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CONTENTS

04 CSL: Creating Blue Ocean Opportunities in Mobile Broadband Era

10 SoftBank: Information Revolution by a Best Mobile Internet

16 Bharti Airtel Launched the First TD-LTE Commercial Network in South Asia

20 H3G Austria’s Mobile Network Excels in Third-Party Testing

24 Hi3G: Leading the Era of LTE TDD/FDD Convergence

Hong Kong

Japan

India

Austria

Sweden

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Hong KongCSL: Creating Blue Ocean Opportunities in Mobile Broadband EraWorld’s First LTE/DC-HSPA+ and Dual-Band LTE Network

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CSL strives to deliver the best user experience to Hong Kong customers. Combined with our

roll-out of the first 4G LTE network in Hong Kong, ZTE’s innovative solutions will help satisfy the

increasing demand for mobile data, maintaining CSL’s and Hong Kong’s position as leaders in

global telecommunications development.

—— Mr Joseph O’Konek, CSL CEO

Customer Values Converged GSM/UMTS/LTE network, construction and O&M costs reduced

Network performance enhanced significantly; Ranked No. 1 among all operators in Hong Kong

Smooth evolution, accelerate the deployment of LTE networks to keep leading in industry

As one of the most prosperous cities in the world, Hong

Kong is famous for its forest of skyscrapers and vibrant

downtown areas. The environment in which wireless

networks must operate is extremely complicated, and

constructing wireless networks is challenging. Moreover,

the previous networks of CSL own three frequency

bands with two modes which require high maintenance

costs and were not competitive in data services. The

complicated network structures made upgrading difficult.

To simplify network structure, CSL adopted ZTE’s SDR-

based Uni RAN solution, which allows for coexistence

of 2G, 3G and 4G. CSL’s network structure was

simplified in terms of wireless, core, transmission, and

management. Operation and maintenance costs were

reduced by 61.4%.

World’s First Commercial LTE/DC-HSPA+ NetworkOn 25 November 2010, CSL announced the launch of

the world’s first LTE/DC-HSPA+ network, heralding a

new era in mobile communications. After a commercial

LTE trial network had been established by CSL, Telstra,

and ZTE in September 2009, LTE was then formally

deployed in Hong Kong with peak downlink speeds

of 100Mbps and low latency. At the launch ceremony,

CSL demonstrated how LTE/DC-HSPA+ will outperform

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Hong Kong, Oriental Pearl, there are 5 mobile operators

competing for 7.1 million populations. Up to now,

mobile penetration has hit 212.3% (Feb, 2012, from

OFTA). Hong Kong, undoubtedly, is one of the fiercest

competing regions around the world.

CSL (a subsidiary of Telstra Corporation Limited,

Australia's leading telecommunications and information

services company), owning 4 million subscribers, is the

largest mobile operator in Hong Kong. With the help of

state-of-the-art technologies and prominent engineering

skills, CSL always attaches importance to its network

construction to perpetually enhance users’ experience.

CSL has first provided mobile telecommunication

service in 1983.

In November 2010, CSL launched the world's first LTE/

DC-HSPA+ network, the next generation of mobile

broadband network with significantly increased capacity

and speed.

In March 2009, CSL launched the international award

winning Next G™ network. Next G™ is a world-class

all-IP HSPA+ commercial mobile broadband network

capable of download speeds up to 21Mbps and provides

the widest coverage in Hong Kong.

Best Network Solution for the Most Complicated Wireless Environment

Hong Kong

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existing mobile technologies and how CSL would build

on its partnership with ZTE. The new LTE/DC-HSPA+

network will take advantage of CSL’s leading position

on spectrum to provide total coverage and world-class

mobile broadband performance throughout Hong Kong.

It will provide seamless connectivity that redefines the

mobile broadband experience with ultra-fast speed, high

bandwidth capacity, and personalization that has never

been seen before in mobile services.

As well as offering high-speed highly reliable mobile

data services, the LTE/DC-HSPA+ network will improve

the lives of Hong Kong people by taking entertainment

and interaction to new levels - anytime, anywhere,

with 3DTV, interactive game, and e-learning. These

applications will become an integral part of a daily

mobile lifestyle.

Leading the Evolution, World’s First Dual-band LTE Commercial NetworkSince launching Hong Kong’s first LTE network in 2009,

CSL’s network data usage has grown by more than

50 times and now accounts for over 80 per cent of the

provider’s current network traffic. It is estimated that by

2015, CSL’s overall daily mobile data will exceed current

monthly totals.

