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Operator to Broadband Service Operator06 Leveraging ICT for a Better Future

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Insights intoNext-Generation

PON Evolution

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“The Flexibility and Willingness to Support Us with

Whatever We Need”An Interview with Telenor Hungary CTO József J. Huszlicska

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In August 2010, Telenor Hungary began a five-year project to modernize their network. ZTE was selected as the sole vendor for the network upgrade. By November 2011, more than 2000 sites had been successfully swapped over, which means that high-speed data services (branded Telenor Hipernet) are now available throughout greater Budapest. József J. Huszlicska, chief technical officer of Telenor Hungary, received our interview in the bright meeting room at Telenor Hungary’s Budapest headquarters. He shared his impressions of ZTE.

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09 Creating a Corporate Culture to Understand and Improve Customer Experience

By Gunadjaya Likito

11 Providing Personalized Customer Experience with an Intelligent Charging System

By Phoung Van Cuong

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03 “The Flexibility and Willingness to Support Us with Whatever We Need”

An Interview with Telenor Hungary CTO József J. HuszlicskaReporter: Li Jiagui

06 Leveraging ICT for a Better FutureReporter: John Sunde

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13 Insights into Next-Generation PON Evolution By Wang Xinsheng

16 eODN: A New Concept for Managing Massive Optical Fibers

By Zhang Weibin and Sun Kaishan

19 Vectoring: Regaining the Momentum of CopperBy Wen Ping


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22 FTTH Network in CIS CountriesBy Chen Zongcong

25 RCS&RDS: A Successful Transition from Cable Operator to Broadband Service Operator

By Zhang Yan

27 Tiscali on the Road to Fixed-Mobile ConvergenceBy Li Na

Success Stories

29 ZTE U-Highway National Broadband Network Solution By Cao Dongdong and Huang Hongbin

31 ZTE Bearer Network Optimization Services By Wu Tao

33 ZTE’s Next-Generation Home Network: Creating a Smarter Lifestyle

By Sun Yu

Solutions

36 ZTE Wins Contract for 40% of China Telecom 2012 Broadband Equipment Project

News Brief

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“The Flexibility and Willingness

to Support Us with Whatever

We Need”

Reporter: Li Jiagui

Wi t h n e a r l y 3 . 5 m i l l i o n subscribers at the end of June 2011, Telenor Hungary is

the second largest operator in Hungary. In August 2010, they began a five-year project to modernize their network. The project involves the swap-over of 4504 sites and installation of 1683 new green sites around the country. There will be 250 LTE sites. ZTE was selected as the sole vendor for the network upgrade. By November 21, 2011, more than 2000 sites had been successfully swapped over, which means that high-speed data services (branded Telenor Hipernet) are now available throughout greater Budapest. József J. Huszlicska, chief technical officer of Telenor Hungary, received our interview in the bright meeting room at Telenor Hungary’s Budapest headquarters. He shared his impressions of ZTE.

József J. Huszlicska, chief technical officer of Telenor Hungary

An Interview with Telenor Hungary CTO József J. Huszlicska


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Q: You have been cooperating with ZTE for several years. What's your impression of ZTE? What do you admire the most? A: I admire the local staff here. They are eager to support us, and want to build a relationship with us. The local cooperation is very good, and I can even say that cooperation with ZTE headquarters and research department is quite smooth.

In terms of response and problem solving, ZTE is extremely f lexible and fast. We have compared ZTE with other suppliers, especially European suppliers. If we want improvements or changes made in the working model or in the operational system, it usually takes one day for ZTE to agree and approve. It takes a night to develop it—sometimes it might take a few weeks—but ZTE is extremely flexible.

If we make the same requests of some of the other suppliers, they say OK, we understand your issue now. Then, it might take them four months to approve the changes and incorporate them into the next release or the release after that. Six or twelve months down the track we get this improvement.

W h a t I a d m i r e m o s t i s t h e cooperation from ZTE—the f lexibility and willingness to suppor t us with whatever we need. At the same time I think there is room for improvement of project delivery. We have a common goal to make this project successful.

Q: ZTE CEO Shi Lirong said, “ I feel happiest when our customers’ capabilities are upgraded and their prof its are increased because of cooperation with us. This makes me happier than knowing we were

awarded a new contract.” What do you think of this statement?A: I like very much what Shi Lirong said because it is very important that ZTE understands our goals and helps us achieve them. How does this apply to Telenor Hungary? Very simply, one year ago another company was our main 3G supplier, today it is ZTE.

In 2010, if we wanted to give our users a better experience, we had to negotiate with them about how much to pay for better speed, more network capacity, and more features. Eventually, I always had to go to the board to prove that it was worth it to implement these things. The contract with ZTE today truly supports Telenor Hungary. We can do basically everything we want.

Since you signed th is cont ract in 2010, you have been focusing on delivering the best features and system

Headquarters of Telenor Hungary

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as well as suggesting the best ways to satisfy the end customer. That is invaluable to us. It’s a big, big change. Now, we can be the leader in mobile Internet in Hungary because of our agreement. I think the contract structure and the way you cooperate with us support Shi Lirong’s statement.

Q: Telenor Hungary is the second largest operator in Hungary. How can ZTE help Telenor Hungary improve its market position? A: We have a definite plan to be the favorite operator in Hungary. If you look at the capabil ity of the th ree operators at the moment, nobody can beat us in mobile broadband. If you look at the three operators in Hungary Telenor, T-Mobile and Vodafone, and you are not blindly loyal but really look at the capability, Telenor is providing the best mobile Internet service in Hu nga r y t o d ay. We h ave a go o d chance of being the leader in Hungary. Hungarian customers are also extremely loyal. Of people who may have joined

T-Mobile or Telenor 20 years ago, or joined Vodafone 10 years ago, 90% would stay regardless of price, quality, or capability. But there’s still 10% to 20% who are more rational. We really hope to serve some part of the market that is not served today, so we try to get them in and make them join us rather than our competitors.

Q: What do you think about ZTE’s technology? A: I can’t evaluate your technology in deep technical terms, but I know what you are delivering, your capabilities, and your roadmap. A few years ago when I was in Ukraine, I heard that par t of the industry in Europe was c o m pl a i n i n g t h a t s o m e C h i n e s e vendors were far behind the Europeans in terms of 3G and future technology and that Chinese vendors were copying Eu ropean ideas . Ch inese vendors actually learned from the Europeans, not copied them. From my experience, nobody ca n say t ha t t he Ch i nese vendors are now copying European

ideas. Actually, many people would say that now the Europeans are catching up with Chinese vendors.

So your technology fulf i l ls the highest expectations worldwide.

Q: What would you like to say to our nearly 500 operators and customers?A: We recently participated in ZTE friendly user community conference, which was very successful. I suggest ZTE learn more f rom angry users, which is more useful than learning from friendly users.

I suggest that fellow operators and clients support more ZTE user groups managed by operators rather than ZTE. These communities should be operator-focused, not supplier-focused. ZTE can get the complaints, suggestions and reports from the operators, but user communities should be run by us, the operators.

I hope ZT E ca n c i rcu la t e t h i s knowledge within ZTE and learn from challenges. This will make you more successful in the future.

Telenor employees work together with ZTE employees


Reporter: John Sunde

Leveraging ICT for a Better Future

Af ter yea r s of R&D, ZTE’s technological capabilities are no longer limited to serving

telecom operators. Cloud computing and green technology solutions have opened the door to new business opportunities a nd have g iven ZT E a cha nce t o differentiate itself f rom tradit ional telecom vendors. To gain a deeper understanding of how these t rends may affect ZTE, reporter John Sunde interviewed Brian Cotton, vice president of information and communication technologies at Frost & Sullivan.

JS: Please tell us a little bit about your background and areas of expertise.BC: Recently, I’ve been focused on pushing ICT into vertical industries and have been real ly center ing on cit ies―smar t cit ies and everything t h a t go e s on a r ou nd t he m , f r om transportation to energy and economic

Brian Cotton, vice president of information and communication technologies at Frost & Sullivan

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pillars. All of this relates back to what I was doing earlier with green technology and before that with collaboration. It’s kind of been a progression, but it all fits together around ICT.

JS: How c an Z TE use i t s ICT capabilities to create more value?BC: The place for ICT these days is solving big problems; it’s not just about helping telcos generate better average revenue per user. ZTE can start looking at big industries such as electricity, oil, transportation, and government and start solving some of the big problems.

Take the oil industry for example. We’ve got alternative sources of energy, but fossil fuels are still going to be around for a long time. The demand for oil is still strong, and the ability to extract it is crucial because all the easy oil is gone. It’s harder to get, and it’s getting more expensive and more dangerous to extract. For oil companies to cont inue providing energy to a hungry world, they’ve got to get better. Technology can help them in areas such as asset management or using a cloud to coordinate their globally far-f lung operations.

That’s just oil. Government is another huge opportunity, particularly in cities. More of us are living in cities than in the countryside, and in densely populated places such as Hong Kong or Shenzhen, there are a lot of things going on―social services, public safety, education, health ―and a lot of these things converge. ZTE, as a tech nolog y vendor and developer, has a good opportunity to get away from telcos and really get in where the problems are.

JS: In our industry, there are a lot of barriers to working with governments because of security concerns. How can we overcome those barriers?BC: It’s the elephant in the room that nobody has talked about until recently, but it can be managed.

In the United States, I hear a lot about the idea that Chinese gear in networks opens the door for economic espionage, but I don’t think the same is said about Cisco routers in China. A lot of the problem is politics being entangled with the economic and commercial arenas.

In the short term, I think partnerships with some strong (maybe U.S.-based) companies can help ZTE get over that hurdle. It could be a real win-win situation because China is still a difficult market to crack for companies such as Microsoft and IBM. If ZTE finds the right partner, it could work.

