ZTE Receives WiMAX Forum Wave2 Certification for System and Terminal Solutions

(Business News & Technology News, 7 Oct 2008)

ZTE Corp.'s 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.

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, the 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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