ZTE Receives WiMAX Forum Wave2 Certification for System and Terminal Solutions

First Company in China to Get Two Consecutive Product Recognitions from WiMAX Forum

3 October 2008, New Delhi, India – ZTE Corporation (“ZTE”), a leading global provider of telecommunications equipment and network solutions, today announced that its WiMAX 16e System equipment has been awarded Wave2 Qualification Certification by WiMAX Forum, the second time that the company obtained similar recognition – the first Chinese company to ever achieve dual award for its network equipment and terminal products from the same organization. The company first received the certification for its WiMAX 16e Terminal solutions from WiMAX Forum in August this year.

Wave2 Certification is issued by the WiMAX Forum Certification Organization to help stimulate the standardization and efficiency of WiMAX equipment and terminal product among industry manufacturers, and only given to products or solutions that pass a series of strict testing administered by a group of technical experts. This testing is done using a set up of professional and rigorous standards, including thousands of test items ranging from contents of the protocol conformance to what the product can achieve, including its overall performance.

“We are proud to receive the WiMAX Forum’s Wave2 Certification for our WiMAX system and terminal products which only proves that ZTE has the technology and industry capability to offer WiMAX solutions that meet international standards. It also demonstrates our commitment in helping push the adaption of WiMAX technology and playing a key role in driving the development and standardization of WiMAX 16m through close collaboration with various industry organizations and system vendors,” said Mr. Zhao Songpu, ZTE’s General Manager of WiMAX products.

ZTE is one of the few vendors in the world that pioneered research and development on WiMAX. As a result, the company was among the first in the industry to launch a full set of WiMAX solution with indoor coverage capability, resolving indoor substandard coverage issues due to high-bandwidth requirements.

Today, ZTE has already deployed more than 30 WiMAX 16e networks across different regions and countries, including Asia-Pacific, Middle East, Africa, Europe, and the Americas region. It has also forged partnerships with more than 120 operators worldwide to exchange insights and technical views on WiMAX 16e standards, network planning and construction, and other related industry developments. The company is the first Chinese organization in the WiMAX Forum and one of the 15 WiMAX Forum board members, with about a dozen of WiMAX R&D institutions globally.

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About ZTE
ZTE is a leading global provider of telecommunications equipment and network solutions. The ZTE product portfolio is one of 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.