JS: When we look at creating smarter cities, which technologies are the most promising?B C : T h e r e a r e c e r t a i n l y m a n y technologies being developed, but cloud technology is a good place to focus right now. Part of the problem with technology is that cycles are so fast, and by the time you’ve fully realized the potential of a technology, it has often been bypassed by something new. It’s the hype cycle.

The cloud, I think, is something that should be given a lot of time to develop. It can be really useful for allowing shared services and greater collaboration. Cloud computing is also very good at leveraging economics. On a shared services platform, you can tap into different budgets, and if

something demands more resources, those resources can be dynamically shifted around.

We can a lso look at where the border of a city stops. It doesn’t stop where its jurisdiction is. A city pulls in the suburbs, and things like public t ranspor tation and safety transcend those borders. A shared service or collaborative platform helps serve the real population that goes beyond the city limits. I would say stop for a minute and just focus on the cloud.

JS: How can we turn cloud computing solut ions into a more prof i table business?BC: That’s the key question. How do you keep adding value to something you tend to build once? Do you manage the cloud? There’s incremental revenue there. Do you upgrade the infrastructure s u p p o r t i n g t h e c l o u d ? T h e r e ’s incremental revenue there too.

Desig n i ng cloud s for spec i f ic purposes has potential. For example,

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There’s been talk about what the next global trend will be, and it is making Africa light. If you look at a satellite picture of Earth at night, you see that all the developed markets are illuminated. If you look at Africa, there are some spots in South Africa and Egypt and a couple of other places, but everywhere else is dark. The next big thing is modernizing Africa, and that’s going to need infrastructure like you wouldn’t believe. ZTE is experienced in building infrastructure and can help these places leapfrog into the near future rather than go through lengthy development phases. Opportunities in the developing markets shouldn’t be tossed aside for the developed markets.

a healthcare cloud has some specific things that are different than a banking or government cloud. Designing specific solutions can add value.

I know ZTE has been one of the first companies to successfully implement healthcare cloud technology. For ZTE to be successful, it should go after some other specialized applications. If you can do that in China, you can say, “Look, we did it here, now give us a chance to do it over here.” Then that’s your global business; that’s your success.

JS: Where do you see ZTE going in the future?BC: I f we look a t t he world t ha t ZTE plays in with the vendors like

Alcatel Lucent, Siemens, Er icsson, and Cisco, we can see that many of the traditional companies seem to be having problems. They focused on certain markets―generally developed ones―and they’ve fallen on hard times. The momentum seems to be behind Chinese companies at the moment.

Of course, telecommunications is an extremely regulated industry. In the near term, there could be great potential in industries that are less regulated. I would say, don’t be so quick to shift all your focus away from developing markets, because there’s a lot of money there right now. ZTE’s success in Asia is going to play really well in the next big frontier, which is Africa.

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Creating a Corporate Culture to Understand and Improve Customer ExperienceBy Gunadjaya Likito

Because of various market and technology pressures, operators are moving from network- and

product-centered operation to customer-ce n t e r e d op e r a t ion . I n i n t e n se ly competitive markets, products, brands, and even services can be imitated. However, the customer experience a company creates is often unique and cannot be easily or quickly replicated. Customers are becoming more critical, and their demands can be so diverse that they are sometimes hard to satisfy. Some customers no longer care only about products and prices; they require benefits and recognition for their loyalty. With the development of smartphones, many new applications and services

have emerged. Making good use of these services and maximizing the long-tail effect is a motive for operators to focus on customer experience.

Smartfren is an amalgamation of Smart Telecom and Mobile 8 and is one of the key players in Indonesia’s communica t ion marke t . The two operators were running CDMA networks in different frequencies and with different platforms and systems. The merger created a big challenge for Smartfren in how to keep and enhance customer experience across the two networks. An IT-domain solution is to adopt a unified policy. Using ZSmart suite supplied by ZTESoft, Smartfren built a unified BSS/OSS platform to replace the two existing

ones. One platform now supports the whole enterprise BSS/OSS. The unified BSS/OSS platform has ● unified business process management

(BPM) tha t suppor t s d i ffe ren t business process flows (both service fulfillment and assurance flows) inside the enterprise

● unified customer view for centralized management of customer information and relationships

● unified customer contact for keeping customer experience consistent across different channels

● un i f i ed p roduc t ca t a logue fo r centralized product management and flexible cross-bundling

● unified and customized billing for

Gunadjaya Likito, chief information officer of Smartfren

“Rethinking Communications; Enabling Connected Life” was the theme for the TM Forum Management World 2012 held in Dublin. The event brought together more than 3500 professionals from more than 80 countries. Gunadjaya Likito, CIO of Smartfren, and Phoung Van Cuong, CEO of Viettel Software, gave speeches at the forum. They shared their views on improving customer experience.

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customer group can be analyzed, and this information can be used by front-end staff to take preventative action to minimize harm caused by the fault.

The trouble ticketing f low accepts trouble tickets from both the network and customer sides. All trouble tickets are analyzed with the help of an experience base (historical TT database). Each type of trouble ticket is correlated with workflow that is predefined by unified BPM. Trouble tickets are then sent to corresponding teams so that the teams can work on them. When trouble tickets are handled, valuable cases are archived in the exper ience base for f ut u re reference. This closed-loop problem handling greatly enhances efficiency.

How does Sma r t f r e n eva lu a t e customer experience? Customers have expectations about the services provided by operators, and operators may provide services of differing quality. There is always a gap between service quality provided by operators and customer expectations. Service quality must meet customer expectations. If service quality fails to meet customer expectations, the customer experience is bad. There must be a bridge between customer expectations and service quality.

Smar t f ren uses ser v ice qual it y management (ZSmart SQM) based on EMS KPIs. KPIs are usually devised for network element performance but not subjective customer experience. Leveraging traditional SQM, Smartfren will build a new platform that will m e a s u r e c u s t o m e r a n d s e r v i c e information and even real-time network signaling data. The new platform will analyze, compute, and model data to monitor customer experience. This will help Smartfren build up a centralized customer exper ience management center.

different services. Full lifecycle customer care means

enhancing customer experience and encouraging loyalty. In the ZSmart solution, the lifecycle of a customer can be divided into customer acquisition, customer service, and customer retention. Each phase entails different strategies and policies. Marketing and maintenance go hand-in-hand to win the customer, enhance satisfaction, and keep the customer’s business.

Smartfren is also conceiving an active multichannel marketing platform so that marketing activities are effective and based on facts. The marketing process includes● customer analysis. A marketing

model is built according to business intelligence (BI). Marketing goals are set; segment customers are determined; and predictions are made based on marketing evaluations.

● planning. Target customers, proper service offerings, customer capacity, and business rules are determined.

● o p t i m i z a t i o n . R e s o u r c e s a r e coordinated and optimized so that the marketing goal can be achieved within budget. Channel capacity is also optimized.

● execution. A marketing campaign can be executed in multiple waves or stages. An event-based marketing campaign is also possible. Such a campaign is based on real-time customer behavior.

● evaluation. The result of a marketing campaign is evaluated with the help of BI. Return of investment also needs to be evaluated. Results of data mining are stored in a knowledge base for future reference.This whole process helps Smartfren

market itself correctly, lower costs, improve accuracy, and reduce customer complaints.

Solving problems on time is also an important part of customer experience. ZTESoft has launched a closed-loop problem handling process to meet this requirement.

Network alarms can be collected from EMSs and are intelligently filtered, compressed, and cor related so that the number of alarms is minimized. When integrated into unified inventory management, root cause analysis can be done to f igure out the root cause of a problem. Through a reference to the relat ionship between customer and resource, a potentially affected

Gunadjaya Likito delivers a speech

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Providing Personalized Customer Experience with an Intelligent Charging SystemBy Phoung Van Cuong

The digital world is bringing new business models to just about ever y sec tor on the planet .

During this fast digital transformation, ou r cus tomers a re empowered by communication technologies. They expect to engage with operators when and how they want, through physical, digital and mobile means. They compare notes and instantly share. And they can champion a brand or sully a reputation with a click of the mouse.

We h a v e e n t e r e d t h e a g e o f empowered individuals, and the balance of power is shifting from traditional distributors to customers. New customers have unlimited access to information and can instantly share it with the world. Their expectations of service, price, and delivery are getting higher. On the other hand, they are experiencing

service in completely new ways and across multiple touch-points, such as call centers, pos, distributor, and e-shop. This is challenging operators such as Viettel to deliver relevant interactions and a consistent promise.

Viettel finds that marketing, selling, and fulfillment across multiple touch points is complex. The reason could be that customers want more options, such as buying on-line and picking up in store, or customers want the option of returning items across channels.

A f t e r d o i n g s o m e r e s e a r c h , ZTESoft and Viettel both think that t h e a p p r o a c h t o g r e a t e r r e v e n u e a n d b e t t e r c u s t o m e r e x p e r i e n c e i s to de l iver in te l l igent charg ing i n t h r e e d i m e n s i o n s . T h e f i r s t dimension is enabling new products and offers; the second dimension is

Phoung Van Cuong, CEO of Viettel Software

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differentiating customer experience; and the third dimension is improving implementation efficiency. ZSmart intelligent charging solution (iCS) helps Viettel transform every phase of the business cycle, from marketing and sales to service and billing.

Viettel and ZTESoft have been partners since 2006. Viettel is one of the prominent players in the Vietnamese telecom market and offers services including dial-up and broadband Internet, fixed-line services, VoIP, mobile, and network leased line services. Now Viettel has 50 million active subscribers and more than 50% share in the Vietnamese market. With the strong support of ZSmart products and services, Viettel has become the largest mobile operator in Vietnam.

Vi e t t e l l a u n c h e d a b u s i n e s s intelligence (BI) system in 2011 to fully understand its business, grasp marketing trends, offer better user experience, and improve its competitiveness. By coordinating business intelligence, c h a r g i n g s y s t e m , a n d c u s t o m e r relationship management, Viettel can easily launch new campaigns more precisely and manage multiple channels.

