| Broadband | | | ZTE ,Cell C launches 42Mbps DC-HSPA+ 900MHz commercial network in Africa | | | | | 24 May 2011 | | |  ZTE Corporation ,a global provider of telecommunications equipment and network solutions announced on Tuesday Africa’s first 42Mbps DC-HSPA+ 900MHz commercial network based in South Africa’s Port Elisabeth.
The network is run by South Africa’s mobile operator Cell C which is one of the top three mobile operators in South Africa, and is the first mobile operator to operate the GSM 900MHz/1800MHz dual-band network. Last July, ZTE and Cell C jointly announced Africa’s first HSPA+ 900MHz network, which was upgraded to 42M DC-HSPA+ in less than a year.
The GSM/UMTS 900M network deployed by ZTE for Cell C has the most advanced SDR base-stations in the industry, which not only simultaneously supports both GSM and UMTS, but also evolves towards HSPA+/LTE.
“The continuous improvement of Cell C’s network performance has demonstrated the great cooperation between us, and has also demonstrated ZTE’s commitment to deploying high-quality networks for customers using the SDR-based Uni RAN solution. We will continue to enhance the strategic partnership with Cell C to build an advanced mobile broadband network in Africa” said Zhang Jianguo, General Manager of ZTE’s GU Product Line. |
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