ZTE Corporation, a leading global provider of telecommunications equipment and network solutions, added another major client win to its growing list of service providers deploying its GSM solution.

The company today announced the signing of a US$100 million deal with China Mobile's Pakistan arm (CMPak) to help them swell the capacity of their GSM infrastructure as part of its Phase 2 project.

The project covers up central Pakistan, where the highest GDP in the country is produced and over half of the country's population resides, hence becoming the main source of most operators' voice data service profits.  The central Pakistan territory comprises of eight cities and regions, including Multan, Faisalabad and Lahore, Pakistan's second largest city.
 
Under the GSM infrastructure extension project, ZTE will offer CMPak with its most recent 8000 series of base stations using a unified total IP hardware platform. The solution allows operators to smoothly evolve their telecom infrastructure into total IP integrated mobile broadband networks helping them reduce network evolution cost, lower their TCO, and continuously enhance their profitability.

CMPak will specifically deploy ZTE's M8206 base station for its GSM expansion project, a solution that adopts industry-leading modular design. An M8206's single module only weighs 20kg with a size of a 15-inch notebook and can be easily installed by only one technical expert.

Zhang Liang, CEO of ZTE Pakistan, said, “With this significant contract deal with CMPak, ZTE again proves its cutting-edge technology in the industry and strengthens its partnership with CMPak as its preferred and No.1 telecom equipment supplier. At the same time, ZTE has been sharing China Mobile's success in the overseas market which further shows the substantial mark that Chinese telecom players are achieving in the global telecom arena. Such a model of cooperation creates win-win situation and valuable opportunities to both parties. We look forward to further strengthening our cooperation with CMPak in the near future.”

ZTE's GSM equipment is now deployed by more than 60 operators in over 50 countries internationally, resulting in the installation of mobile capacity exceeding 200 million lines.   

At present, the company has applied for more than 3,000 GSM patents and is a ground-breaking member of many international standards organizations such as ETSI, 3GPP and GSA. ZTE ranks among the leading GSM equipment providers in the world, partnering with industry-leading operators including China Mobile, China Unicom, Reliance, Etisalat, Telenor, Hutchison, among others.