ZTE tops four out seven evaluation factors over key vendors

31 March 2008, Shenzhen, China - ZTE Corporation ("ZTE"), a leading global provider of telecommunications equipment and network solutions, continues to get significant recognitions from international and independent research firms. The company today announced that it has been ranked second in terms of CDMA equipment competitiveness by the Yankee Group in a report entitled "ZTE shines in CDMA Market" published by the research firm in February this year.  According to the report, ZTE is the most competitive telecom vendor in China, India, emerging Asia-Pacific market, Africa and Eastern Europe.

ZTE tallied the highest score in four out of seven categories the Yankee Group used to measure the CDMA competitiveness of each vendor. The seven key evaluation factors were price, technology, existing installed base, product portfolio, integration capability, government support and company culture.

"ZTE's increasing competitiveness is credited to its large installed base in China, India and emerging Asia-Pacific, as well as its long-term commitment and investment in CDMA technology," commented XJ Wang, Senior Analyst of Yankee Group. "With its current momentum in the CDMA industry, this is the best timing for ZTE to further collaborate with well-established CDMA providers in North America." 

"ZTE's responsiveness to customers' needs as well providing All-IP CDMA2000 solutions equipped with state-of-art technology and capability to lower TCO made it easier for carriers worldwide to partner with us for their CDMA network projects. In the past two years, we have delivered the highest number of base stations in the global CDMA arena," said Ms. Li Jian, General Manager of ZTE's CDMA products. "We are committed to developing new products and providing the best technical support to our customers, and hence, very keen on capturing larger market share in key leading markets such as the U.S, Japan and Korea."

To-date, ZTE's CDMA products have been deployed by over 120 operators in more than 70 countries globally. The company holds a dominant position in China by capturing 34% of the local CDMA market share. It has also delivered more than 74, 000 CDMA base stations worldwide, with approximately 135 million global users.

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