ZTE partners with Mobitel

ZTE has signed $40-million deal with Mobitel in the presence of China's Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress Wu Bangguo and Sri Lanka’s President H. E. Mahinda Rajapaksa during Wu's recent visit to Sri Lanka.

As part of the agreement, ZTE will deploy over 700 2G/3G/4G LTE base stations and transmission equipment for Mobitel’s Stage VII Mobile Network Expansion Project. It is also believed that upon completion of the project, this will be South Asia's first commercial 4G (FDD-LTE) network. 

Lalith De Silva. CEO, Mobitel, stated, "We are happy ZTE successfully completed the largest stage of our network expansion, which involved 2G and 3G Base Stations at over 1,000 sites, in record breaking time. The next major development in our technological footprint through this new expansion will be the introduction of the latest long-term evolution (LTE) standard, which will be the commercial deployment of 4G Mobile Technology."

"The fact that Mobitel awarded ZTE with the Stage VII Expansion contract shows that we have achieved a world-leading position with our innovative products and reliable services. We are very happy to help Mobitel roll out the first-ever FDD-LTE-based commercial 4G mobile network in South Asia and further strengthen its leading position as the preferred mobile service provider in Sri Lanka," said Zhang Renjun, Senior Vice-President, ZTE.