ZTE Named “World’s Best CDMA Equipment Manufacturer 2009”

Wednesday, November 11, 2009 | |

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 the company has received the prestigious “World’s Best CDMA Equipment Manufacturer 2009” award from research and consulting firm Frost & Sullivan. The award was announced at the Enterprise Communications Summit & Award Ceremony in Shanghai, China. The awards ceremony aims to recognize excellent performance of the global CDMA equipment vendors in the areas of outstanding service, product R&D capacity and innovation.

Based on in-depth research and analysis of the global CDMA equipment market, including market share, market competitiveness and potentials of emerging markets, Frost & Sullivan finally awarded the honor to ZTE for its exceptional performance over other industry players.

Since 2006, ZTE has been a leader in global CDMA product shipments. In the first three quarters of 2009, shipment volume experienced sharp growth exceeding 85,000 units, or more than 170% of the total 2008 annual shipment. ZTE’s industry-leading SDR base stations account for the majority of this year’s product shipments.

According to Frost & Sullivan research, ZTE is forecasted to overtake Alcatel-Lucent as the top player in the global CDMA market with a share of 29.3% by 2010, according to report.

In addition to being ranked second in CDMA installations, ZTE has made impressive achievements in CDMA product innovation globally. Its independently developed the GoTa digital trunking system that has been widely applied in more than 40 countries including China, Romania, the Czech Republic, Chile, Mexico, Malaysia, Norway, Ghana and Senegal, making it the most widely used and internationalized Chinese-made digital trunking system.

ZTE also successfully deployed its innovative Air-to-Ground (ATG) broadband EV-DO and solution across the United States last year, which received the “2008 3G CDMA Industry Achievement Award” from the CDMA Development Group (CDG). The solution has been deployed in more than 500 airplanes across seven U.S. airlines, fully tackling the worldwide challenge of high-speed Internet access on planes. ZTE also launched the industry’s first EV-DO Rev.B + LTE dual-mode system at EXPO COMM Wireless Japan in July 2009 after it made EV-DO Rev.B calls and launched a commercial trial network. In addition, the Company also launched an integrated EV-DO Rev.B+Wi-Fi/WAPI solution at P&T/Expo Comm China 2009.

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