17 February 2011, Shenzhen – ZTE Corporation (“ZTE”) (H share stock code: 0763.HK / A share stock code: 000063.SZ), a leading global provider of telecommunications equipment and network solutions, today announced it has successfully demonstrated the Industry's first ever MAB (Multiple Access Binding Solution) in a live demo at Mobile World Congress 2011, (MWC 2011) in Barcelona.

Branded ALL-JOIN, the MAB solution signifies how a UE can bind multiple RATs simultaneously. The live demo was witnessed by more than 35 top operators from around the world, in the VIP room of ZTE's booth  at MWC.  The Uni Core team successfully demonstrated binding of LTE & WiFi on a single UE through unified authentication by ZTE USPP (UDC). It then bound multiple access technologies using ISGW (Integrated Serving Gateway) built on the advanced service router platform. 

During the live demo, operators showed great interest whilst observing a streamed video session established over LTE and FTP Download (P2P traffic case) over WiFi, carried out at the same time. The operators witnessed "the super tunnel" creation in the ISGW and significant bandwidth boost was recorded. Leading operators from Europe, Middle East, India & Asia highly appreciated the live demo and remarked on ZTE's core strategy as "leading innovation".  

The 3G and LTE network is too weak to cope with data storms from the ever-popular smart phone. MAB solution is an effective way to solve data storm issues whilst increasing the revenue for operators at lower investment. MAB can help operators provide the highest quality of services by introducing synergy between their access technologies, as well as by supporting access bindings of any combination for 3G, LTE, WiFi, WiMAX & Femto.

"ZTE's ALL-JOIN is an ideal solution to help operators solve the radio resource congestion due to influxes of data hungry devices, whilst providing an enhanced user experience through optimal use of a network's resources. In line with the leading operators' response during the live demo, we foresee massive commercial deployment of ISGW globally," said Mr. Xu Ziyang, President of ZTE Core Network.

ZTE is the provider of core network equipment and solutions supporting all access technologies, and is fast becoming a global leader in the development of core networks and large-scale market application.