ZTE wins multiple awards at 2025 Lightwave + BTR Innovation Reviews

• ZTE wins multiple awards in the optical network domain at 2025 Lightwave + BTR Innovation Reviews for its strongest C+L full-band integrated optical module, HCF system exploration and innovation, pluggable 800G OTN solution, the IBON innovates service provisioning, 3-in-1 50G PON Combo solution, and Wi-Fi 7 D-WLAN Mesh solution

Shenzhen, China, 21 March 2025 - ZTE Corporation (0763.HK / 000063.SZ), a global leading provider of integrated information and communication technology solutions, announced today that it has won multiple awards at 2025 Lightwave + BTR Innovation Reviews. The awards recognize the company's strongest C+L full-band integrated optical module, HCF system exploration and innovation, pluggable 800G OTN solution, the IBON innovates service provisioning, 3-in-1 50G PON Combo solution, and Wi-Fi 7 D-WLAN Mesh solution.

ZTE wins multiple awards at 2025 Lightwave + BTR Innovation Reviews

Strongest C+L Full-Band Integrated Optical Module

ZTE's industry-first C+L full-band integrated optical module features a spectrum adjustment range that is twice the industry standard, boosting system capacity by 25% while reducing the types of spare parts by half. Additionally, the module adopts a pluggable design. Compared with fixed optical modules, its size is reduced by 60%, and power consumption per Gbit is decreased by 68%. This significantly saves space in equipment rooms and reduces energy consumption, helping operators build more efficient, flexible, and green optical networks.

HCF System Exploration and Innovation

ZTE has achieved a significant breakthrough in optical transmission technology by successfully implementing ultra-high-speed transmission over hollow-core fiber. Not only has it reached a single-wavelength transmission speed of 1.2 Tbit/s, but it has also achieved a capacity of more than 100 Tbit/s over a 20-kilometer fiber link, successfully connecting intelligent computing centers. The highlights of this new technology include: smarter algorithms that enhance transmission efficiency, high-power amplifiers and advanced modulation techniques that enable faster and longer-distance transmission, support for ultra-wideband transmission, and a latency reduction of 30% compared to traditional fibers. This innovation paves the way for efficient and rapid transmission in future data centers and computing networks.

Pluggable 800G OTN Solution

ZTE launches the industry's first pluggable 800G OTN solution, boasting four key advantages: large capacity, high performance, ultra-flexibility, and all-scenario coverage. Successfully deployed in operator's live network, this solution can achieve a maximum single-fiber capacity of 64T and facilitates 2,000 km transmission without regeneration. Compared with the industry's fixed 800G optical modules, it doubles the board port density and cuts the power consumption per Gbit by 68%. This solution is suitable for backbone, metro and DCI scenarios. Thanks to its plug-and-play feature, it is easy to deploy and maintain, effectively reducing CapEx and OpEx for customers.

The IBON Innovates Service Provisioning

With the expansion of OTN network application scenarios and the increase of customized requirements, OTN service provisioning becomes much more difficult. Intent-based automatic service provisioning offers a solution to this problem. By leveraging automation functions such as intent input, intent orchestration, and intent releasing, it implements fast service provisioning with minimum parameters input, minimum manual intervention, and optimal resource matching. As a result, Operations and Maintenance (O&M) manpower is reduced by 20%, network resource utilization is increased by 10%, and service provisioning time is shortened to the seconds. Consequently, the market competitiveness of operators is significantly enhanced.

3-in-1 50G PON Combo Solution

ZTE's 3-in-1 50G PON Combo solution enables smooth evolution across three generations of PON technologies including GPON, 10G PON, and 50G PON—without the need to change the ODN, while allowing flexible deployment of ONUs as needed. The solution supports symmetrical uplink and downlink speeds of up to 50 Gbps. Additionally, by supporting a hard-pipe transmission mechanism, it ensures precise bandwidth, low latency, and low jitter, meeting diverse service requirements and facilitating the construction of ultra-high-speed 10G infrastructure.

Wi-Fi 7 D-WLAN Mesh Solution

ZTE's Wi-Fi 7 D-WLAN Mesh Solution leverages three core technologies: Co-EDCA, centralized control, and VBSS roaming, and combines with AI data recognition to optimize the transmission of high-priority services and deliver an enhanced user roaming experience. By dynamically adjusting air interface parameters and intelligently scheduling nodes across the Mesh network, the solution ensures high-priority data is transmitted with low latency and low jitter, achieving zero packet loss during roaming for a seamless, lossless experience. This solution significantly improves user experience and empowers operators to enhance their competitiveness.

Sean Buckley, Editor-in-Chief of Lightwave + BTR, congratulated ZTE on achieving honoree status, and emphasized the importance of this recognition, highlighting ZTE's innovative contributions to the industry through its groundbreaking solutions, technologies, and projects.

As global optical communication technologies continue to evolve, ZTE will remain committed to innovation and focus on core technologies to help build more efficient, intelligent, and sustainable optical communication networks, driving the industry to new heights.