ITU Telecom Asia 2004, one of the largest and most important events in the world, is held for the first time in Busan, Korea. The event, running from September 7-11, is the 7th regional ITU Telecom event being held in the Asia-Pacific region.

Under the theme "Asia Leading the Future," ITU Telecom Asia 2004 l provided an unrivalled set of opportunities to explore the full scope of the region´s telecom market. The accompanying exhibition featured the latest products and services across all segments of the telecom industry.

ZTE, China´s largest listed telecoms equipment supplier, showcased its comprehensive and integrated solutions covering wireless, optical and data telecommunications. ZTE also presented its latest innovations on W-CDMA, cdma2000 1x, NGN and value-added services for both fixed-line and mobile applications.

Pssionate showcase in ZTE booth attracted a lot of guests and visitors

Customized CDMA solutions

ZTE presented its wide range of end-to-end CDMA products and solutions, which have been deployed by operators in over 30 countries and regions. The range includes GSM/1X equipment, all-IP platform EV-DO products and GoTa (Global Open Trunking Architecture), the world´s first digital trunking mobile communications system using cdma2000 1x technology.
 
ZTE is the first Chinese manufacturer to successfully develop the CDMA2000 1xEV-DO mobile communication system. On June 10, 2002, ZTE officially rolled out the system at the 3G World Congress in Hong Kong, and demonstrated the wireless data services with the speed up to 2.4Mbps rate.

GoTa, for which ZTE has its own independent intellectual property rights, is designed to help businesses and governments improve productivity and enhance efficiency. It offers a range of professional dispatching services, including feature-rich cdma2000 1x services, as well as a wide variety of trunking services, such as push-to-talk connection, one-to-one private call, one-to-many group call, and such value-added services as SMS, LBS and VPN.

Credible W-CDMA competitor

In 3G arena, ZTE is already leading the domestic charge in cdma2000, but it is also set to make a strong showing in W-CDMA. What makes ZTE a credible competitor in W-CDMA is its 16 years of experience in R&D, which laid the groundwork for its position today as China´ leading wireless equipment supplier.

ZTE began large-scale 3G research in 1998 and has invested $120 million specifically in R&D relating to W-CDMA, with over 2,000 engineers devoted to various aspects of the technology.
To help turn research into market performance, ZTE has already deployed more than ten large-scale pre-commercial W-CDMA systems in collaboration with operators like China Mobile, China Telecom and China Netcom, all of which are expected to be major players in China´ 3G future. In international markets, ZTE W-CDMA equipment has also achieved large-scale applications.

ZTE has won a contract to deploy 3G networks in two major cities in Tunisia -- Tunis and Sousse. ZTE will provide W-CDMA equipment that will see 3G technology in commercial applications in the second half of 2005. Tunis will host the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) in 2005. It is expected that by this time, over 20,000 delegates from 190 countries will use ZTE´s W-CDMA equipment to enjoy 3G services such as streaming media, video telephony, high-speed Internet access, MMS, VOD, JAVA and WAP. The W-CDMA contract with Tunis has laid a base for ZTE´s further entry into 3G markets in North Africa as well as Europe.

On September 6th, Mr.Yoshio Utsumi,Secretary-General of ITU and Mrs Masako Utsumi came to visit ZTE. They had great interest in and experienced ZTE UMTS services.　

Delivering the softswitch benefits

ZTE is one of the few suppliers anywhere in the world that is able to provide a total NGN solution based on softswitches. ZTE´ softswitch is an open hierarchical multi-service network that offers interoperability across packet- and circuit-switched networks through protocol translation, seamlessly supporting customers´voice, data and video traffic. ZTE´ Softswitch System enables NGN to meet fresh customer needs, such as the provision of integrated data and voice services over MANs and the migration of PSTN to NGN. Its openness and high reliability meet the demands of incumbent operators, new entrants and mobile carriers.

By supporting convergence over existing networks it protects legacy investments and provides new revenue streams from offering integrated access, along with different methods of service provision patterns and quick service delivery. More importantly, ZTE softswitch´ service provision capability delivers services to market much more quickly and at a much lower cost to carriers.

ZTE´s softswitch and NGN solutions are currently being used, deployed and trialed to meet a number of different network objectives. Of the group´s announced customer reference list, Four are particularly notable: China Netcom, Romanian POSTelecom, Digital Telecommunications Philippines and HongKong Wharf T&T.

Recently ZTE was selected by the ITU to undertake the editorship of the two standards covering the requirements and framework for crucial end-to-end QoS architecture for NGN and a QoS framework for IP-based access networks. This further strengthens ZTE´ leading position in NGN technology and demonstrates its growing role in the industry.

ZTE has already drafted eight international standards covering optical transmission, international security, gateway and 3G terminals, and five recommendations on optical communication, IP networks, information security and network management.

Managing for profitability and growth

ZTE began R&D in broadband access products in 1997. It was one of the earliest developers of China´ ADSL, VDSL, SHDSL, ADSL2+ standards. To date, ZTE has deployed over 7 million DSL ports in over ten countries.

ZTE´ broadband solutions focus on how to optimize networks, services and management to improve overall network management. Operators are provided with a series of efficient, flexible and easy-to-use management tools for network-level and trans-network management, broadband operation and maintenance, end-to-end management and global management.

ZTE was selected by the Greek Telecommunications Organization to supply vital broadband Internet access systems during this year´ Olympic Games in Athens. To fulfill this need ZTE has built, tested and commissioned a high-speed ADSL network for the Games.