is the largest broadband procurement project in the world in 2012.

ZTE Wins China Telecom IP Procurement Contract

3 July 2012, Shenzhen –– ZTE announced it has won a share of the IP procurement contract with China Telecom. ZTE’s share of the contract was the largest of any bidding company this time.

As part of the contract, ZTE will deliver its M6000 high-end router to China Telecom for use in the infrastructure project. The IP procurement also involves the use of several technologies, including: broadband remote access servers, service routers, multi-service edge, aggregation switches, and high-end routing switches. Further, the China Telecom large-scale IP centralized purchase aims to provide fiber optic telecommunications capabilities to over 100 million customers.

ZTE Unveils World-First Multi-Application 400G and 1T DWDM Prototype

18 June 2012, Shenzhen –– ZTE debuted the world’s first 400G/1T dense wavelength division multiplexing (DWDM) multi-application network device prototype at the 16th WDM & Next Generation Optical Networking Forum in Monaco.

The 400G/1T DWDM prototype provides equal high bandwidth efficiency that works with a comprehensive range of network applications. It has a multi-subcarrier orthogonal frequency division multiplexing 400G/1T solution for ultra-long-haul applications. It also is a 16 quadrature amplitude modulation solution for metro and local applications with an industry highest bandwidth utilization rate. Further, it is a Nyquist WDM solution for long-haul applications.

ZTE Launches Industry’s First LTE BeamHop AAS Solution

20 June 2012, Shanghai –– Today at Mobile Asia Expo, ZTE launched the industry’s first LTE BeamHop Solution and demonstrated the LTE A8808 active antenna system (AAS) product based on this technology. The product is a major breakthrough particularly for the high-end European and U.S. wireless markets, giving operators the ability to quickly and easily benefit from LTE by leveraging their existing 2G and 3G base stations.

Based on the LTE BeamHop Solution, the A8808 product consists of both active and passive antennae. The passive part replaces operators’ existing 2G and 3G antennae, while the active part is used for the newly added LTE network. Since the LTE radio unit is integrated into the existing antenna, the new LTE network can be deployed without purchasing any additional antenna site space, reducing installation costs and maximizing existing resources. This product is especially beneficial to operators competing in developed markets where the cost of renting antenna site space is high. 

ZTE Launches HD Videoconferencing Solutions at InfoComm 2012

15 June 2012, Las Vegas –– ZTE today announced the launch of a series of HD videoconferencing solutions at InfoComm 2012, held June 13 - 15, 2012 in Las Vegas, NV.

The new products include desktop terminal T100, flagship HD terminal T800, cutting-edge version HD terminal ZXV10 T700 and enterprise-level video conferencing product M900. The expansive offerings will provide U.S. customers with flexibility, ease of use and seamless performance.

In recent years, ZTE’s service offerings in government and enterprise network have grown rapidly. In 2011 alone, ZTE’s year-to-year sales revenue grew by 89%. Furthermore, ZTE’s video conferencing technologies R&D center now deploys video conferencing solutions in 27 countries and video terminal shipments have exceeded 100,000 units.

ZTE to Sustain Investment in US Telecom- munications Market at 10% Annual Growth Rate

19 June 2012, Richardson, Texas –– On June 14, 2012 at The Carter Center in Atlanta, Lixin Cheng, president of North America Region of ZTE Corporation and CEO of ZTE USA, addressed business and public policy leaders at the Georgia-China Alliance’s China’s Global Outlook 2012 Conference. Cheng confirmed that since ZTE entered the U.S. market, the company’s supply chain partnership has totaled more than $13.7 billion in a number of leading technology corporations and ZTE will sustain the investment with 10% annual growth. Mr. Cheng emphasized the benefits of bilateral investment to the U.S. and China to the attendees. He also predicted continued growth in the smartphone segment led by increased adoption by growing segments of the U.S. population. He concluded by discussing growth strategies as part of a panel of executives from top Chinese companies operating in the United States.

Since 2007, ZTE USA has launched 35 products to U.S. business and consumer customers. In addition to opening 10 offices around the country, ZTE operates five R&D locations and a logistics center. ZTE USA has more than 400 employees across North America.

ZTE Wins Total Telecom World Vendor Award 2012

12 June 2012, Shenzhen –– ZTE has won the “Green Technology Initiative” award as part of the Total Telecom World Vendor Awards 2012. The Company was also recognized as the “Best Brand” in telecommunications in a public vote.

The “Green Technology Initiative” award rewards companies that have made the strongest effort in reducing the environmental impact of telecommunication services through the utilization of its products and solutions. ZTE entered its Green Converged C-RAN Solution, which offers a centralized, collaborative, clean, cloud-based wireless access network technology. The ZTE Green Converged C-RAN Solution enables what it calls “One Site, One Network”, which not only helps operators reduce their TCO significantly, but also helps governments reduce CO2 emission and electromagnetic radiation.

World First “Free-seating” Solution from ZTE Put into Commercial Use with Wexnet in Sweden

13 June 2012, Shenzhen –– ZTE has announced the completion of the world’s first commercial “Free-seating” network with Swedish broadband service operator Wexnet.

Free-seating networks enable consumers to connect to a single broadband network but to sign up for services from any number of Internet service providers (ISPs) or Internet content providers (ICPs), saving the need for every ISP to have its own separate network. This significantly reduces network complexity and duplication, while providing users with the greatest possible range of choices.

ZTE Germany Now on Facebook

19 June 2012, Düsseldorf –– From today on, the ZTE Germany hosts its own Facebook fanpage in German. With this, ZTE enhances its online presence in the field of social media and strengthens its brand awareness. Punctually to the starting date of the German Facebook fanpage, all visitors have a chance to participate in a lottery and win great prizes. The prize pool and value increases depending on the number of visitors hitting the ‘like’ button. Therefore it’s worth hitting the ‘like’-button and recommending the site to friends and colleagues.

In the near future, the market launch of new ZTE products shall be accompanied with exclusive campaigns and multimedia-activities on Facebook Germany.

ZTE Presented with Accolades at the GTB Innovation Awards

14 June 2012, Shenzhen –– ZTE has been awarded the LTE Infrastructure Innovation and the Fixed Backbone Innovation awards with leading multinational operator T-Mobile Austria and Hi3G Access AB. This is the fourth consecutive year that ZTE has been a winner at the annual GTB Innovation Awards, emphasizing the significance of ZTE’s strategic partnerships.

The award winning projects are the world’s first commercial network TDD/FDD dual-mode LTE network in Sweden for Hi3G and a WDM automatic switch optical network (WASON) state route commercial network for T-Mobile Austria.