ZTE Announces First EV-DO Revision B on CDMA2000 System
SHENZHEN, Feb. 24 /PRNewswire-Asia- AsiaNet/ --
Company Plans to Make System Available by Q3 2009
ZTE Corporation ("ZTE"), a leading global provider of telecommunications equipment and
network solutions, today announced another technological breakthrough by achieving the
world's first EV-DO Revision B (Rev.B) VoIP Call on its CDMA2000 system, marking the first
time in the industry that a CDMA vendor achieves an impressive 9.3 Mbps download rate and
5.4 Mbps upload rate. This remarkable feat once again demonstrates ZTE's leading position in
the CDMA industry. The excellent results were announced by the company in the recently
concluded 3GPP2 Standards Conference 2009 held in Shanghai, China from February 16-24,
which was jointly organized by ZTE and China Telecom to promote next-generation wireless
broadband communications.
EV-DO is a telecommunications standard for the wireless transmission of data through radio
signals, typically for broadband Internet access. It was designed as an evolution of the
CDMA2000 (IS-2000) standard that would support high data rates and could be deployed
alongside a wireless carrier's voice services. It is standardized by 3rd Generation Partnership
Project 2 (3GPP2) as part of the CDMA2000 family of standards and has been adopted by
many mobile phone service providers worldwide, particularly those previously employing CDMA
networks.
"In order to meet customers' demand in addressing advanced network evolution, we launch
the world's first EV-DO Rev.B technology several months ahead of our rivals," said Li Jian,
General Manager of CDMA Products, ZTE Corporation. "We are committed to the industry and
continue to invest and speed up large-scale commercial use of EV-DO Rev.B to leverage
telecom operators' investment in EV-DO Rev A networks."
The company has completed the first stage of achieving EV-DO Rev.B and adopted 3-carrier
bundling technology, with each carrier having a bandwidth of 1.25 MHz. Compared with mature
commercial EV-DO Rev.A, what ZTE's EV-DO Rev.B does is to only upgrade EV-DO Rev.A's
software, with no additional hardware equipment required. Both ZTE's EV-DO Rev.A and Rev.B
adopt identical baseband chipset.
ZTE plans to commercialize its EV-DO Rev.B system in Q3 2009, reaffirming its leading
position in EV-DO technology development.
In future, EV-DO Rev.B can bundle up to a maximum of 15 carriers, with a download
(forward) rate of 73.5 Mbps and an upload (reverse) rate of 27 Mbps. Among the unique
features of EV-DO Rev.B include allocating flexible bandwidth and offering better QoS, hence
enhancing user experience.
There are now more than 105 million EV-DO users worldwide. To date, ZTE has established
70 EV-DO networks in more than 60 countries, including China, the United States, Czech,
Poland, India and Indonesia.
ZTE has been creating waves in the global CDMA market with global CDMA subscriber
capacity reaching 200 million. It ranks first in terms of global base station shipment as well as
taking the number one spot in China's CDMA sector by virtue of having one third of the
domestic market share. The continuous success of ZTE in the CDMA market is attributed to a
corporate policy of constantly introducing technical innovation, offering low TCO for its All-IP
CDMA2000 solutions, and quick customer response.
For more information, please contact:
Margrete Ma
ZTE Corporation
Tel: +86-755-2677-5207
Email: ma.gaili@zte.com.cn
Romy T. Arambulo / Ada Ho
Edelman PR
Tel: +852-2837-4727 / +852-2837-4747
Email: romy.arambulo@edelman.com / ada.ho@edelman.com
SOURCE: ZTE Corporation
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