ZTE to Build CDMA Communications Network for Armenia

SinoCast
August 18, 2006 Friday 10:47 AM Eastern Time

China’s telecom equipment maker ZTE Corporation said it has inked
an agreement with ArmenTel to build the first CDMA communications
network for Armenia.

On the strength of its strong technology power and extensive
applications in CDMA field, ZTE solely won a bid by making use of
end-to-end CDMA450 WLL (Wireless Local Loop) network solution.

Targeting at improving ArmenTel’s original fixed-line communications
network to be a digital one and expanding its coverage, ZTE brought
forward a comprehensive solution combining CDMA450 wireless access
and microwave relay transmission technologies.

In 1998, Greece’s OTE, Europe’s top telecom carrier, acquired a 90
percent stake in ArmenTel and gain a 15-year operation right.

ArmenTel is the largest telecom operator in Armenia, which owns the
overall fixed-line phone users and over 60 percent mobile phone users
in the country.

By June of this year, ZTE had rolled out CDMA450 products in more
than 20 countries and territories worldwide such as Russia, Norway,
Argentina, Czech Republic and Pakistan.

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