Telecom Lead Asia: Chinese mobile equipment maker ZTE has launched
the world’s first range of 1.4GHz TD-LTE terminals, including modules, USB
cards, indoor CPE and outdoor CPE devices.
ZTE has completed a range of 1.4GHz TD-LTE terminal performance
tests in China’s first government-sponsored TD-LTE internet of things in
Beijing.
The company said the terminals are ready to be applied to applications
such as road surveillance, medical and health service systems, intelligent
transportation systems and environmental protection.
The Chinese telecom gear maker has cooperated with more than
30 mainstream chipset, device and test equipment manufacturers and the
International Standards Organization to ensure the interoperability of all
frequency bands.
ZTE claims that it was the first company to release 1.9GHz
equipment and solutions in 2011.
ZTE
launches 3.5GHz TD-LTE distributed base station
Recently, the telecom infrastructure company launched the world’s first 3.5GHz high-power TD-LTE
distributed base station.
To date, ZTE has signed three contracts related to
deploying and upgrading 3.5GHz TD-LTE networks in Asia-Pacific and Africa. The
Chinese telecom equipment maker claims that the base station offers wide
coverage and transmission power of 80W.
On May 17 ZTE launched a large scale TD-LTE network in
Guangzhou China. This network can provide wireless data coverage to the
transportation and safety surveillance sectors, high-speed media streaming,
video conferencing and real-time news delivery at speeds up to 100mbps.
“The supported functions and improved performance of
1.4GHz TD-LTE communications provides opportunities for operators to open up
new revenue streams. As a next step, ZTE is looking to deploy this technology
in further networks around the world,” said Wang Shouchen, vice president, ZTE.
In LTE, ZTE is spreading its presence. As of Q1 2012, ZTE had concluded 30 LTE commercial contracts
and over 100 trial networks with leading operators. Eight of them have already
been commercially launched, including CSL in HongKong, SoftBank in Japan, Hi3G
in Sweden, H3G in Austria and Bharti Airtel in India.
Qtel signs ZTE for WCDMA and LTE solutions for expanding in
emerging telecom markets
Recently, mobile operator Qtel selected ZTE for rolling out
GSM, WCDMA and LTE solutions across Qtel Group operations in the Middle East,
North Africa and Asia. The new technologies will benefit customers across the
Group’s companies including Asiacell, Wataniya Kuwait, Nawras, Tunisiana,
Nedjma and Qtel.