Viettel’s iCS● analyzes customer t rends from

b e h a v i o r p a t t e r n s a n d S N S interactions

● u s e s m u l t i c h a n n e l c a m p a i g n management to deliver timely and personal ized campaigns across multiple touch points

● supports real-time campaigns triggered by the billing system.

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Insights into Next-Generation PON EvolutionBy Wang Xinsheng

Bandwidth Trend

More and more feature-rich services are being created, and people’s expectations

for quality of experience (QoE) are increasing. The rapid growth of P2P, HDTV, 3DTV, interactive 3D, Internet of things, and cloud computing has created a huge demand for bandwidth, and this means new challenges to broadband deployment and operation.

T o b e m o r e c o m p e t i t i v e , operators have begun to introduce new technologies into their networks and transform them with innovative terminal-pipe-cloud architecture. They

are shifting their focus from network and connection to service provision and user experience.

Informa predicts that the volume of Internet traffic worldwide will grow sevenfold between 2010 and 2015. This traffic growth is in line with Moore’s Law. According to Nielsen’s Law, the bandwidth available to users increases tenfold every five to six years. So it is inevitable that fiber will need to be offered to end-users. China Telecom devised a “fiber in copper out” strategy because optical fiber is considered the most desirable access media for solving the last mile bandwidth issue.

Figure 1. Bandwidth available to users.

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Dataflow Forecast Moore’s Law

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Source: Informa, June 2011



Technology Options for PON Evolution

Passive optical network (PON) is an optical-fiber-based network architecture that can provide much higher bandwidth in the access network compared with traditional copper-based networks. PON evolves from A/B PON, GEPON, and GPON to 10G EPON, XG-PON1, and NG-PON2.

GEPON and GPON were first proposed by EFMA/IEEE and FSAN/ITU-T. GEPON evolves to 10G EPON and then to NG-PON2, and GPON evolves to XG-PON1 and then to NG-PON2. NG-PON2 includes TWDM-PON, WDM-PON, and OFDM-PON. 10G EPON standards were released wi th IEEE 802.3av in September 2009. XG-PON1 was standardized by ITU-T in June 2010 as the G.987 family of recommendations. NG-PON2 standardization is still underway.

New services and applications have increased the demand for bandwidth at the access layer, and this demand for bandwidth has grown from 100 Mbps (DSL), 1 Gbps (GE/GPON), and 10 Gbps (10G PON) to 100 Gbps (NG-PON2).

Key features of NG-PON include:● flexibility. Flexible bandwidths meet

various service needs and can be achieved with multiple wavelengths, which increase bandwidth through overlapping, or a single wavelength that uses modulat ion to widen t h e b a n d w i d t h . N G - P O N c a n accommodate leased wavelengths, leased l ines, mobile backhaul , WLAN backhaul, and video overlay while guaranteeing QoS and security.

● smooth evolution. NG-PON is future-proof and can be upgraded smoothly without the need for drastic changes.

● large split ratio. The maximum power budget for NG-PON is more than 28db, and its split ratio is more than 1:128.

● wide coverage. The distance between OLTs and ONU/ONTs is more than 60 km to 100 km.

● power splitter. Power splitters are used to extend the distance covered by OLTs.

● colorless ONU. Colorless ONUs are a basic requirement for operators to deploy commercial NG-PON.

● low cost. Existing network elements, including OLT, ODN and ONU, are fully used to save capex. ODN can be reused to support an incremental next-generation upgrade. Legacy OLT/ONU can coexist with NG-PON OLT/ONU.

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T h e r e a r e t h r e e m a i n s t r e a m technology options for NG PON2: TWDM-PON, WDM PON, and OFDM-PON. ZTE has been actively developing all of these.

TWDM-PON is a hybrid of TDM/WDM-PON. It has good compatibility with TDM PON (EPON and GPON). In March 2010, ZTE announced a WDM/TDM PON prototype and released a colorless transceiver ONU.

There are many variants of WDM PON, including tunable DWDM PON, injection-locked DWDM PON, tunable UDWDM PON, and coherent UDWDM PON. ZTE demonstrated its tunable DWDM PON system at the Broadband World Forum 2010 in Paris.

O F D M - P O N o f f e r s e x c e l l e n t performance and can bear multiple services. However, it doesn’t coexist well with other PONs, and the cost of ONU in OFDM-PON is high. In addition, OFDM-PON has a long industrial cycle and low optical power. ZTE has led research on key OFDM-PON techniques in China’s “863” program and “tri-network convergence” project.

TWDM-PON has advantages over WDM-PON and OFDM-PON. In the latest FSAN meeting held in April 2012, TWDM-PON was viewed as the preferred option for NG-PON2. TWDM-PON can coexist with video overlay, and XG-PON1, although coexistence with XG-PON1 is not mandatory. Wavelength bands and architecture need to be defined to support hybrid WDM-overlay deployment.

10G PON: The Basis of NG-PON2Some operators have built their

broadband networks on DSLAM and MSAN, and some have adopted 1G

discussed and implemented in the years to come. NG PON2 is not expected to be commercially available until 2018 whereas 10 GPON is expected to be widely deployed between 2013 and 2018.

ZTE’s R&D Work on Next-Generation PON

ZTE is a leading FTTx provider and a member of FSAN and IEEE. The company has been keeping up-to-date with developments in NG-PON standards, management and operation, ODN, and broadband detection. ZTE can provide end-to-end and turnkey solutions for FTTx deployment. ZTE has received national funding for its large-capacity TWDM PON access and SMILE OAN architecture, and has led research on hybrid PON standards in CCSA.

PON (GEPON or GPON) for FTTx deployment, which provides bandwidth per user of less than 50 Mbps. However, since 2010, user bandwidth has increased to between 100 and 300 Mbps. GEPON and GPON can no longer meet these growing bandwidth needs, and this has given rise to NG-PON. 10G PON provides bandwidth of more than 100 Mbps to each subscriber in either symmetric or asymmetric upstream/downstream links. 10G PON is similar to 1G PON and supports zero-touch management and flexible networking. It is also highly secure and not inexpensive to deploy.

10G PON includes 10G EPON and XG-PON1, and the standards for these have been released. NG-PON2 standards are still being researched and will be

Milestones of ZTE’s NG-PON Development 2008–2010: ZTE contributed to creating optical access

standards and submitted the highest number of XG-PON and NG-PON2 proposals to FSAN.

March 2009: ZTE was the first vendor to launch a tunable laser-based WDM PON system.

March 2010: ZTE announced a WDM/TDM PON prototype and released a colorless transceiver ONU.

May 2010: ZTE released a XG-PON1 prototype. May 2011: ZTE XG-PON1 achieved good results in an

interoperation test conducted by China Telecom. September 2011: ZTE was the chief editor of an OFDM-PON white

paper produced with FSAN Group. October 2011: ZTE XG-PON1 achieved good results in an

interoperation test conducted by FSAN. December 2011: ZTE won an exclusive three-year grant from

China’s 863 Program and led research on ultra 100G WDM/TDM hybrid PON standards in CCSA.

eODNA New Concept for Managing Massive Optical FibersBy Zhang Weibin and Sun Kaishan


Challenges to ODN Management

As the bandwidth need of Internet users has increased, PON-based optical fiber access technologies

have become the dominant choice for broadband network construction. The biggest advantage of PON is that an optical distribution network (ODN) between the central office and user end is made up of passive optical devices, and this minimizes the number of nodes that need to be maintained. However, ODN requires higher capex than OLT and ONU because it takes much longer to construct and cannot be easily expanded. ODN accounts for more than 50% of total investment in FTTH deployments. T h e r e f o r e , s c i e n t i f i c p l a n n i n g , construction and maintenance of ODN are important to ensure the network’s long-term stability and scalability.

As FTTH is being widely deployed, potential problems with ODN have surfaced. Challenges with ODN include● lack of a unified ODN support

platform. Traditionally, market analysis , planning and design, construction, and maintenance for ODN have been treated as separate processes. This makes marketing difficult because marketers have no idea about the actual network capabilities or which regions high-speed broadband services can be deployed to. Network construction staff cannot properly determine how to deploy high-speed broadband services in various regions, and network construct ion does not sufficiently meet customer needs. Planners use a diverse range of tools, including Google Earth, CAD, and




Excel and critical information is easily lost when these tools are used in alternation. Although supported by a geographic information system (GIS), maintenance staff are usually tired up with manual importing and exporting of bulk data, and this is inefficient and results in errors because variation in ODN resources cannot be reflected to the GIS platform. It is therefore imperative to build a unified ODN support platform so that the network is constructed according to market and maintenance needs. The platform exists for the life of the ODN and enables data sharing and collaboration between staff involved in each process.

● difficulty in managing massive optical fibers. In a traditional optical network, each fiber has a paper label affixed to it for port identification and routing management. However, in FTTH deployment, both the number and capacity of cross-connecting boxes increases sharply because each user requires one to two cores of optical fiber. This makes it difficult to find the target fiber(s). Because mos t o f the ODN dev ices a re installed outdoors, paper labels easily weather and become difficult to read. Moreover, all information about mass fiber deployment has to be manually entered or modified. It is difficult to ensure accuracy of the GIS system if information is updated in an untimely manner. Paper label management therefore causes much inconvenience for engineers and maintenance staff. A new model for managing massive

optical fibers in large-scale FTTH deployments is required. The new management model can incorporate

automatic fiber locating, accurate port identification, and automatic information update.

eODN: Smart Full-lifecycle Support Platform

ZTE has developed eODN, a smart full-lifecycle support platform based on GIS and smart electronic identification systems. The platform incorporates ODN planning, design, construction, and maintenance. This means the ODN deployment can be monitored in real time and ensures that it can be sustainably developed.

