ZTE Wins World’s First CDMA EV-DO Rev.BPhase 2 Commercial Contract from Sistema Shyam TeleServices Ltd

ZTECorporation announced on May 18,2011 that it has won the world’s first CDMAEV-DO Rev.B Phase 2 commercial contract from Indian telecom operator,Sistema Shyam TeleServices Ltd(SSTL).SSTL operates its telecom services across India under the brand MTS and has over 11 million wireless customers.ZTEhas also won the CDMA expansion contracts and EV-DO upgrade contracts for 10 circles of SSTL.The EV-DO Rev.B Phase 2 commercial launch will commence in Rajasthan.

The commercial use of EV-DO Rev.B technology will greatly enhance the existing service speeds of mobile broadband for SSTL.Compared to EV-DO Rev.B Phase 1,the Phase 2 technology can further enhance BTScell capacity,spectrum efficiency and peak rate,achieving speeds as high as 4.9 Mbit/s in single frequency carrier and 14.7 Mbit/s in a three-frequency carrier bundle.ZTE’s solution based on SDRUni-RAN technology can realize the system upgrade by just changing the channel card and software,which is able to protect SSTL’s investment to the greatest possible extent.ZTEand SSTL have been strategic partners since 2008.This win demonstrates that ZTE’s CDMA technology,engineering services and other integrated capabilities have been fully recognized by SSTL.

ZTEis a global leader in CDMA technology.By March 2011,ZTE’s CDMA base station capacity was 300 million lines and cumulative shipments of CDMA base stations was more than 310,000.With a CDMA market share of 32.5%,ZTEis the global leader in the CDMA market.ZTE’s CDMA EV-DO Rev.B has been deployed by seven operators in China,Indonesia,Morocco,Pakistan,and Romania.In CTIA Wireless 2011,ZTEstood out with the first CDMA ultra-compact multicarrier base station,called ZTEGecko.For this,ZTEwas awarded the CTIA 2011 emerging technologies award.