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ZTE and CSL win Global Telecoms Business

LTE Infrastructure Innovation award

Award recognises ZTE’s cutting-edge LTE commercial trial with

Telstra Hong Kong subsidiary CSL

7th June 2010, London – ZTE Corporation and CSL, a Telstra subsidiary and Hong

Kong’s leading mobile network operator, have been awarded the LTE Infrastructure

Innovation award as part of the Global Telecoms Business Innovation Awards 2010. The

awards are selected and awarded by Global Telecoms Business magazine and

recognise the major corporations and innovations that have helped shape the telecoms

industry over the last 12 months.

CSL’s Next G network, built by ZTE, was the world’s first HSPA+ network based on

Software Defined Radio (SDR) technology. The carrier launched a commercial trial of

LTE in November 2009, and already has 40 cell sites where LTE is operational.

“We are glad to be awarded by GTB in the second consecutive year for innovation on our

Next G network. This award also recognises our partnership with ZTE and joint efforts

that we have been working closely to enable the people of Hong Kong to be one of the

first in the world to enjoy LTE services. This will deliver on our promise to our customers

of a true mobile broadband service that enables advanced corporate applications for

businesses and an enhanced mobile multimedia experience for consumers,” according to

Tarek Robbiati, Group Managing Director of Telstra International.

CSL’s network supports UMTS/LTE dual-mode services. With ZTE’s industry leading

SDR technology the operator can upgrade the network with software only, enabling CSL

to easily migrate from HSPA+ to LTE according to its growth requirements across Hong

Kong. Traditionally, the roll-out of a next generation network would require an operator to

build and run two networks. The flexibility of SDR technology reduces significantly the

difficulties of upgrading to a next-gen technology.

“We have to think about the future – between 10 and 20 per cent of users will put heavy

demands on the network, so carriers will need to invest in LTE to meet this demand. CSL

is leading the industry with its offering and we are proud to jointly receive this award,”

added Zhang Jianguo, Vice President of ZTE UMTS/LTE product.

The GTB Innovation Awards are now in their fourth year and are designed to honour

innovative projects involving telecoms operators and service providers around the world,

in association with their vendors and suppliers. The awards ceremony took place at the

London Park Lane Sheraton Hotel on the evening of June 7th.

About ZTE

ZTE is a leading global provider of telecommunications equipment and network solutions. It has the widest and most complete product range in the world – covering virtually every sector of the wireline, wireless, service and terminals markets. The company delivers innovative, custom-made products and services to over 500 operators in more than 140 countries, helping them to achieve continued revenue growth and to shape the future of the world’s communications. ZTE commits around 10% of its annual turnover to research and development and takes a leading role in a wide range of international bodies developing emerging telecoms standards. ZTE leads China’s 3G industry with about 30% share of the total 3G equipment market in 2008. A company with sound corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives, ZTE is a member of the UN Global Compact that strictly adheres to the Ten Principles of the Global Compact in developing and carrying out CSR programs. ZTE is China’s only listed telecoms manufacturer, with shares publicly traded on both the Hong Kong and Shenzhen Stock Exchanges (H share stock code: 0763.HK / A share stock

code: 000063.SZ). For more information, please visit www.zte.com.cn. About CSL Limited CSL is Hong Kong’s first and leading mobile network operator. It is also the first mobile company in Hong Kong to employ a distinctive market segmentation strategy and it uses leading-edge technologies to provide customer-focused services through segmented brands: 1O1O, One2Free and New World Mobility. It operates a world-class GSM / WCDMA network through which it offers comprehensive post and pre-paid mobile services to both local and international customers. CSL is also the leading roaming operator in Hong Kong to provide unmatched international multi-media connectivity with over 500 mobile operators around the world. For more information, please visit www.hkcsl.com. CSL is part of Telstra International, a business unit of Telstra Corporation Limited, Australia’s leading telecommunications and information services company (www.telstrainternational.asia).