Considering improve the coverage and data capacity,

CSL launched the world’s first commercial 1.8G/2.6G

dual-band LTE network that takes advantage of

Requirements

Converged network, simplified network architecture Industry-leading technology, best service for users

Solution

SDR based BTS enables convergence of multiple networks LTE ready, 4T4R for multi-mode and multi-band

Milestones

In Mar. 2009, Formal release of Next G HSPA+ network In Mar. 2010, Release of Hong Kong’s first UMTS900M network In Nov. 2010, Commercial release of world’s first LTE/DC-HSPA+ network In Aug. 2011, Launched the first 4G LTE Mobile Broadband for all in Hong Kong

Hong Kong

CSL’s spectrum position to provide customers with

better coverage for a more satisfying communications

experience. The deployment will help CSL deal with

its exponential growth in broadband customers and

increase demands for network coverage, enhance LTE

coverage for indoor broadband customers especially.

With the innovative and unique Dual-band RRU, CSL

will run LTE services on both 2600 MHz and 1800 MHz

in the same RRU. This greatly reduce the network

investment, that is to say, with only one set equipment,

CSL can get GSM 1800M, LTE 1.8G and LTE 2.6G three

network. Further, the RRU is scalable to LTE-A With

the software upgrade at no hardware cost. Because of

this, CSL will be able to seamlessly integrate its GSM,

UMTS and LTE networks and its network management

tool. This will reduce network maintenance costs and

increase operation efficiency.

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JapanSoftBank: Information Revolution by a Best Mobile InternetBe an Important Partner to Build the World’s Largest TD-LTE Network

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We have chosen ZTE, the world’s leading telecommunications equipment provider, as our partner

to build the world’s largest TDD network. We hope that ZTE can maintain its leading innovation

capability in the next generation mobile communications technologies to help us build the best

4G mobile data network in Japan and even the entire world.

—— Mr Chika-san, SoftBank’s WCP CTO

Customer Values TCO reduced

Centralized management, saving site room and being convenient management

Saving expensive transmission cost

Highly networking performance and spectral efficiency, bringing good user experience

Japan

eXtended Global Platform) in Japan due to the full

compatibility, was successfully promoted into Japanese

market with this historical opportunity.

SoftBank, one of the leading Japanese mobile

operators, took the opportunity of accelerated maturation

of TD-LTE technology for their next generation mobile

broadband services. The project began in 2010 when

SoftBank acquired Willcom who owns 30MHz TDD

spectrum license and over 160,000 existing PHS sites

in the whole nation. A new company, named WCP

(Wireless City Planning), was founded specifically for

the AXGP (fully compatible with TD-LTE) project.

ZTE was selected by WCP as the primary strategic

pa r t ne r f o r t he p ro j ec t o f AXGP. W i t h good

communication and cooperation, ZTE has built an

excellent AXGP network for WCP in several cities. The

powerful products, the strong capability of R&D, and

the sophisticated delivery of ZTE, were admired by the

The Competition has been Beginning in B3G/4G era…Japanese telecommunication market is always identified

by its high population density, high mobile penetration

ratio, high ARPU and high quality requirements. The

mobile penetration rate is estimated to be over 97% in

2012 with ARPU at $54/month (over 60% is for data

service). The wireless data service is the main part in

ARPU because of abundant data services and their

dependency on the broadband network.

Now, the mobile telecommunication market competition

is very fierce, NTT DoCoMo already launched its

commercial LTE network in Dec, 2010. KDDI plan to

commercial launch its LTE in Dec, 2012. SoftBank has

a nationwide UMTS network with 21.3% market sharing,

to achieve the company vision of “No.1 mobile internet

company; No.1 Asia internet company”, the more

advanced B3G/4G technology must be adopted to face

the challenge.

TD-LTE, the Best Choice of Mobile Internet for SoftBankTD-LTE, the Time Division Duplexing (TDD) version of

Long Term Evolution (LTE), also called AXGP (Advanced

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Requirements

Fast deployment and commissioning

TCO saving

Reduce inter-cell interference

Solution

Co-site with PHS

Centralized Baseband Solution

Micro-cell Networking

Milestones

In Oct.2010, WCP was founded an invited AXGP Bidding

In Feb.2011, ZTE got the PO for AXGP Phase I

In Apr.-Aug.2011, Lab test of RAN and Field test launched

In Nov.2011, AXGP was pre commercial applied

In Feb. 2012, Commercial Launched

customer, which will become the solid foundation for

future constructions and projects.