GIS-based gr id access network platform

ODN is a telecom infrastructure network. Because FTTH is deployed widely, geography and municipal planning regulations need to be taken into account in ODN planning and design. ZTE’s eODN has a GIS-based planning and management platform that can create an ODN deployment proposal that adheres to city planning regulations. The platform also allows image data to correspond to network attributes. The attributes, locations, and contents labeled with text are updated in real time as information about roads and municipal engineering changes. This reduces the need for labeling, adjustment, and modification.

eODN is based on geographical grids. It correlates and analyzes users and resources within a region so that services and resources can be accurately matched. This is important for broadband planning and deployment, resource allocation, and business development.

Smart electronic labels for managing

massive optical fibers Each fiber core is a “nerve” of an

ODN, and an operator must have expert knowledge about the operational status of each nerve. ZTE has introduced smart electronic labels to replace paper labels for managing massive optical fibers in ODN.

eODN uses smart chips to store i m p o r t a n t i n f o r m a t i o n a b o u t a connection on an ODN node. This information includes a connector’s ID, which is unique in the network and is used for matching and locating a port. Detailed information about a fiber—including routing, occupation, and maintenance history—can be viewed through the ODN background management system. With electronic l abe l s , an ope ra to r can acqu i r e information about all optical resources and routing in an ODN and manage the PON. Smart electronic labels can



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paperwork. Large amounts of paper also made it difficult to locate and review const ruct ion data . eODN uses smart terminals to seamlessly connect on-site equipment with the background service system so that project implementation and handover is a paperless process. ● electronic workflow. A background

operator can send construction requirements directly to a smart terminal of an engineer. The engineer carries out the work as required and fills in an engineering record using the smart terminal. The record is automatically uploaded through the 3G/WiFi network to the operator, who confirms the engineering and closes the workflow on time.

● automat ic acquis i t ion of por t i n f o r m a t i o n . D u r i n g o n - s i t e operation, an engineer can acquire detailed information such as port occupation, f iber routing, and maintenance history by simply connecting a data line of the smart terminal to the eODN device. If the

engineer needs to check a certain user port, they only have to enter the user’s ID number and then a panel showing the eODN layout appears on the smart terminal. The port corresponding to the user is highlighted, and the LED on the related port of the eODN device flickers. In this way, the engineer can accurately locate the target port and fiber to be maintained. After the project engineering is completed, the smart terminal automatically scans and records the latest connection information and sends it back to the background resource system to ensure information about resources is updated in time.

● GPS navigation. An eODN smart terminal is also equipped with accurate GPS navigation function. When an eng inee r r ece ives a construction order, the terminal automatically determines the best route for the engineer to travel from their current location to arrive at the destination in the shortest time. The smart terminal can also automatically record long i tude and l a t i tude information of an eODN device, which enables an engineer to locate the device. There has been an upsurge of FTTH

deployments in recent years. Operators worldwide have been developing new business models and technologies for smart pipes, and have aimed to exploit potential value and long-term benefits in communicat ion pipes. With an intelligent chip planted in equipment, ZTE’s eODN solut ion overcomes challenges in PONs and helps operators easily deal with large-scale FTTH deployments.

be embedded in large-

capacity optical distribution frames or cross-connection boxes, and the information from all fibers and ports can be acquired immediately. Such efficiency is not possible with manual identification.

A smart electronic label is like a chip that is planted in each fiber and makes equipment more intelligent and able to be monitored. Overall, the PON becomes a perceptible, intelligent network.

Smart terminals for paperless project implementation

In conventional ODN construction and maintenance, engineers printed out a sheet of construction orders from the system platform and completed on-site operations according to the port mapping table affixed to the box panel. After manually recording information during the building of the network, they would return to the office and submit this information to reviewers. This was

Why Vectoring?

To meet the growing demand for triple-play services—that is, combined data, voice, and

video services—carriers have turned towards fast broadband connection. Their short-term goal is 20–30 Mbps per user, and their medium to long-term goal is 50–100 Mbps per user. FTTH is represented by GPON and can easily reach these speeds. However, it requires large-scale investment, and regulatory issues in last-mile deployment also need to be solved.

VDSL2 allows copper lines to provide FTTH-like bandwidth. This helps carriers significantly reduce their investment in broadband. Testing has shown that VDSL2 can reach speeds of up to 100 Mbps in both the upstream and downstream links. In field deployment, however, background noise, EMI, impulse noise, and crosstalk adversely affect VDSL2 bandwidth and transmission distance.

In shor t - and medium-hau l VDSL2 scenarios (within 1 km), crosstalk in a copper binder is the most significant noise that affects VDSL2 bit rate. Crosstalk cannot be mitigated by new encoding or modulation techniques. As a result, finding other ways to mitigate or even cancel crosstalk is the key to widespread commercialization of VDSL2.

Vectoring mitigates crosstalk between twisted pairs in a big copper binder. With vectoring-enabled equipment , carr iers can eas i ly achieve bit rate that is comparable to crosstalk-free VDSL2. This has driven carriers to exploit their legacy copper resources and offer high bandwidth to users at low cost.

Since it was released in 2010 as the ITU-T G.993.5 standard, vectoring has matured and demonstrated its huge commercial potential. Vectoring is expected to be widely deployed in 2012.

VectoringRegaining the Momentum of CopperBy Wen Ping




algorithm after being received from CPE. The final signals processed by the upper-level protocols in VTU-O are almost FEXT-free.

The coordinated signal processing m e c h a n i s m , a l s o c a l l e d v e c t o r processing, treats multiple VDSL2 ports as a multiple input multiple output (MIMO) system to mitigate or even cancel input and output crosstalk between lines. Each MIMO system constitutes a vectoring group.

ZTE’s Un ique Sys tem-Leve l Vectoring Solution

VDSL2 equipment is suitable for deployment in a street cabinet/node (FTTC mode). When deployed 500 to 1000 meters from homes, a DSLAM covers about 200 homes in most cases.

Two mainstream vectoring solutions are available: board-level vectoring (BLV) and system-level vectoring (SLV). BLV processes VDSL2 ports on each board (usually 32 or 48 ports) as an individual MIMO system or vectoring group. This results in multiple vectoring groups in a DSLAM. By contrast, SLV treats the whole DSLAM as a vectoring group so that all ports are placed in one vectoring group.

Vectoring can only mitigate crosstalk

What is Vectoring?Crosstalk typically occurs as far-end

crosstalk (FEXT) or near-end crosstalk (NEXT). NEXT couples between a receiving path and a transmitting path of DSL transceivers at the same end of two different subscriber loops within the same twisted-pair cable (Fig. 1). FEXT is detected by the receiver located at the end of the cable farthest from the transmitter that is the noise source.

VDSL2 is based on FDM, which can eliminate NEXT because upstream and downstream traffic is transmitted in different frequency bands, and a filter embedded in the transceiver can filter out all unnecessary frequency bands. However, FEXT cannot be mitigated by the filter because noise and information are transmitted over the same frequency band. Because VDSL2 loop length is typically shorter than 1.5 km, FEXT in VDSL2 is more severe than in other DSLs. FEXT is therefore the main type of crosstalk in VDSL2. FEXT decreases signal-to-noise ratio, which means line transmission rate decreases and error bit rate increases. This affects cable performance.

A dedicated vector ing control entity (VCE) is used to coordinate the

processing of signals from all lines that exert crosstalk on each other in a cable binder. VCE cancels out FEXT through signal compensation so that bit rates are almost FEXT-free.

The VCE performs upstream or downstream vectoring signal processing or crosstalk cancellation processing on the central office side. Downstream and upstream signal processing requires different mechanisms.

In the downs t r eam d i r ec t ion , a l l s igna l s a re p recoded us ing a precompensation matrix algorithm before being transmitted from DSLAM. The final signals received by CPE are almost FEXT-free.

In the upstream direction, all signals are decoded using an offset matrix

Figure 2. Upstream vectoring

Offset Decoding

Processed SignalReceived Signal

Offset Decoded

Crosstalk Original Signal

Figure 1. Downstream vectoring.

Precompensation Coding

Original Signal

Precoding Transmitted SignalCrosstalk Received Signal




enabled VDSL2 chipset performs much be t t e r than an o rd ina ry VDSL2 chipset. In the case of a lower maximum power (Pmax = 2.5 dBm) for a vectoring VDSL2 chipset and higher maximum power (Pmax = 14.5 dBm) for an ordinary VDSL2 chipset, vectoring VDSL2 is still performs better than ordinary VDSL2. With vectoring enabled, the line driver can save up to 300 mW per port, while the additional vectoring unit (VCE) adds 100 mW per port. Overall, 200 mW of power is saved for each port.ZTE unveiled its industry-first

system-level vectoring prototype at BBWF Europe in 2010. The prototype was the center of attention. In 2011, ZTE was shortlisted for two Infovision awards: “Broadband Innovation of the Year” and “Broadband Access Network Technologies and Services-F i x e d ” . C a r r i e r s w o r l d w i d e a r e incorporating vectoring into their b roadband deve lopment s t ra tegy b e c a u s e i t i s c o s t - e f f e c t i v e a n d performs excellently.

between lines within one group but not crosstalk between different groups. Thus, SLV is the better choice for deployment.

ZTE’s sys tem- leve l vec tor ing solution has a unique design comprising a centralized vectoring process and separate vectoring and VDSL2 access. ZTE took the traditional architecture of control switching card and VDSL2 line cards as its basis and developed an innovative architecture comprising control switching card, vectoring processing cards, and VDSL2 line cards. With this architecture, carriers can choose either traditional VDSL2 access mode or vectoring and VDSL2 access mode to increase bandwidth and reach.

