ZTE Enters European 5G Market in Earnest
Published2017.10.27 19:34ZTE, a provider of telecommunications, enterprise, and consumer technology solutions for mobile internet, announced today that it has entered into a partnership with Italy's largest mobile operator Wind Tre and Italy's wholesale fiber network operator Open Fiber to build a full-scale commercial 5G network in Europe.
ZTE plans to partner with Wind Tre, Open Fiber, local universities, and companies to provide comprehensive 5G network solutions for commercial full-field testing in the 3.6–3.8 GHz band, and to comprehensively test and certify technical performance, network architecture, 4G/5G network integration, and use cases.
Bai Yanmin, General Manager of ZTE TDD and 5G Products, explained, "We also plan to establish our 5G Innovation & Research Center in L'Aquila, and through this cooperation, we will help Italy build a world-class full commercial 5G network."
In early 2017, the Italian government announced plans to take the lead in deploying the EU 5G implementation plan. This aims to promote the commercialization of 5G in Italy by encouraging major Italian telecommunications companies to take the lead in building 5G networks. Five pilot cities were selected for this purpose, and this experiment became an important milestone in the 5G implementation plan.
Wind Tre and Open Fiber plan to collaborate with ZTE to conduct pre-commercial 5G testing in the L'Aquila and Prato regions of Italy. To date, ZTE has engaged in technology and industry cooperation with various other carriers, including signing strategic 5G partnerships with China Mobile, China Telecom, China Unicom, SoftBank, Telefonica, Belgium's Telenet, and Korea's KT.
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