Co-site with Existing PHS, Lower Cost, Faster DeploymentWCP (SoftBank subsidiary) owns 160k PHS (2G TDD

technology in Japan) sites. AXGP eNodeB shared the

site resources of PHS base stations. AXGP and PHS

can share the Antenna, optical transmission, power

supply and related materials. The antenna is 1.9GHz (for

PHS) and 2.5GHz (for AXGP) dual band Omni Spear

Antenna.

With this Co-site design, the shared method can reduce

the networking investment and period obviously, we

needn’t to acquire new site resource with high rent, and

speed up network deployment.

Centralized baseband, save the space of equipment room and convenient managementZTE provided large capacity BBU for centralized

baseband. Every GC room includes several BBU

cabinets which can contain multiple BBUs and each

BBU can provide 18 cells capacity. GPS adopts fiber

remote method, which solve the problem that room

cannot be drilled for feeder cable.

Distinctive Services in JapanJapanese telecom market is always well-known by its

diversity and distinctive services. The development

of AXGP or the like wireless broadband technologies

help the operators to provide a better stage and better

experience for subscribers.

In Japan, the carriers invest on their own platform.

When smart dev ices have become ever more

widespread, information flood prompts consumers to

adopt new shopping behaviors, such as the tendency to

seek opinions and reviews on pages or in social media

before making purchases. In an effort to support such

services in this market, operators have established

the O2O Platform to connect online and offline for

shopping anytime and anywhere. On the other hand, the

operators have explored mobile payment market which

act like the role like banks with high profit.

On 24th Feb, 2012, SoftBank (WCP) Commercial

launched its 4G AXGP (TD-LTE) Network. More than

70,000 subscribers are absorbed with only 2 months.

It’s a new MBB era for SoftBank.

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IndiaBharti Airtel Launched the First TD-LTE Commercial Network in South Asia

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India

Background InformationBharti Airtel is India's largest operator and provides

integrated telecommunications services in more than 20

countries of India, South Asia and Africa. The number

of its worldwide subscribers is among the top five. India

auctioned 2.3GHz BWA license in June 2010. Bharti

Airtel spent 33.14 billion Rupees ($ 655.6 million) on 4G

spectrum for four areas of India. In the same year, Bharti

Airtel selected TD-LTE technology to construct 4G network

in oder to seize the commanding heights of the high-speed

data services at the fastest pace. According to the statistics

of the world famous consulting company Informa, Indian

3G users has increased 2000% from early 2009 to the

end of 2011. The demands for mobile broadband services

are very urgent and massive in India, but the price of fiber

construction is expensive because India’s land is private

own which limits the development of broadband users.

Bharti ‘s TD-LTE network construction exactly meets the

market demands.

Overcome All Difficulties, Rank First in Technical TestIn November 2010, Bharti Airtel invited many vendors to

participate in TD-LTE system test which lasted six months.

The test items covered network basic functions, reliability,

network coverage, performance indicators and so on. In

this test, ZTE is the only vendor pasted most items of test

and ranked first in technology evaluation which won the

customer’s highly recognization. In January 2012, after the

comprehensive assessment of the technical, commerial

price and many other indicators, ZTE was the first to

sign commercial contract with Bharti to construct TD-

LTE commercial network for Kolkata which is the famous

seaport tourist destination in India.

Customized Solutions Perfectly Solved Customer ProblemsFlexible Space Design Saved Installation Cost

Indian tower resources and equipment room spaces

are limited, the cost of new construction of tower is 5 to

10 times than that is in China. In order to save network

installation cost, ZTE has done lots of work on site space

design and equipments installation design. Regarding TD-

LTE BS site selection, we preferentially reused 2G sites.

TD-LTE distributed baseband module shared the same

rack ,the same power and transmission equipment with 2G

equipment,. At the same time, we replaced the existing 2G

antennas by 2G/TD-LTE broadband multimode antennas

which can effectively saved the antenna costs as well as

the room, pole and tower space. The 2G antennas which

have been replaced can be re-used and installed in other

independent 2G equipment sites which can minimized the

loss of network construction.

Green Energy Saving Technologies Minimized System Power

Consumption

India's public infrastructure construction lagged behind

and the electric charge is very high, ZTE's green energy-

saving technology could help effectively reduce the

network operational costs which have won customers

recognization. ZTE’s DPD and Doherty technology made

power amplifier efficiency increased 30% ~ 40% which

help maximized reduce system power consumption.

