ZTE to Build the World's First SDR-based HSPA+ Network

China's ZTE and Hong Kong's CSL New World Mobility (CSLNWM) are to work together to build in Hong-Kong, the world's first SDR (Software Defined Radio) based HSPA+ network making it the first large-scale all-IP network with such technology.

ZTE will upgrade the operators' existing infrastructure with a fully integrated 2G/3G all-IP SDR-based network. Furthermore, ZTE and CSLNWM have successfully completed testing of the HSPA+ network capability in Hong Kong on 15 February 2009, delivering HSPA+ (64QAM) services which can provide up to 21Mbps download speed.

CSLNWM CEO Tarek Robbiati said Hong Kong was undoubtedly one of the most difficult places to deploy a network. ''Many skyscrapers and the dense population create a complicated wireless environment. So the reconstruction of a converged all-IP 2G/3G network is a challenging task.

''We congratulate ZTE on the system's outstanding performance in QAM64 testing and we believe our work with them will help CSLNWM to stay way ahead of the competition and deliver its 2.5 million subscribers superior service,'' Mr. Robbiati said.

ZTE CEO Mr. Yin Yimin said the CSL network reconstruction project was an arduous and complicated undertaking.

''ZTE set up a special project team comprised of more than 300 engineers and technical experts to work with CSL. We are very proud that together we are enabling the world's first SDR-based HSPA+ network," Mr. Yin said.

CSLNWM is the largest mobile operator in Hong Kong and a subsidiary of Telstra. Its GSM/UMTS network counts over 2.5 million subscribers.

Posted to the site on 20th February 2009