ZTE Corporation, on Tuesday announced that the company signed a cooperation framework agreement with U Mobile Sdn Bhd to expand the operator’s 3G and 4G LTE networks in Malaysia, bringing superior mobile broadband user experience to subscribers.

Under the agreement, ZTE will expand and optimize U Mobile’s networks in Malaysia’s major cities, leveraging a comprehensive range of products and solutions from 3G wireless access, LTE wireless access, core network, power supply, bearer network, microwave transmission to services. 

“This expansion project is a significant milestone in the partnership between ZTE and U Mobile. We are committed to offering ZTE’s industry-leading products and solutions to help U Mobile build the highest-performance networks across Malaysia, delivering the best mobile broadband user experience to subscribers,” said Zhou Fang, Vice President, ZTE.

With high-quality product solutions and excellent engineering capabilities, ZTE will help U Mobile further enhance its services to users across Malaysia. The project will further strengthen the long-term strategic partnership between ZTE and U Mobile.

As one of the world’s leading wireless network equipment providers, ZTE’s solutions are commercially deployed by over 160 operators in more than 110 countries, including Bharti Airtel, China Mobile, China Telecom, China Unicom, Deutsche Telekom, Hutchison, KPN, Telefonica, Telenor, TeliaSonera, Vodafone, and VimpelCom. By the end of December 2014, ZTE had signed 170 commercial contracts for 4G LTE and EPC (evolved packet core) networks around the world, covering 70% of countries with investments in 4G LTE.