Exclusive Cell Splitting Technology Saved Equipment Cost

Under common circumstance, one RF module can only

support one sector regarding Distributed macro base

station, ZTE’s 4-channel RF module with cell splitting

technology can be split into two 2-channel RF module

to support two sectors which makes the BS’s capacity

and coverage more flexible. In the initial stage of network

construction, the data services are uneven development

in a region. In order to solve this problem, ZTE adopted

4-channel and 2-channel RRUs hybrid networking

according to different regions in India. Regarding the high

traffic region, we use 4-channel RF module to support a

sector, regarding the low traffic region we used a 4-channel

RF module which can be splitted into two 2-channel

RF modules. So a base station with three sectors only

adopted two 4-channel RF modules could meet coverage

requirements and saved 30% costs for equipment

purchase, network construction and maintenance. As

some low traffic regions ,if users gradually increased and

became a high traffic area, we can make cell merged and

new-added RF modules to meet the traffic requirements.

Interoperability Solutions and Series Terminals Open up

Commercial View

Bhati Airtel has 2G and 3G networks, so it paid more

attention to the interoperability of TD-LTE with existing

2G/3G networks. There are numerous TD-LTE terminal

manufactures. so it is a big challenge to test TD-LTE Base

station’s maturity because of the requirements of various

terminals Interoperability.ZTE’ open and standardized BS’

interface design readily solved all this problems which

maximized opened up the view of commercial terminals.

ZTE's TD-LTE wireless systems has successfully achieved

the integration with NSN ‘s EPC network and has fully

completed Interoperability test with more than 40 terminal

manufactures. ZTE’s five kinds of TD-LTE terminals such

as single-mode, multimode USB dongles, outdoor/indoor

CPEs and Ufi has also been successfully commercial used.

Efficient Network Delivery Capabilities Won Customer‘s Praise After signing commercial contracts, ZTE carried on fierce

competition with other vendors in the aspect of delivery,

installation, network optimization, debugging and so on.

ZTE has specialized project management processes

and teams in site obtaining, civil engineering, equipment

installation, Its rapid and high-quality delivery Capabilities

Won Customer‘s praise .In October 2011, ZTE is the first to

complete the TD-LTE commercial test network and made

the first call. In April 2012, ZTE is the first to launch the TD-

LTE commercial network in Calcutta.

ZTE Became the Sole Partner of Airtel for Kolkata LTE Commercial CeremonyOn April 10th (Wednesday), Bharti Airtel’s LTE network

commercial ceremony has been successfully held in

Kolkata of India which announced India's first LTE networks

commercially launched in the eastern city of Kolkata. ZTE

stood out in existing network equipment suppliers and

was selected as the partner of the commercial ceremony

by Bharti Airtel due to its quickly delivering ability and high

quality of network.

In the site of commercial ceremony, Bharti Airtel showed

the high-speed downloads services, video streaming and

other data services to many Medias, officials as well as

experience users by ZTE’s TD-LTE network. The high-

speed download services and high-definition screen

display won all the audiences cheer.

The minister of Indian human resources development

and Communications and IT ministry Mr. Kapil Sibal

arrived at the scene of ceremony and gave a speech,

Bharti Airtel ‘s Chairman and CEO Mr. Sunil Bharti

Mittal commended: " ZTE provided strong guarantee

for Bharti Airtel to take the lead in TD-LTE commercial

launch with its superior product performance and strong

engineering execution. ZTE is our most reliable partner;

we sincerely thanked ZTE for providing TD-LTE live

service demonstration on site that opened the door to

success of 4G era ".

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Customer Evaluation ZTE provided strong guarantee for Bharti Airtel to take the lead in TD-LTE commercial launch

with its superior product performance and strong engineering execution. ZTE is our most

reliable partner; we sincerely thanked ZTE for providing TD-LTE live service demonstration on

site that opened the door to the success of 4G era.

—— Bharti Airtel ‘s Chairman and CEO , Mr. Sunil Bharti Mittal

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AustriaH3G Austria’s Mobile Network Excels in Third-Party Testing

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Austria

We are fully geared to make this project a great success and improve our network quality on a

constant basis. We value ZTE as our most competitive network partner here in Austria.

—— Matthias Baldermann, CTO of H3G Austria

Customer values Convenient network planning, reduce fiber-optic leasing cost

Flexible topology connectivity, resolve transmission problem in complex terrain

Satisfy customers’ requirement for sustainable expansion, support smooth network

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At the end of November 2011, Europe’s largest

telecommunications publication, Connect, organized

formal tests on the mobile networks of eleven operators.