This architecture enables seamless evolution to a vectoring-enabled system. Previously, carriers tended to deploy traditional DSLAM using an architecture with control switching card and VDSL2 line cards. Now, carriers can add a vectoring processing card to seamlessly upgrade to a vectoring system without replacing any of the existing hardware. ZTE’s system-level vectoring solution has the following benefits: ● r e m a r k a b l e p e r f o r m a n c e

i m p r o v e m e n t . A l a b t e s t w a s conducted using a 32-pair, 0.4 mm cable over 400 m. When vectoring was enabled, l ine performance significantly improved. Any of the multiple pairs in a big copper binder can achieve transmission performance that is almost FEXT-free. Testing showed a maximum of 146.42% (31.29% on average) i m p r o v e m e n t i n b a n d w i d t h downstream, and a maximum of 280.34% (56.57% on average) improvement in bandwidth upstream.

● reus ing copper resources cuts

costs . To a t ta in 50−100 Mbps bandwidth, carriers tended to choose FTTH as their mainstream access mode. However, FTTH means reconstruction in the last mile, which requires huge investment. As vectoring matures, carriers have begun to realize that copper resources can be reused to achieve high bandwidth without costly reconstruction.

● s e a m l e s s u p g r a d e t o p r o t e c t investments. With ZTE’s unique vectoring architecture, carriers can first deploy a VDSL2 DSLAM with vectoring-enabled user line cards to provide VDSL2 access. As users demand more bandwidth, a carrier only needs to add a VCE card to make the whole system vectoring-r e a d y w i t h o u t r e p l a c i n g a n y hardware.

● low power consumption. According to tests, vectoring significantly reduces the power consumption of VDSL2 ports. At the same maximum transmit power (Pmax = 14.5 dBm or Pmax = 2.5 dBm), a vectoring-

VCE Management + Error Sample LC Data + Error Sample LC Management

CSC (Control Switching Card)

VCE (Vectoring Control Entity) LC (Line Card)SLV Bus

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Vectoring ProcessorVectoring Processor

Vectoring Processor xDSL CO Chipset

xDSL CO Chipset

Figure 3. ZTE’s system-level vectoring solution.

By Chen Zongcong

FTTH Network in CIS Countries

In recent years, the market for video service in CIS countries has grown rapidly, and local network operators

have been competing with each other to upgrade their networks. ODNs are not expensive to build, and this is why FTTH has prevailed in CIS countries.

CIS Network Operators Demand a Faster Broadband Network

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growth. Domestic demand has been strong; economic reforms have been implemented; and oil-derived capital has been abundant. Greater economic prosper ity has brought about great changes in telecommunication markets in CIS countries.

Popular OTT and IPTV serv ices require a high-speed broadband network

In CIS count r ies, broadcast TV is relatively underdeveloped. Private enterpr ises cont rol TV businesses, and the fees for programs are high. For example, the annual fee for cable t e lev i s ion i n Georg ia i s be t ween RMB1000 and RMB2800. Also, the telecommunications supervisory body in Georgia only loosely regulates Internet businesses. Therefore, IPTV and OTT have arisen and are the driving forces for network upgrades.

Tradit ional network operators in CIS countries call for high-speed broadband network

Since 2000, CIS countr ies have c r e a t e d n e w l a w s t o e n c o u r a g e competition and attract investment in the telecommunications industry. Many European enterprises have invested in the telecommunications industry, and this has significantly boosted the value of local markets. It has also ignited f ierce competition between network operators. Many small and medium-sized enterprises have adopted Ethernet to enter into the telecommunications market and provide residents with 100 Mbps broadband. These small and

medium-sized enterprises depend on low lost and high bandwidth, and the number of these enterprises has increased greatly since 2000. At the peak, there were more than 3000 such enterprises in Russia. So traditional fixed-network operators have been confronted with challenges they have never dealt with before.

Network Evolution in CIS CountriesCIS network operators are facing

fierce market competition and are eager to upgrade their networks and develop new services.

C I S c o u n t r i e s h a v e f a v o r a b l e conditions for large-scale deployment of FTTH

Many count r ies have dif f iculty developing FTTH because of ODN construction; however, it is relatively easy in CIS countries. First, most people live in high-rise buildings in urban areas. Second, these countries have sound telecommunication facilit ies that have been preserved f rom the Soviet era . Thi rd , these count r ies have low labor costs. Last, there is no restriction on ODN deployment because the telecommunications laws in CIS countries are open.

CIS operators prefer GPON for FTTH network construction

A s i n N o r t h e r n E u r o p e , C I S network operators once selected P2P for broadband network access; however, this technology has many shortfalls. For example, a P2P switch needs electric power, and electricity rates are always high in CIS countries. On the other

hand, GPON with passive technology is more f lexible than P2P. Most network operators in CIS countries adopt GPON when they develop their FTTX network because it is easy to maintain, manage, and expand.

Network operators in CIS countries have developed their networks in a way that is different from other countries. ● Carrier-class broadband access

network: This network is easy to maintain, manage, and upgrade.

● Ultrahigh broadband access network: Copper wires are replaced by optical f ibers, and GPON-based FTTH is used to give users high-speed broadband for video.

● Green and Low TCO broadband a c c e s s n e t w o r k : C I S n e t w o r k operators seek quick return on

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investment but not at the expense of the environment. Therefore, they turn to high-quality, green broadband solutions that have low TCO.

ZTE Uni-NGA Helps Network Operators in CIS Countries Establish Carrier-class, Ultrahigh Bandwidth and Low TCO Access Networks

ZTE is a leading global provider of f ixed network solutions and has forged close relationships with network operators in CIS countries. ZTE has developed a Uni-NGA solution especially for operators in CIS countries.

End-to-end solution up to carrier classZTE Uni-NGA supports end-to-end

management, operation, service, and

maintenance of a fixed network. It also provides end-to-end protection against redundancy in order to ensure carrier-class stability.

Ultrahigh bandwidthZTE Uni-NGA features smooth

s w i t c h i n g a n d a h ig h ly r e l i a b l e network terminal, and these ensure at least 100 Mbps in all circumstances, par t icularly in FTTH applicat ions. Uni-NGA performs excellently during network upgrade, which means that future transition to NGPON will occur smoothly.

Low TCOZTE advocates low consumption

and low cost. To reduce labor and electricity costs, ZTE has devised green technologies, devices, and networks for telecommunications.

FTTH Application in CIS CountriesMany operators in CIS countries

have started or are ready for a broadband network revolution. ZTE has become the largest FTTH supplier in CIS countries, and Uni-NGA accounts for 60% of ZTE’s market share in these countries.

MGTS is a high-end operator in Moscow and has adopted ZTE’s end-to-end FTTH solution. The solution ensures car r ier-class stability and excellent transition to PON. Most importantly, it helps MGTS greatly reduce the cost of network operation and maintenance. MGTS plans to build 4.5 million FTTH network lines in a short period, and this will be the widest optical fiber network in Europe.

In Lithuania, ZTE is helping TEO, a member of TeliaSonera, to establish an FTTH network that wil l be the fastest in the world and have the best g reen technology. For this reason, ZTE has been awarded the Global Telecoms Business (GTB) Award 2011. It is predicted that TEO will save 37% TCO within four years of the FTTH network being put into commercial operation. Bandwidth and QoS will be increased at the same time. “Our FTTx technology is very helpful for TEO to improve their network performance,” said the general manager of ZTE’s Baltic Sea branch.

According to the real-time data from Netindex, LTU has the second highest broadband upstream and downstream rate in the world. According to data from the FTTH Council, at the end of last year, LTU was the best in Europe in terms of popularizing FTTH.

In Belarus, Beltelecom is the largest f ixed-network operator and plays a central role in the national IPTV project. Beltelecom began cooperating with ZTE on FTTx construction in September 2010. ZTE helps Beltelecom control construction cost and TCO of the FTTx network. ZTE OLT has an innovative design, conserves energy, and has green technology. Power consumption of every terminal is reduced by 42%, which conforms to the EU standard. ZTE OLT also helps Beltelecom save half of their total electricity costs for broadband network operation. High bandwidth is bringing about the rapid development of IPTV, and broadband networks can be stably operated.

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RCS&RDSA Successful Transition from Cable Operator to Broadband Service OperatorBy Zhang Yan

Romania Cable Systems and R o m a n i a D a t a S y s t e m s ( RCS&R DS) i s t he second

largest fixed-line telecom operator in Romania. After years of rapid growth, RCS&R DS h a s d eve lop e d i n t o a major full-service telecom operator in Eastern Europe. It also has operations in Slovakia, Hungary, Croatia, Serbia, Spain, and Italy. By the end of 2010, RCS&RDS had more than 1.7 million users. In early 2011, RCS&RDS acquired UPC, the largest cable TV operator in Romania, and this move will add two million subscribers to the RCS&RDS user base.

RCS&RDS Faces Competitive Pressure

E a s t e r n E u r o p e i s a f i e r c e l y competitive market. All of the local fixed-line operators in Eastern Europe have been acquired by major operators in Western Europe, and as a result, major operators in Western Europe have acquired many more network resources. Small and medium-sized operators have been forced to survive by cutting prices. To gain market share without being trapped in low-price, low-

tech competition, RCS&RDS has had to deploy future-proof networks and technologies that meet the multiservice, high-bandwidth requirements of users. It has also had to lower its TCO. The new networks and technologies must help RCS&RDS overcome bottlenecks in business growth, rapidly seize market opportunities, and boost competitiveness.

RCS&RDS is a traditional rival of

Romtelecom and has sought to expand its f ixed-line business by adopting new technologies. After introducing GPON in 2007, RCS&RDS has seen its market share increase year by year at the expense of Romtelecom. According to statistics released by Romanian telecoms regulator ANCOM, Romania had 5.36 million fixed-line users in 2010. Because of its conservative at titude towards

Figure 1. FTTH application of RCS&RDS.

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team collaboration allowed ZTE to meet the customization requirements of RCS&RDS at short notice on many occasions, and this ability was praised by RCS&RDS executives. By Q3 2011, ZTE had activated 160,000 lines of GPON equipment for RCS&RDS and had laid a solid foundation for securing more orders from the operator. RCS&RDS plans to use GPON to upgrade the entire network for its 400,000 broadband users. Through strengthened cooperation with ZTE, it will also modernize its network for cable TV users.

