Telenor Hungary has selected ZTE Corp to deploy the country’s first LTE-ready network over the next five years.

As part of the deal, ZTE will provide the company with radio and core infrastructure including its End-to-End and Uni-RAN solutions.

“As part of our vision of a Digital Hungary, we predict a growing need for simple- to-use, value-for-money mobile communications services across Hungary, especially mobile broadband and we now see that the time has come to switch to the next gear and take the lead in providing even faster and even more reliable services to our customers,” said Anders Jensen, CEO of Telenor Hungary.

Over 6,000 base stations including LTE eNodeBs will be deployed across the country. Post deployment of the solution, Telenor Hungary will have a unified 2G/3G/LTE core network, supporting multi-mode and multi-band wireless services.

“This agreement with Telenor Hungary marks another major breakthrough in the European market for ZTE’s Uni-RAN technology and further cements our partnership with Telenor. With ZTE’s unified network, Telenor Hungary will have the flexibility to upgrade its network as new services are rolled-out, preparing it for the imminent 4G era,” said Kenneth Fredriksen, GM of ZTE’s Telenor Business Unit.