These operators included Telekom, Vodafone, O2 and

E-plus in Germany; Swisscom, Orange and Sunrise in

Switzerland; and H3G, AT-Mobile and Orange in Austria.

Download speed, upload speed, and user experience

were tested. In the download speed test, H3G Austria’s

average rate across the network was 9 Mb/s, better than

that of the second-fastest network. “H3G Austria was

not only the fastest network, it also achieved a score

of 476 out of a possible 500 in customer evaluations

of overall network performance,” said Connect editor

Bernd Theiss.

H3G Austria is a fully owned subsidiary of Hutchison 3G,

a multinational mobile service provider that operates in

several countries. In March 2010, H3G Austria chose

ZTE as its partner to deploy a high-performance,

future-proof mobile broadband network. ZTE was

asked to swap 4005 base station sites and reconstruct

transmission and core networks by the end of 2011. It

was also asked provide six years of managed services.

ZTE’s industry-leading SDR base stations were used

for HSPA+/LTE services. In February 2011, H3G Austria

launched its DC-HSPA+ network with download speeds

of up to 42 Mb/s. H3G Austria commercialized its LTE

network in November 2011. The LTE network is built

on ZTE’s latest Uni-RAN and Uni-Core solutions, which

help H3G Austria make full use of existing equipment

and save CAPEX. ZTE’s professional O&M solution

ensures efficient engineering and O&M work as well as

smooth migration from 2G to 3G and 4G.

ZTE ’s managed se rv i ces i nc l ude co r rec t i ve

maintenance, preventive maintenance, change

management, spare parts management, performance

management, configuration management, quality

management, and expert technical support. The

swapover of H3G’s base station sites involved replacing

large amounts of third-party base stations and reusing

existing auxiliary devices such as power supplies,

towers, air conditioners, shelters, relay nodes, SDH

hubsites and microwave equipment. Maintaining this

diverse equipment is a great challenge. To ensure high

stability, high security, and high availability for H3G

Austria’s mobile network, ZTE outlined seven key points

for network O&M:

● Respect local culture and leverage the advantages

of local employees in communicating with clients

and managing local contractors. Assign important

roles to local employees in project management, and

ensure local employees account for 90 percent of a

project team.

● Outsource some O&M work to or iginal H3G

maintenance staff. This alleviates the difficulty of

maintaining third-party infrastructure before they

are swapped over and allows original maintenance

personnel to remain employed.

● Partner with competent contractors who can

maintain devices from different manufacturers. They

can jointly cope with the risks in maintaining third-

party devices and existing network equipment.

● Adopt the best and most widely accepted O&M

practices, such as eTOM and ITIL, to ensure

standard and professional O&M.

● Attach great importance to training ZTE O&M

personnel, local contractors and H3G O&M

personnel and improve their project execution skills.

● Make network O&M processes transparent, manageable,

and controllable based on quantifiable data.

● Adopt a customized O&M scheme to implement

resource integration and smooth migration from 2G

to 3G.

Before the swapover of base station sites, only about 80

percent of H3G’s SLA conditions were being met. Since

ZTE swapped the network and took over O&M, monthly

fulfillment of SLA has been above 99%. After one year of

professional O&M by ZTE, network KPIs have significantly

improved. Download speed has increased from 1.8

Mb/s to 42 Mb/s or even 100 Mb/s in some areas. The

subscriber base has increased from 600,000 to 1 million

and is expected to reach 6.5 million by the end of 2015.

The volume of network traffic has grown from 8G to 13.2G,

an increase of 70 percent. The call accessibility rate has

reached 98 percent, and the PDP activation rate has

reached 99.5 percent. As a result, customer satisfaction

has been substantially improved. The cutting-edge mobile

broadband network jointly built by H3G Austria and ZTE

is now delivering a variety of feature-rich services to

subscribers across the whole of Austria.

H3G Austria is reaping profits from the new mobile

broadband network. Its success has proved that in

the era of mobile broadband, where user experience

matters the most, a stable, high-speed mobile network

is the key for operators to get a head start on the

competition, reduce CAPEX, and improve profit margin.

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SwedenHi3G: Leading the Era of LTE TDD/FDD Convergence

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We have chosen ZTE for an additional 3G 900/2100 rollout and for LTE mobile broadband

networks in Sweden because of the possibility to house three different mobile standards in the

same physical infrastructure and the low cost of ownership. Furthermore, ZTE has advanced LTE

dual-mode solutions and quick consignment responses that really meet our requirements.

