The operator aims to invest $400M in the next two to three years
South East Asia Telecom has partnered with Chinese infrastructure provider ZTE to deploy a FDD-LTE network in Cambodia.
Under the terms of the agreement, ZTE will be the exclusive provider of end-to-end 4G solutions and products, including...
Cisco is trying to make things right with China after reports that the National Security Agency secretly used Cisco routers for spyware put a damper on the company's Chinese sales.
Cisco incoming CEO Chuck Robbins and outgoing CEO John Chambers walked away from meetings with...
Goal was to standardize media processing into one platform
Communications service provider ZTE is working to deploy value-added services like voice over LTE, voice over Wi-Fi and other media-intesive applications, and has joined with Radisys to standardize virtualized media processing.
The idea is for ZTE to accelerate...
ZTEsoft's ZSaaS solution provider
NICE, France – ZTEsoft today announced ZSmart Cloud Enabler, a software as a service platform designed to provide solutions to both service providers and enterprises that offer an end-to-end option including support services, if desired.
The ZSmart SaaS offering, “ZSaaS” will offer...
ZTE is part of Chinese initiative to clean-up transportation
WASHINGTON – ZTE, one of the largest global telecom manufacturers, is expanding into electric car charging.
The South China Morning Post reports that ZTE is expecting to gain contracts to provide charging equipment for 10 of China’s...
ZTE is top 10 global smartphone OEM
China’s ZTE saw its net profit soar by 94% in 2014 thanks mainly to growth in its global smartphone business and domestic high-speed network division.
The telecom equipment-maker notched profit of $423.4 million from $219 million compared to the...
When it comes to wireless infrastructure, even the sleekest new technology may never get off the ground if it is difficult to deploy. No one knows this better than Ericsson, the world's largest maker of mobile communications equipment. The company says its new radio...
As carriers around the world work to commercially deploy voice over LTE on a large scale, ZTE on Feb. 9 announced successful completion of VoLTE testing for industry giant China Mobile.
ZTE, which provides telecom equipment and network solutions, used its IP Multimedia Subsystem to...
Nokia's new CEO said he hopes to grow the company through acquisitions, and now a German media report says Nokia is considering a merger with its direct competitor, Alcatel-Lucent. Germany's Manager Magazin reports that the two companies have been in talks since fall about...
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Softbank to buy Sprint Nextel
It’s official — Japan’s...
In infrastructure news this week, LTE tower technology advances in China, wireless backhaul innovations in the U.S., and another acquisition in the infrastructure services space.
Huawei's active antenna unit
Huawei and China Mobile said this week that they've deployed the world’s first LTE TDD 8T8R active antenna unit. The...
--Telecommunication software equipment remains a hot seller, with a new report from Infonetics Research claiming the market was on track to grow each year through 2018, with 2015 cited as being set for especially strong growth. The research firm noted this growth was on...
NICE, France – ZTE subsidiary ZTESoft moved to enhance its business and operational support systems product line with the rollout of its ZSmart 8.0 platform targeting communication service providers.
The company claims the platform can help operators deal with challenges of the “data era” by...
Increased competition appears to be hitting the Chinese mobile market, with reports that the country’s largest operators – and some of the largest in the world – are set to slash rate plans in order to maintain their tremendous growth.
The Wall Street Journal reported...
ZTE is signaling a shift in strategy that could be good news for its competitors. The Chinese maker of network infrastructure and smartphones said today that it has boosted profits by turning down low-margin contracts. ZTE was referring to infrastructure projects outside China.
For years...
Telecommunications infrastructure giant Ericsson announced plans to launch a new lab in support of the OpenDaylight Project community, which is looking to propel the development, testing and verification of software defined networking services. The Ericsson lab, which will be run in conjunction with the...
Welcome to our weekly wrap-up of telecom software news. Partnerships abound this week as it seems like everybody's shaking hands with everybody to create some great deals. AT&T was especially busy on this front, furthering its partnership with Amdocs for its connected car program,...
Attempts to unify developer work on software-defined networking and network functions virtualization received a boost this week as the OpenDaylight Project announced that Coriant and ZTE have joined the “community-led and industry-supported open source platform.” The group, which is a project spun out of...
LAS VEGAS – The big names as always dominated the device news coming out of this year’s CES event, but that has become expected as those players typically have the biggest booths and spray paint their names across the most buildings.
However, beyond the hoopla...
ZTE is looking to make a bigger name for itself in the U.S. market, announcing a handful of new smartphones at this year’s CES event, with some of those devices already set to launch with domestic operators. The devices hit established and emerging segments,...
ZTE Corp. has made its New Years resolutions, outlining where it will put increased resources and focus in 2014 and revamping some of its leadership.
Shi Lirong, president of ZTE, said in a statement that it is important for the company to become "faster, more...
The mobile device market has morphed into a battle similar to what the domestic wireless carrier market has become over the past several years: two dominate players, with a handful of smaller companies fighting over the scraps.
ZTE is supporting the recent launch of Voice over LTE in Hong Kong, in partnership with CSL Limited and two of its brands: 1010 and one2free.
The full commercial VoLTE launch is expected in the first half of 2014, a timeline that the companies say...
Regional wireless operator U.S. Cellular announced that online retail giant Amazon.com would begin carrying prepaid devices compatible with the carrier’s network. The move comes just ahead of increasingly important holiday shopping season.
The U.S. Cellular devices that will be available through Amazon.com include the...