Before a dopt i ng ZT E 's GPON equipment, RCS&RDS had explored other avenues to improve network speed and quality and had purchased GPON equipment from other vendors. Because of intense competition and diverse technical requirements in the Romanian market, those vendors could not respond fast enough to the technical and market requirements of RCS&RDS. Consequently, the operator’s TCO could not be significantly reduced. ZTE’s FTTx customized software solution can be used to upgrade an existing CATV and switch access platform. It can be used to flexibly network PON technology and is highly compatible with CATV signals.

new technologies, Romtelecom saw its market share drop from 74% in 2007 to 60% in 2010. By contrast, RCS&RDS cracked the fixed-line market with high-access bandwidth delivered via GPON and FTTH.

A Customized Solution Helps RCS&RDS Transform Itself

ZTE began technical exchanges with RCS&RDS in 2008. After analyzing RCS&RDS’s services and network architecture and conducting tests with the company’s engineers, ZTE worked out a customized GPON-product software solution. In 2009, ZTE commercially t r ialed GPON in Bucharest , which fur ther proved the stability of ZTE equipment. In 2010, RCS&RDS adopted ZTE GPON equipment on a large scale in order to cover the whole country. The same equipment was also used to win market share in neighboring cou nt r ies , i nclud ing Hu ngar y. To respond to a rapidly changing market, ZTE established an R&D team that worked closely with the marketing team to break technical bottlenecks. Inter-

Its functions can be customized to allow interconnection with existing equipment. By smoothly evolving the network to FTTH, user access experience is improved and terminal bandwidth is increased to 100 MB. The solution meets customer needs for diverse functions and TCO is lowered for the operator.

Fast Delivery Ensures RCS&RDS Reaps Profits

ZTE’s GPON equipment performs stably and aligns very well with market requirements. This had led to explosive user demand that has caught RCS&RDS unaware. With its efficient production and logistics systems, ZTE promptly adjusted its production capacity to ensure adequate supply for tens of thousands of new users each month.

B y c o o p e r a t i n g w i t h Z T E , RCS&RDS has rapidly improved its network and service quality, expanded its market share, and enhanced its profitability. An ANCOM report for 2010 showed that by the end of 2010, RCS&RDS had a 31% share of Romania’s fixed broadband market.

“ZTE has professional products and solutions as well as strong technical and after-sales support. ZTE's GPON products have excellent functions and perform well. ZTE can quickly customize its products and services to satisfy our requirements during FTTx development,” said RCS&RDS CEO Ioan Bendei.


Italy is one of the most competitive telecom markets in Europe. At the end of 2010, Italy’s fixed-line

penetration was 35% and its mobile penetration was more than 150%. In recent years, operators have faced fierce competition in Italy as the number of f ixed-line subscribers falls and the mobile market becomes saturated.

Tiscali is an integrated operator in Italy and is headquartered on the island of Sardinia. It owns fixed and MVNO networks. In October 2009, Tiscali released its plan for the next four years. The plan aims to secure a share in the local market and reach one mill ion broadband subscr ibers by 2013. According to the four-year strategy, Tiscali will concentrate on its core operations in the emerging Italian broadband market.

Network Transformation to Kick offNe t wor k mo d e r n i z a t ion i s a n

important part of Tiscali’s four-year st rategic plan. Tiscali had multiple core network suppliers and its PSTN coexisted with the VoIP network. It was therefore difficult to support unified account ing, charging, and ser vice deployment. Moreover, the overall network had to be upgraded to reduce operational costs and to simplify access-layer networking.

Tiscal i implemented a network moder n izat ion plan. The ex is t ing n e t wo r k w a s u p d a t e d u s i n g t h e latest technology, and effor ts were made to at t ract new subscribers by launching more innovative broadband ser v ices. Tiscal i a ims to en hance i t s c o m p e t i t i ve n e s s i n t h e lo c a l telecommunications market.

Tiscali on the Road to Fixed-Mobile Convergence

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A Reliable PartnerTo modernize its network, Tiscali

required a par tner who understood their vision and had state-of-the-art technology and expertise. The partner was also required to come up with customized solut ions based on the exist ing network and was required to be highly experienced in network deployment. This would help Tiscali roll out new network and services without affecting existing business.

After a strict evaluation process, ZTE was selected for its cutting-edge technology and solutions as well as its wealth of experience in network design and deployment. ZTE has developed a complete IMS-based f ixed-mobile convergence solut ion that can help Tiscali manage its network easily and efficiently, reduce energy consumption, and optimize operational costs.

“We are glad to build our partnership w i t h Z T E b y c h o o s i n g t h e I M S platform,” said Luca Scano, Tiscali’s general director. “With the introduction of this unique platform, we will optimize time, resources, and results on all the IP communicat ion ser vices―from fixed and mobile phone calls to Internet access, from social networks to email. This will give our customers a big advantage in terms of price and quality

of service. Our strategic orientation is towards fixed-mobile convergence, and this leads us to choose solutions that make communication freedom the focus of our products.”

Brand-New Service ExperienceT he I MS ne t work de ploy ment

went smoothly. With the IMS-based f ixed-mobile convergence solution, Tiscal i t r ansfor med it s old PST N into an advanced IMS-based all IP network and converged its f ixed and MVNO networks. The new network allows for unif ied service cont rol, m a n a g e m e n t , a n d d e p l o y m e n t with lower opex and capex. It also allows subscribers to enjoy feature-r ich multimedia services via f ixed, broadband, and mobile access.

With ZTE’s I MS-based PST N/ISDN emulation subsystem (PES), the new network allows seamless access to legacy H.323, H.248, and SIP terminals. It accommodates all services delivered on the existing PSTN network.

Based on the IMS network, Tiscali has launched its innovative Softphone service and branded it as indoona. indoona allows subscribers to access VoIP and multimedia services, such as instant messaging, presence, voice mail, file transfer, image/video sharing, and

w h i t e b o a r d , u s i n g t h e i r smartphones or PCs. This greatly en hances use r experience.

An indoona s u b s c r i b e r can have three n u m b e r s : A P S T N ( f i x e d

t elephone) nu mber, an emai l (PC soft client) number, and an MSISDN (mobi le phone) nu mb e r. W he n a call is made, the subscriber’s PSTN number is displayed as the call ing number. W hen a ca l l i s received , the subscriber’s three terminals ring simultaneously using the “one number l i n k s you (ON LY )” se r v ice . T he subscriber can choose any device to answer the call. The subscriber can also access the IMS system through the Internet to make or receive a call, and th is saves roaming fees when t ravell ing. This is one of the most important features for indoona.

Ever since the commercialization of indoona, the number of subscribers has surged, with a daily increase of more than 4000 subscribers. This innovative application has been a great success for Tiscali and will continue to boost its business.

Benefits to Tiscali ● The IMS-based PES solution supports

legacy H.323, H.248, and SIP terminals. The new network delivers feature-rich multimedia broadband services and accommodates al l services on the traditional voice network. This greatly improves user experience.

● The brand-new MVNO business mode allows subscribers to enjoy VoIP and multimedia services with a Softphone service, helping Tiscali quickly launch new services.

● The IMS-based a l l - IP network converges fixed and MVNO networks as well as the service platform, helping Tiscali optimize network architecture, reduce energy consumption, and lower TCO.


ZTE U-Highway National Broadband Network SolutionBy Cao Dongdong and Huang Hongbin

The Driving Factors

The soaring demand for new high-speed Internet access, HDTV, and 3DTV has motivated international

operators to build networks that allow higher broadband speeds. A number of countries have recognized the value of the digital economy to their future development. A national broadband network (NBN) helps a country ● boost economic growth. According

to research by the World Bank, the return on investment in broadband is significant. A 10% increase in broadband penetration brings 1.2% growth in GDP fo r deve loped countries and 1.4% growth in GDP for developing countries.

● promote employment. Research by the World Bank shows that every $5 billion invested in broadband creates about 100,000 jobs in the short term. A 10% increase in broadband penetration creates more than 2 million jobs.

● improve people's livelihoods. In some cases, broadband can help reduce poverty in the countryside, narrow the

digital divide, and strengthen social communication. Broadband can help in areas such as construction, population management, healthcare, insurance, and welfare.

● focus on the future. Broadband is a basic infrastructure in modern society, just like roads. Fast broadband can boost the economic development while a slow one hinders it. Many countries such as USA, UK, China, Korea, Malaysia, South Africa, Japan, Australia, and Singapore have proposed their national broadband strategies.

ZTE U-Highway Solution A national broadband network

uses the national telecommunication provider's network as the backbone, and other private networks, for example, government ne tworks , en te rpr i se networks, and education networks are supplemental. An NBN is deployed and managed in a centralized way by the government.

ZTE U-Highway is an end-to-end NBN solution supported by ZTE’s strong

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R&D capabilities and product lineup. The solution includes three layers: terminal, pipe, and cloud. The terminal layer provides broadband connectivity, the cloud layer provides various services, and the pipe layer is the infrastructure connecting users to services.

In the terminal layer, many user devices are available to connect people and things to the broadband network anytime and anywhere.

In the cloud layer, abundant services are provided to make people’s lives easier and more entertaining, enhance productivity, stimulate innovation and business growth, and provide government services. Services can be government cloud service, personal cloud services, or industrial cloud services.

In the pipe layer, fast, open, scalable, secure, and manageable network is built to meet the increasing demand for broadband. There are five modules: Uni-backhaul for the mobile backhaul network, Uni-NGA for the access network, Uni-metro for the metro network, Uni-backbone for backbone network, and Uni-BSS/OSS for billing and operation support system.

HighlightsHigh-speed

With a backbone of up to 100G and access network up to 10G, ZTE large-capacity, highly scalable products create a future-proof network. Such a network can provide all services, including voice, video, and data and can meet bandwidth requirements in the coming five to ten years.

