Telecom equipment vendor ZTE has signed a contract with Slovak operator SWAN for a nationwide LTE 4G network project.

As part f the LTE network deal, ZTE will construct core circuit-switched / packet-switched network, and a GSM / LTE mobile communications and VAS (value added services) network, involving over 1,100 dual-mode GSM/LTE base stations to SWAN.

ZTE did not announce the financial details.

SWAN received the fourth wireless operator license in Slovakia in January 2014, and plans to build more than 1,100 GSM and LTE base stations within three years.

ZTE will be using its software-defined radio solutions to provide dual-mode GSM / LTE communications across the country. ZTE will use remote radio units to avoid spectrum fragmentation and deliver high bandwidth and LTE frequency adjustment.

Xie Junshi, CTO of ZTE Europe and America, said: “ZTE is looking forward to helping develop SWAN’s presence in Slovakia and to providing the most advanced high-speed communications to support SWAN grow and succeed in this highly competitive market.”

ZTE claims that its share of the global LTE equipment market increased by almost 20 percent in 2013.

The company said it has signed 146 LTE/EPC commercial contracts around the world, and has contracts in 70 percent of the countries that have invested in LTE.

Baburajan K
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