18 September 2019, Shenzhen, China - ZTE Corporation (0763.HK / 000063.SZ), a major international provider of telecommunications, enterprise and consumer technology solutions for the Mobile Internet, today announced it has won Data Center Construction Team of the Year award at DCD (DataCenterDynamics) Asia Pacific Awards 2019 Ceremony held in Singapore. This award recognizes ZTE’s outstanding performance in the construction of the Bangladesh national data center (NDC), which is located in the Kaliakoir high-tech park, about 60 kilometers away from the center of Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh. 

The Bangladesh NDC is the first national data center that received both the UPTIME Tier IV design certification and facility certification in the country, and is also the first data center in South Asia that got UPTIME Tier IV facility certification. In addition, the data center passed all the test items of the Uptime Tier IV construction certification, thereby being highly appraised by the Uptime Institute.

During the construction of the data center, ZTE construction team had overcome a series of challenges, such as inconvenient transportation, unstable power supply, and bad weather, completing the project on time with high quality, by virtue of its excellent design capability, leading product performance, scientific project management and reliable delivery.

Since 2016, ZTE has received DCD awards for four consecutive years, including the Modular Deployment Award and the Internet Data Center Award in 2016, the Excellence in Data Center Operations award in 2017, and the Design Team of the Year award in 2018. These awards cover the full life cycle of a data center, from design, construction, to operation and maintenance, fully demonstrating ZTE's end-to-end strength in the data center field. 

By means of a powerful data center product team of more than 1,500 R&D engineers and technical experts, ZTE has deployed more than 260 projects worldwide, with the strength in design and construction of Uptime Tier IV, the highest-level in the industry. As a leading data center solution provider, ZTE will continue to launch data center products and solutions, and help customers build green, reliable, intelligent, and high-performance data centers, thereby making greater contributions in the data center field.

ZTE is a provider of advanced telecommunications systems, mobile devices, and enterprise technology solutions to consumers, carriers, companies and public sector customers. As part of ZTE’s strategy, the company is committed to providing customers with integrated end-to-end innovations to deliver excellence and value as the telecommunications and information technology sectors converge. Listed in the stock exchanges of Hong Kong and Shenzhen (H share stock code: 0763.HK / A share stock code: 000063.SZ), ZTE sells its products and services in more than 160 countries. To date, ZTE has obtained 25 commercial 5G contracts in major 5G markets such as Europe, Asia Pacific, MEA(Middle East and Africa), etc. ZTE commits 10 per cent of its annual revenue to research and development and has leadership roles in international standard-setting organizations. ZTE is committed to corporate social responsibility and is a member of the UN Global Compact. For more information, please visit www.zte.com.cn.