UniversalZTE’s U-Highway solution provides

wired and wireless technologies to cover all access scenarios, from urban

and suburban areas to rural areas. This bridges the geographic and digital divide.

Open ZTE’s U-Highway has open content,

channels and terminals. This allows resource sharing and fosters effective competition among players so that better services are provided.

Convergent ZTE’s U-Highway has converged

c loud , p ipe , and te rmina l layers . Converged applications in the cloud give rise to new content. Converged wired, wireless, optical, copper all-IP networks in the pipe layer provide clear, unblocked channels for services. Converged devices in the terminal layer allows people to enjoy ICT services anytime and anywhere through a single device.

GreenZTE has an “energy saving, emission

reduction and eco-friendly” philosophy for its NBN products. This philosophy is adhered to throughout the product lifecycle, from design and production to operation and recycling. Green solutions help protect the environment, ensure sustainable growth, and cut OPEX by consuming less power.

Market ApplicationThe High Speed Broadband (HSBB)

project in Malaysia was made possible by government investment, and was implemented by Telekom Malaysia. TM was the best operator to implement the HSBB. ZTE gained a 50% share of Multi-Service Access Network (MSAN) business and 40% of Metro-E, and entered long-term strategic partnership with TM to cooperate on different fields. At the end of 2010, ZTE assisted TM to provide high-speed Internet access to 48 regions and 750,000 users.

Ismail Ab Ghafar, regional general manager of TM, said, “It is the first time in years that TM had completed more than 4,000 MSAN links within one year, and ZTE contributed 58% to that.”

As a leading NBN solution provider, ZTE aims to help countries keep up with the rapid pace of broadband network development.

ZTE has been serving customers all over the world with its full turnkey capabilities and rich experience. Its U-Highway solution has been used for Malaysia’s HSBB project, Singapore’s NBN, Italy’s Digital Divide and Next Generation Access Network (NGAN) Projects, Lithuania’s NBN, and Brazil’s OiPNBL project.

Figure 1. ZTE’s end-to-end NBN solution.


ZTE Bearer Network Optimization Services A Guarantee for Successful Network Operation in the Post-3G Era

Operators face many challenges in complicated bearer networks of the post-3G era. ZTE has

therefore introduced bearer network optimization services to meet network development needs, reduce capex and opex, and increase return on investment for operators.

With wireless networks evolving from 3G to post-3G, high-speed wireless data services require more bandwidth. In the bearer network, where MSTP, PTN, and OTN co-exist, transmitting multiple services brings about a number of challenges, including ● how to effectively manage all types

of bearer network while reducing

OAM costs● how to meet the requirements for

supporting multiple services and processing large volumes of data

● how to improve network reliability an d mee t i nc r ea s in g ly h ig h e r expectations for communication quality

● how to improve the usage of network resources while reducing the need for investment.P o s t - 3 G w i r e l e s s n e t w o r k

development requires bearer network optimization services. ZTE analyzes an operator’s existing bearer network and business models in depth and provides optimization solutions in areas such as

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ZTE Bearer Network Optimization Services A Guarantee for Successful Network Operation in the Post-3G Era

network security, resource usage rate, management and maintenance, and service load capability. ZTE provides a complete quality service package covering network data col lect ion, evaluation, and analysis; optimization solution design and implementation; comparison of networks before and after optimization; and continual upgrade of optimization solutions.

Network Data Col lect ion and Evaluation

Network data i s col lec ted and evaluated in the existing bearer network and a document is created that describes the network. The collected information

includes time slot distribution, service configuration for each board and port, network topology, line and channel resources, hardware and software for equipment and boards, and network management configuration.

TOP520 is a profess ional tool developed by ZTE for analyzing and evaluating data collected from optical transmission networks. TOP520 takes into account regional differences in network establishment and maintenance when eva lua t ing resource usage , network security, and network structure. It provides dozens of indicators for load capability, capacity, security, management, and maintenance.

Customized Network Optimization Solutions

ZTE has experienced bearer network optimization specialists as well as a complete solution design and review process.

Principles for network optimization: ● standard compliance. ZTE network

optimization solutions should meet current technical regulations and comply with related national and international standards for optical transmission equipment.

● efficiency. Network optimization solutions should seek a balance between costs and results to achieve maximum output with relatively small investment.

● security. Network optimization should not be realized at the expense of network security. The impact of optimization on current networks should be minimized.

Professional Network Optimization Service Delivery

ZTE has established a strict process for delivering optimization services for optical transmission networks. ZTE creates the necessary documents for each optimization stage to ensure the optimization goes smoothly.

ZTE’s optimization team provides technical support in the field and from headquarters so that specialists can respond to customer requirements anytime and anywhere. This guarantees that network optimization solutions are smoothly implemented.

After network optimization has been comple t ed , t he ZTE bea re r network optimization team evaluates the optimized network again to compare it with the network before optimization. Optimization statistics are to be given to the customer to give them a clear picture of the project costs and results.

ZTE’s bearer network optimization team works according to service level agreements signed with the operator.

ZTE’s bearer network optimization s e r v i c e s a r e m o r e t h a n r o u t i n e maintenance services. Optimizing networks on a regular basis is the best way to improve network service quality. So far, ZTE has successfully completed more than 50 transmission network optimization projects for domestic operators such as China Mobile Xinjiang, China Mobile Sichuan, China Mobile Hebei, and China Unicom Wenzhou . ZTE’s bea re r ne twork optimization services generate tens of millions of RMB revenue for ZTE each year.


ZTE’s Next-Generation Home Network

Creating a SmarterLifestyleBy Sun Yu

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A home network is a hub that connects home devices and a channel that carries services.

The advancement of information network technology is drastically changing home networks. Video will gradually develop into a basic service, and high-definition TVs are enter ing more homes. The development of the Internet of things has also given rise to a large number of new services, such as home security, home control, and home monitoring. All these signify that the digital home industry is maturing.

A report by research firm Infonetics states that 160 million user-side fixed b roadband dev ices were sh ipped worldwide in 2011, which converts to US$6.4 billion in revenue. The market value of the entire home network industry is even bigger if other home network equipment and services are included. According to est imates by Global Industry Analysts Inc., revenue for the home automation segment alone will reach US$2.8 billion by 2015.

The huge potential of the home network market has lured major industry players: ● Microsoft entered the home network

market with home games and now

offers both terminals and applications. Its Kinect for Xbox 360 is the fastest-selling electronic device in history. With media sharing and interactive functions, Kinect is expected to become a new home entertainment center.

● Cont ro l4 i s an en te rpr i se tha t specializes in home automation. I t has deployed more than 1 .2 million Zigbee devices and 120,000 controllers worldwide. Control4 offers combined equipment, software and installation packages and has extended business in home security, automation, and media.

● Apple provides products such as hand-held devices , TVs, home g a t e w a y s , a n d h o m e s t o r a g e devices to cover almost all home entertainment scenarios. Apart from terminals, Apple offers abundant s e rv i ces t h rough app l i ca t ions delivered on its platforms.

● China Mobile is expanding its home network service. In 2011, it launched a pilot of its “Yijutong” home security service in Chongqing. This attracted more than 30,000 subscribers. On the back of this success, China Mobile now plans to promote the Chongqing model across the country.

Efforts of these and other companies have allowed home users to enjoy ever richer services and have boosted home networks. Developing technology and increasing technical requirements, in turn, are posing big challenges for telecoms operators.

Current ly, most home network devices integrate both access and services. Evolved access technology requires constant device upgrades, and this increases the cost of replacing devices. Another pressing problem faced by operators is high labor costs.

Home te rmina ls a re becoming more diverse. From traditional TVs and computers to tablets and smartphones, terminals need better networking, interconnection methods, and service operation platforms so that resources can be shared and customer experience improved.

Home networking technology is also advancing fast. Home interconnection t echn iques , i nc lud ing HomePlug AV, G.hn, and P1910, make in-house wiring much easier and facilitate the development of new services. Digital living network alliance (DLNA) is being promoted to cover more home network products and consumer electronics. It is designed to simplify the sharing of home

Figure 1. ZTE next-generation home network solution.

Access Network Access PointNetworking

Center Control Center Media Center

Home Health

Home Energy

Home MonitoringHome Security

Home Control

Service Gateway

Unified UI

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media content and improve customer experience. Open service gateway initiative (OSGi) is being adopted by more operators as an architecture for building an open ecosystem and promoting home automation services.

ZTE has a deep understanding of operator requirements and issues in home networking. Its next-generation home network solution has an innovative access point, service gateway, unified UI, and application (ASIA) architecture. This architecture better meets the requirements of home users and operators (Fig. 1).

Access Point

The home network is connected to the operator network via access terminals over traditional DSL and LAN or GPON and EPON. ZTE’s architecture separates access from services. When access technology is upgraded, only access terminals need to be replaced, and service provision equipment does not need to be changed. This reduces the cost of upgrading.

Service GatewayApplications are provided to home

users through a separate service gateway consisting of a networking center, control center, and cloud media center. The home networking center uses techniques such as G.hn, Wi-Fi, and Zigbee to interconnect multiple home terminals and solve difficulties of home wiring. The control center controls home automation and home security equipment. Home users can log onto the service gateway to control all the electrical appliances in their home. The cloud media center is exclusive to ZTE. It is used to apply cloud computing technology to home networking. Internally, the service gateway is a media center that

enables media sharing. Externally, it is a cloud terminal that obtains abundant media resources stored on the cloud storage platform. This lowers the storage costs of devices.

Unified UIThrough a unified UI on devices such

as smartphones, tablets, and PCs, home users can control multiple home terminals and switch between multiple screens. This makes it easier to operate multiple home terminals.

Abundant Applications The service gateway can have an

open software platform through which operators can load services and the service experience is open. Through different types of application terminals, operators can also offer a variety of applications, including smart home, home security, telemedicine, and remote meter reading.

