ZTE has rolled out a complete industry-leading 4G/5G convergence solution that will certainly help operators gain an upper hand and have more success in the upcoming 5G era.
From the technical development perspective, 5G is an innovation and revolution based on 4G and also a natural evolution and extension of 4G. From...
The vendor said the new 5G base stations have passed trials in China and other countries
BARCELONA--ZTE has unveiled its series of new-generation 5G base stations at Mobile World Congress 2018, which takes place in Barcelona, Spain, this week.
The Chinese vendor highlighted that the new...
A new cycle of federal scrutiny of Huawei in particular, and Chinese telecom companies in general seems to be rolling through the U.S. government. Joining a piece of companion legislation in the House, on Wednesday Senator Tom Cotton (R-AR) and Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL)...
The vendor also recently opened a 5G innovation and research center in the city of L'Aquila.
Chinese vendor ZTE has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Rome City Council to take part in the forthcoming trials of 5G and future Wi-Fi technologies. Through...
The Chinese vendor is currently investing $500 million annually in 5G research
ZTE has released what it claims to be the world’s first end-to-end 5G network slicing solution. ZTE highlighted solution is the key to the 5G network as it allows the resource of a...
As it raises billions for 5G, China Unicom focused on service flexibility for 5G
To simultaneously support 5G use cases with highly variable service-level needs, operators are slowly transforming their networks to run off of dynamic, software-defined networks that automatically provision network resources in centralized...
Verizon follows AT&T in backing out of smartphone resale agreement with Huawei
U.S. government officials seem highly concerned about perceived security threats posed by Chinese telecom equipment giant Huawei, which sells everything from radio access network equipment to smartphones.
In the latest, Bloomberg reports that Verizon...
Internal memo cites security as primary motivator for a government-owned 5G network, according to Axios; Pai opposes
Based on a document the media outlet says was "produced by a senior National Security Council official," Axios is reporting that the Trump administration is examining a government-led and funded...
Qualcomm, Xiaomi, ZTE, Lenovo and others partner to bring 5G NR-compliant devices to market in 2019
China is a major market for mobile devices services and that the market opportunity for the next generation of mobile has led to the creation of a multi-company consortium,...
Comes on heels of AT&T and Huawei deal falling apart ahead of CES
Long-gestating concerns regarding the relationships between Huawei, ZTE and the Chinese government have long hindered the network infrastructure vendors' abilities to enter the U.S. market. This point was recently punctuated when AT&T...
As 5G networks’ commercial deployment approaches, research in standardization, technologies, services, ecosystem, and deployment modes are increasingly deepening. It has been proven that services, rather than technologies, are the main driving forces of network development. Therefore, the functions and performance required for the implementation...
Huawei CEO discusses Mate Pro 10 smartphone
Las Vegas, Nev. -- CEO of Huawei’s consumer business group Richard Yu spent the better part of an hour boasting the features of the company’s new Mate Pro 10 smartphone during a keynote presentation at the 2018 Consumer...
China Telecom selects ZTE for resource pool pre-commercial trial SDN project
China Telecom has selected ZTE for the provincial cloud resource pool pre-commercial trial software-defined network (SDN) project. The project encompasses seven Chinese provinces: Guangdong, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Guangxi, Sichuan, Hunan and Jiangxi.
SDN is a developing...
ZTE said its new ThingxCloud platform includes IoT devices, connection management as well as application enabling management
ZTE has released a new generation of ZTE's ThingxCloud IoT platform products. The company said its ThingxCloud solution, a basic IoT cloud platform with advanced technology architecture, can connect...
Operators around the world prepping for rapid commercialization of 5G
As the 3GPP works toward finalizing the 5G New Radio specification, set for mid-2018, operators, infrastructure providers and the larger telecom ecosystem have engaged in a number of promising pre-standard 5G trials that lay the...
The third phase of 5G R&D program focuses on pre-commercial product development
China has started the third phase of 5G technology research and development tests, ahead of schedule, as the Asian nation accelerates the process to commercialize next-generation telecom services. China’s Ministry of Industry and Information...
Working with ZTE and China Mobile, Qualcomm marks 5G NR milestone with layer 1 data connection
As the 3GPP 5G NR standard coalesces ahead of a mid-2018 release, vendors and operators continue increasingly advanced testing scenarios to prove out next-generation network technologies. In the latest...
Telefonica Chile chooses Ericsson to complete virtualization of core network
Telefonica, the biggest mobile network operator and internet service provider in Chile, announced it has chosen Ericsson to finish the virtualization of the operator’s core network.
Telefonica said completely virtualizing its core network will help the...
The two companies said they will also focus on the verification of end-to-end 5G solutions
Chinese vendor ZTE and Spanish telecoms groupTelefonica announced the successful completion
of the first phase of a 5G transport test at the Spanish operator's Future Networks Lab in Madrid.
In the test,...
On October 25, the ZTE Fixed Network User Conference was convened in Berlin, Germany during Broadband World Forum (BBWF) 2017. More than 20 operators from Europe and across the world attended the conference, where they discussed fixed network construction modes and shared their experience...
The Chinese vendor also announced an agreement with an Italian telco to build a 5G pre-commercial network
French telecoms group Orange Group and Chinese vendor ZTE Corporation have announced a partnership to cooperate in the development of 5G technologies Under the terms of the agreement, teams...
ZTE said the new offering will allow 4G subscribers to enjoy 5G-like services
Chinese vendor ZTE has announced what the company calls a total pre-5G solution, which will allow existing 4G subscribers to experience 5G-like services including an enhanced mobile broadband experience. The solution set...
October 19-20, ZTE Wireless & Services User Congress 2017 was held in Brussels, Belgium. At the congress, Michael Howard, Executive Director & Advisor of IHS Markit, delivered a speech at the topic of “Mobile Operators: Evolving SDN/NFV Plans in Preparation for 5G”, to share...
In the context of ICT convergence, with the help of SDN/NFV, telecom operation is transforming from relatively simple traditional telecom services operation to a digital one. Consequently, the SDN/NFV-based new telecom network is re-architecting network infrastructure, network function, and operation. With the accelerated advent...