—— Peder Ramel, CEO of Hi3G

Sweden

Scandinavia has a history of producing innovative

operators and vendors. Many cutting-edge innovations,

advanced communication technologies, and high-

end communication services are conceived there.

Swedish operator TeliaSonera launched the world’s

first commercial FDD LTE network at the end of 2009;

Danish operator TDC became the second to deploy

an LTE network in Europe in June 2010; and Swedish

operator Net4Mobility deployed an LTE commercial

network at the end of 2010.

Another Scandinavian operator, Hi3G, has the fourth

largest market share in Sweden and Denmark. Its

competitors have all deployed LTE networks, and this

has greatly impacted Hi3G’s development. Therefore, it

is imperative for Hi3G to launch LTE.

Many high-end operators are choosing traditional FDD

mode. However, Hi3G believes that after FDD and

TDD standards are converged, a 4G network with TDD

will have the same quality as FDD but will be cheaper

because of spectral resource efficiency. Building LTE

TDD/FDD dual-mode networks is the best choice for

operators. Hi3G has only 2 × 10 MHz in the 2.6 GHz

band for FDD in Sweden and Denmark. This narrow

bandwidth makes it hard to provide competitive data

throughput in hotspots. Hi3G therefore has to consider

using an LTE TDD/FDD hybrid network that can cater for

high-rate data services and leverage existing spectral

resources.

In September 2010, Hi3G put out a tender for an LTE

TDD/FDD dual-mode network solution. Interoperability

between LTE TDD/FDD and Hi3G’s existing UMTS

was a requirement. Moreover, the LTE FDD network

had to provide wide coverage, and both TDD and FDD

had to be applied in the same hotspots. Later, the LTE

TDD network would be further expanded to cover more

hotspots. From equipment delivery to installation and

commissioning, the entire converged network had to be

completed within three months.

Early in the bidding, Hi3G selected two suppliers to build

its LTE network in Sweden. As the project proceeded,

ZTE stood out from the competition with its advanced

LTE TDD/FDD dual-mode solution, multimode SDR

platform, diverse base stations, customized transmission

solutions, leading multimode terminals, and powerful

project delivery and logistics capabilities. In March 2011,

Hi3G selected ZTE as its exclusive LTE vendor.

ZTE’s TDD LTE/FDD LTE/UMTS multimode converged

solution met the requirements for interoperability and

load balancing between Hi3G’s existing 3G network and

the new LTE network. The solution improved system

security and stability and ensured network throughput

in hotspots. With shared BBUs, antennas, GPS,

transmission, OMC and EPC, the LTE TDD/FDD dual-

mode network meant that site investment and network

O&M costs were reduced for Hi3G, and the network was

constructed quickly.

Because of system interference caused by co-siting the

TDD LTE, FDD LTE, and UMTS networks, ZTE offered a

co-antenna solution that was warmly received by Hi3G.

ZTE used two-path broadband antennas that reduced

interference between TDD LTE and FDD LTE through

proper antenna isolation and customized combiners.

Hotspots require high network throughput. Hi3G has

limited site resources and sought to make full use of

their existing UMTS sites. Winter temperatures are very

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low in Sweden, and this places very high requirements

on base stations in terms of capacity, size, installation

flexibility, and performance. In response to these needs,

ZTE provided different LTE base stations that could be

used in different scenarios and perform well even at -40

degrees Celsius. ZTE’s FDD/TDD dual-mode SDR base

stations, compact outdoor BBU cabinets, large outdoor

BBU cabinets, and outdoor distributed base stations

were combined in different arrangements according to

the environment. The eNB can be installed indoors or

outdoors, mounted on a tower, or under a tower. This

helped Hi3G save on engineering, alleviate installation

difficulty, and speed up network construction.

Hi3G was a pioneer in 3G, and lagging behind in

4G development was never an option. Fast network

deployment and differentiated 4G terminals are key to

LTE commercialization. ZTE launched the world’s first

data cards based on Qualcomm chipsets that support

3G, TDD LTE and FDD LTE systems. This helps Hi3G

rapidly commercialize its LTE network.

For operators, failure to commercialize a network leads

to a tremendous loss of revenue and creates the risk

of perpetually lagging behind the competition. ZTE set

up professional project management teams for site

acquisition, civil engineering, equipment installation, and

managed services. Hi3G was very satisfied with ZTE’s

standardized operation and quality project delivery.

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