Bet te r User Exper ience and Benefits for Operators

ZTE’s next-generation home network solution not only gives home users a better experience, it also benefits telecom operators. By introducing unified UI, cloud storage, and cloud play, operators can expand traditional businesses and develop new service applications. The service gateway supports OSGi universal architecture to help operators build an open ecosystem and implement operational services.

ZTE’s next-generation home network solution also allows operators to reduce TCO. A network archi tecture that separates access from services cuts the costs incurred by evolving technology. The cloud media center only requires very small storage capacity because media content is stored in the cloud, and this lowers the storage costs of devices. The service gateway uses innovative networking techniques, including G.hn, dual-band Wi-Fi, and Zigbee to address difficulties in home wiring. Users can install devices by themselves, which drastically cuts labor costs for the operator.

ZTE’s home networking solution is gaining widespread recognition and in line with the goals of many operators. After six years of development, AT&T launched uNID, the third generation of its U-verse service. It has a networking architecture that separates access from services. Smart reinjection technology is used to get around problems in home voice wiring. A number of wiring methods, including G.hn, Wi-Fi, and category-5 cables are used for customer self install (CSI) and this reduces AT&T’s opex.

H o m e n e t w o r k s n o w p l a y a n increasingly important role in operator services. As one of the earliest vendors that undertook R&D on fixed-line terminal products, ZTE has a deep understanding of the home networking technologies and markets. Its next-generation home network solution creates a smarter lifestyle for users and more value for operators.

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ZTE Wins Contract for 40% of China Telecom 2012 Broadband Equipment Project

ZTE Achieved Breakthrough in 400Gb &1Tb Optical Transmission During Field Trial in Western Europe

ZTE Unveils World-First Multi-Application 400G and 1T DWDM Prototype

18 June 2012, Shenzhen –– ZTE debuted the world’s first 400G/1T dense waveleng th d iv ision mult iplex ing (DWDM) multi-application network device prototype at the 16th WDM & Next Generation Optical Networking Forum in Monaco.

The 400G/1T DWDM prototype provides equal high bandwidth efficiency t hat works with a comprehensive

range of network applications. It has a multi-subcarrier orthogonal frequency division multiplexing 400G/1T solution for ult ra-long-haul applicat ions. It a lso is a 16 quadratu re ampl it ude modulation solution for metro and local applications with an industry highest bandwidth utilization rate. Further, it is a Nyquist WDM solution for long-haul applications.

25 June 2012, Shenzhen –– ZTE recently partnered with the operator of the largest optical transport infrastructure in Europe on a field trial for optical transmission with data rates of 100Gb/s, 400Gb/s and 1Tb/s. A joint team of engineers from both sides completed the field test on a trial network comprising eight cities in Germany, including Darmstadt , Stuttgart and Nurnberg. The equipment used dur ing the t r ial was based on advanced technologies such as coherent detection, QPSK/16QAM modulation and innovative digital signal processing.

Exper iments conducted du r ing the t r ial were designed to address important issues that concern operators and vendors around network evolution towards and beyond 100Gb. Using ZTE’s 100Gb OTN products (ZXONE 8000 ser ies), 400Gb prototype and 1Tb prototype, the team succeeded in simultaneous transmission on 100Gb/s, 400Gb/s and 1Tb/s WDM channels over 2150 km, passing 26 spans with gain flattening erbium doped fiber amplifiers (EDFAs). The team also achieved 2450 km of successful transmission on two simultaneous 100Gb/s channels with a large performance margin.

3 Ju ly 2012 , Shen zhen –– ZTE announced it has won a share of the IP procurement contract with China Telecom. ZTE’s share of the contract was the largest of any bidding company this time.

As part of the contract, ZTE will deliver its M6000 high-end router to China Telecom for use in the infrastructure

project. The IP procurement also involves the use of several technologies, including: broadband remote access servers, service routers, multi-service edge, aggregation switches, and high-end routing switches. Further, the China Telecom large-scale IP centralized purchase aims to provide fiber optic telecommunications capabilities to over 100 million customers.

ZTE Wins China Telecom IP Procurement Contract

27 June 2012, Shenzhen –– ZTE today announced that it has won a cont ract for 40 per cent of China Telecom’s 2012 broadband equipment procurement project. The 40 per cent share is the largest of any company participating on the project.

C h i n a Te l e c o m’s b r o a d b a n d e q u i p m e n t c o n t r a c t i n c l u d e s procurement of PON OLTs, FTTB MDUs, and broadband terminals. It includes for over 21 million units valued

at approximately RMB4 billion. It is the largest broadband procurement project in the world in 2012.

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19 June 2012, Richardson, Texas –– On June 14, 2012 at The Carter Center in Atlanta, Lixin Cheng, president of North America Region of ZTE Corporation and CEO of ZTE USA, addressed business and public policy leaders at the Georgia-China Alliance’s China’s Global Outlook 2012 Conference. Cheng confirmed that since ZTE entered the U.S. market, the company’s supply chain partnership has totaled more than $13.7 billion in a number of leading technology corporations and ZTE will sustain the investment with 10% annual growth. Mr. Cheng emphasized the benef its of bilateral investment to the U.S. and China to the attendees. He also predicted continued growth in the smartphone segment led by increased adoption by growing segments of the U.S. population. He concluded by discussing growth strategies as part of a panel of executives from top Chinese companies operating in the United States.

Since 2007, ZTE USA has launched 35 product s to U.S. business and consumer customers. In addition to opening 10 offices around the country, ZTE operates five R&D locations and a logistics center. ZTE USA has more than 400 employees across North America.

ZTE to Sustain Investment in US Telecom- munications Market at 10% Annual Growth Rate

15 June 2012, Las Vegas –– ZTE today announced the launch of a series of HD videoconferencing solutions at InfoComm 2012, held June 13 - 15, 2012 in Las Vegas, NV.

The new products include desktop terminal T100, f lagship HD terminal T800, cutting-edge version HD terminal ZXV10 T700 and enter pr ise -level video conferencing product M900. The expansive offerings will provide U.S.

customers with f lexibility, ease of use and seamless performance.

In recent yea rs , ZTE’s ser v ice offerings in government and enterprise network have grown rapidly. In 2011 alone, ZTE’s year-to-year sales revenue grew by 89%. Furthermore, ZTE’s video conferencing technologies R&D center now deploys video conferencing solutions in 27 countr ies and video terminal shipments have exceeded 100,000 units.

ZTE Launches HD Videoconferencing Solutions at InfoComm 2012

20 June 2012, Shanghai –– Today at Mobile Asia Expo, ZTE launched the industry’s first LTE BeamHop Solution and demonstrated the LTE A8808 active antenna system (AAS) product based on this technology. The product is a major breakthrough particularly for the high-end European and U.S. wireless markets, giving operators the ability to quickly and easily benefit from LTE by leveraging their existing 2G and 3G base stations.

B a s e d o n t h e LT E B e a m H o p Solution, the A8808 product consists

of both active and passive antennae. The passive part replaces operators’ existing 2G and 3G antennae, while the active part is used for the newly added LTE network. Since the LTE radio unit is integrated into the existing antenna, the new LTE network can be deployed without purchasing any addit ional antenna site space, reducing installation costs and maximizing existing resources. This product is especially beneficial to operators competing in developed markets where the cost of rent ing antenna site space is high.

ZTE Launches Industry’s First LTE BeamHop AAS Solution

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12 June 2012, Shenzhen –– ZTE has won the “Green Technology Initiative” award as par t of the Total Telecom World Vendor Awa rd s 2012 . T he Company was also recognized as the “Best Brand” in telecommunications in a public vote.

The “Green Technology Initiative” a w a r d r e w a r d s c o m p a n i e s t h a t have made the s t rongest ef for t in reducing the environmental impact of telecommunication services through

the ut i l izat ion of it s products and solut ions . ZTE ente red i t s G reen Converged C-RAN Solution, which offers a cent ralized, collaborat ive, clean, cloud-based wireless access network technology. The ZTE Green Converged C-RAN Solution enables what it calls “One Site, One Network”, which not only helps operators reduce their TCO significantly, but also helps governments reduce CO2 emission and electromagnetic radiation.

ZTE Wins Total Telecom World Vendor Award 2012

19 June 2012, Düsseldorf –– From today on, the ZTE Germany hosts its own Facebook fanpage in German. With this, ZTE enhances its online presence in the field of social media and strengthens its brand awareness. Punctually to the starting date of the German Facebook fanpage, all visitors have a chance to participate in a lottery and win great prizes. The prize pool and value increases depending on the number of visitors hitting the ‘like’ button. Therefore it’s worth hitting the ‘like’-button and recommending the site to friends and colleagues.

In the near future, the market launch of new ZTE products shall be accompanied with exclusive campaigns and multimedia-activities on Facebook Germany.

14 June 2012, Shenzhen –– ZTE has been awarded the LTE Infrastructure Innovation and the Fixed Backbone I n n ova t io n awa r d s w i t h l e a d i ng multinational operator T-Mobile Austria and Hi3G Access AB. This is the fourth consecutive year that ZTE has been a winner at the annual GTB Innovation Awards, emphasizing the significance of ZTE’s strategic partnerships.

The award winning projects are the world’s first commercial network TDD/FDD dual-mode LTE network in Sweden for Hi3G and a WDM automatic switch optical network (WASON) state route commercial network for T-Mobile Austria.

13 June 2012, Shenzhen –– ZTE has announced the completion of the world’s first commercial “Free-seating” network with Swedish broadband service operator Wexnet.

Fr e e - se a t i ng ne t work s e n able consu mers to con nect to a single broadband network but to sign up for

services from any number of Internet service providers (ISPs) or Internet content providers (ICPs), saving the need for every ISP to have its own separate network. This signif icantly reduces network complexity and duplication, while providing users with the greatest possible range of choices.

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ZTE Presented with Accolades at the GTB Innovation Awards

World First “Free-seating” Solution from ZTE Put into Commercial Use with Wexnet in Sweden

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