ZTE Corporation To Install Bulgaria?s First DWDM Network





-/10 May, 2005 - Wi-Fi Technology Forum/-ZTE Corporation (Shenzhen: 000063, Hong Kong: 0763), China?s largest listed telecommunications manufacturer and leading wireless solutions provider, is to install Bulgaria?s first DWDM (dense wavelength division multiplexing) network in a contract announced with Cabletel, the country?s leading fixed line operator.

The 500km network will connect Bulgaria with Turkey and Romania and will provide 2.5Gbit/s and 10Gbit/s transmission to customers.

?I am delighted that ZTE is to introduce DWDM to Bulgaria,? said Guo Jun, President of ZTE Eastern Europe. ?We are proving again and again that we can meet the needs of operators in Europe and around the world across a wide range of telecommunications solutions. Our strategy in Eastern Europe is localisation: we will work more closely with local partners, recruit more local employees and set up regional centres for maintenance and R&D.?

This is the latest DWDM contract win for ZTE, whose optical solutions have been deployed around the world, with DWDM networks in India, Indonesia, Pakistan, Algeria, Poland, Saudi Arabia and Hong Kong.

With a full range of optical transport products, including SDH (synchronous digital hierarchy), DWDM, OADM (optical add/drop multiplexers) and OXC (optical cross connects), ZTE is able to provide a complete package of optical network solutions and has become the dominant supplier of optical transport equipment in China.

ZTE is expanding its presence in Europe: already this year the Corporation has announced agreements with industry giants France Telecom, Alcatel and Portugal Telecom. In March, ZTE announced that it is to become a global supplier of ADSL equipment to France Telecom, which boasts 118.6 million customers worldwide. The agreement with Alcatel, announced at February?s 3GSM World Congress, will see ZTE?s CDMA radio access portfolio integrated into Alcatel?s CDMA end-to-end solutions. In January, ZTE signed a research and development Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Portugal Telecom and an agreement with Skylink, Russia?s largest CDMA operator.

The Corporation is also currently taking its advanced wireless technology and solutions for the 3G era to ten countries in its first European roadshow.


About ZTE

ZTE Corporation is China's largest listed telecommunications equipment manufacturer and wireless solutions provider specialising in offering customised network solutions for telecom carriers worldwide. The company develops and manufactures telecommunications equipment for fixed, mobile, data and optical networks, intelligent networks and next generation networks as well as mobile phones. For more information please visit http://www.zte.com.cn