15 December 2011, Shenzhen, China – ZTE Corporation (“ZTE”) (H share stock code: 0763.HK / A share stock code: 000063.SZ), a publicly-listed global provider of telecommunications equipment and network solutions, has been selected to build Portugal Telecom (PT) a D-WDM metro network, throughout Portugal mainland and its islands. As the exclusive equipment provider of PT for this network roll-out, ZTE is supplying a full-series of D-WDM products and engineering services.
The multinational carrier PT has 90 million users across 14 countries. With 12 million users in Portugal, it is the country’s largest telecom operator. As a result of rapid subscriber growth at PT in combination with the large-scale deployment of new data services, such as IPTV, and a global trend for fibre in/copper out, PT has increased the support for data services in recent years. In the less densely populated suburbs, existing SDH-based networks have limited capacity, this in combination with long distances between different sites and insufficient fibre resources, makes a network overhaul essential. Growing bandwidth demand and flat network development have driven PT to build an intelligent, maintainable and reliable D-WDM transport network to face the traffic challenges from new services.
A PT spokesperson said: “ZTE Corporation is our only equipment supplier for new D-WDM. This D-WDM network significantly raises fibre resource use rate, improves network reliability and flexibility and reduces CAPEX and OPEX to meet the demands for PT’s present and future services.”
Fan Xiaobing, general manager, ZTE bearer network product line, said: “The project marks a new phase in an on-going relationship between ZTE and PT. With powerful technical strength and improved delivery capability in Europe, the project is on-course to be completed on time and within budget. As the exclusive equipment provider of PT, ZTE offers its full-series of D-WDM products and engineering services. ZTE bearer technology is in use with 514 carriers across about 120 countries. This rollout mirrors similar high-profile market deals including ZTE bearer network products being widely deployed in the UK, France, Germany, Italy and Brazil.”
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