[December 18, 2008] ZTE Won CDMA Contract from Smart PCS Tweet SHENZHEN, Dec 18, 2008 (SinoCast Daily Business Beat via COMTEX) -- ZTE Corporation (SZSE: 000063 and SEHK: 0763) said on December 17 that it clinched a CDMA supply contract with the US carrier Smart PCS, another important achievement in the US CDMA market after establishing partnerships with MetroPCS and Aircell. Under the contract, ZTE is to provide Smart PCS with All-IP CDMA 2000 EVDO switching equipment, base stations, CDMA mobile phones, as well as data cards. ZTE, Anthony E. Ortolani, president and CEO of Smart PCS, pointed out, can supply reasonably-priced advanced and mature equipment and services to the US telecom startup. Moreover, the Chinese company's CDMA network equipment is able to support Smart PCS' subscriber increment, in line with the latter's requirements for technology upgrade and market expansion in future. Recently, China's top two telecommunications equipment and network solution providers, Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. and ZTE, both have enhance their sales and marketing teams in the US to strive for more orders. Source: dycj.ynet.com (December 18, 2008) [ Back To TMCnet.com's Homepage ]