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ZTE Wins Exclusive WiMAX Deal in Africa
Other Topics: WiMAX Ecosystem
Interoperability,
WiMAX Contract
Berkeley Varitronics Systems, Inc.
October 27 2008
Company to help Mauritania establish its first ever WiMAX 16e Commercial
Network
Shenzhen, China - ZTE Corporation (“ZTE”), a leading global provider of
telecommunications equipment and network solutions, today announced that
it has clinched an exclusive contract from Chinguitel, a telecom carrier
under Expresso Telecom Group (ETG) to help Mauritania build its first
2.5GHz Mobile WiMAX commercial network. Under the agreement, ZTE will be
providing core network equipment, wireless access devices, as well as
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Mauritania
has a total land area of over 1 million square kilometers, and faces the
Sahara Desert in the east and Atlantic Ocean in the west. With such a
complicated geographical landscape, it becomes highly important for
telecom operators to establish a stable and efficient WiMAX network.
After a thorough evaluation process, Chinguitel chose ZTE to exclusively
provide Mauritania the core network equipment to establish its first
ever WiMAX 16e Commercial Network. In selecting ZTE, Chinguitel is
leveraging ZTE’s advanced technology and expertise to help them
establish a CDMA and WiMAX integrated network infrastructure, covering
the whole area of Africa.
“We are privileged to closely collaborate with ETG in developing the
first ever and highly reliable WiMAX commercial network in Africa. This
exclusive deal further demonstrates our global leading position in
providing WiMAX solutions, and marks the first time that we are
partnering with ETG in deploying our WiMAX infrastructure in Africa,”
said Mr. Xu Shengfei, Chief Representative of ZTE Mauritania. “ZTE is
committed to providing our expertise and solutions to further expand
more strategic partnerships in Africa. With this deployment, we hope it
will trigger more similar WiMAX opportunities in other African
countries.”
“It is a valuable opportunity to partner with ZTE in building the first
WiMAX commercial network in Mauritania. We are impressed by ZTE’s
state-of-the-art technologies and pioneering visions, hence are
confident that we can provide the African population with the most
effective wireless and highly advanced communications platform to enjoy
access of various wireless services,” said Mr. Elamir, CEO of Chinguitel.
ZTE is one of the strong proponents of WiMAX deployment globally, and
the only Chinese company among the 15 Board of Directors in the WiMAX
Forum. To date, ZTE has successfully established 30 commercial trials
and trial networks for 802.16e WiMAX worldwide covering Asia Pacific,
Middle East, Africa, Europe and the Americas.
About ZTE
ZTE is a leading global provider of telecommunications equipment and
network solutions. The ZTE product range is the most complete in the
world – covering virtually every sector of the wireline, wireless,
service and terminals markets. The company delivers innovative,
custom-made products and services to customers in more than 135
countries, helping them to achieve continued revenue growth and to shape
the future of the world’s communications. ZTE commits around 10% of
annual turnover to research and development and takes a leading role in
a wide range of international bodies developing emerging telecoms
standards. It is the fastest growing telecoms equipment company in the
world, and is China’s only listed telecoms manufacturer, with shares
publicly traded on both the Hong Kong and Shenzhen Stock Exchanges. In
the Asian Wall Street Journal’s Readers’ Survey 2007, ZTE was among the
Top 10 Most Admired Companies in China, the only company that was
included in the Top 10 list representing the telecom industry. ZTE was
awarded the “Most Promising Vendor of the Year” by Frost & Sullivan in
its 2007 Asia Pacific ICT Awards, and was reported as the fastest
growing telecom equipment and solutions provider among the major telecom
vendors worldwide by IDC in 2007. ZTE was included in BusinessWeek’s
2006 ranking of China’s Top 20 Brands. For more information, please
visit www.zte.com.cn.
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