ZTE Releases World's First HSDPA TD-SCDMA Mobile Handset

(Top News, 30 Sep 2008)

ZTE Corp. has officially launched the U990 device, said to be the world's first high-end HSDPA TD-SCDMA mobile handset. The U990 is ZTE's third high-end TD-SCDMA mobile handset model and will soon be available in the market. The two other previous models were the U980 and U981.

The new U990 has a high-speed transmission rate of up to 2.8Mbps, the fastest transmission speed among the TD-SCDMA terminals available in the industry, offering consumers the best mobile experience today. It supports dual mode TD-SCDMA/EDGE, allowing seamless transition between the two networks. Its HSDPA speed is capable of reaching 2.8Mbps for downlink transmission and 384kbps for uplink transmission, ensuring high-speed HSDPA service under TD-SCDMA network infrastructure in China.

The U990 handset runs on Windows Mobile 6.0 operating system, the first time that a ZTE handset is integrated with a Microsoft OS. This combines both the features of high-end smartphone and the efficiency of TD-SCDMA HSDPA data transmission speed. ZTE's U990 is a world-class 3G mobile handset device that adopts advanced touch-screen technology, and equipped with both GPS/AGPS navigation technologies that further enhance user mobile experience. In addition, high-end business travelers will be able to take advantage of U990's Enhanced Data rates for Global Evolution (EDGE) features, a backwards-compatible digital mobile phone technology that allows improved data transmission rates.

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