China Telecom and ZTE Secure the Outstanding Catalyst – Innovative and Futuristic Award at TM Forum Annual Summit

• ZTE deeply integrates large-uplink, AIR RAN and edge intelligence, enabling efficient collaboration between communication networks and embodied intelligent terminals
• This project provides technical support for operators to develop new digital services

Copenhagen, Denmark, July 3, 2026 - ZTE Corporation (0763.HK / 000063.SZ), a global leading provider of integrated information and communication technology solutions, in partnership with global industrial partners including China Telecom, AT&T, Omantel, Red Hat, Netcracker and AsiaInfo, announced that their jointly developed project, "Robotic dog: AI at the edge, sustainable revenue at scale", has received the prestigious Outstanding Catalyst – Innovative & Futuristic Award at Digital Transformation World (DTW) 2026, hosted by TM Forum. This honor reflects full recognition from the global telecommunications industry of the project’s technological ingenuity, forward-looking solution design and commercial implementation value.

This project aggregates the advantageous resources of leading enterprises in the global communications, computing power, and software ecosystem sectors, fostering collaborative co-construction and complementary strengths to jointly develop a new revenue-generating solution for operators. ZTE has fully leveraged its deep technological accumulation in embodied intelligence, computing-network convergence, and autonomous networks to build a comprehensive end-to-end technical solution. The solution deeply integrates cutting-edge technologies including large-uplink capabilities, AIR RAN, and edge intelligence, achieving profound synergy between communication networks and AI-powered intelligent terminals, driving a dual leap in network performance and intelligent capabilities, opening up new digital service tracks for operators, and solidifying an intelligent technical foundation for industry digital transformation.

The core evaluation of this award fully affirms the project's innovative breakthrough in breaking traditional telecommunications boundaries and advancing toward future network evolution, highlighting the powerful momentum of global industrial collaborative innovation. Through cross-enterprise and cross-domain ecosystem collaboration, the project breaks down industry technical barriers and isolated silos, translating advanced AI communication technologies into new service capabilities that are deployable, scalable, and commercially viable.

Looking ahead, ZTE will continue to focus on core technologies including generative AI, autonomous networks and computing-network convergence. The company will further advance iterative technology upgrades and scenario-driven innovation, and accelerate large-scale commercial deployment of innovative technologies across diverse industries. ZTE aims to facilitate intelligent network upgrades and service value reconstruction for telecom operators worldwide, injecting fresh momentum into the high-quality development of the global digital economy.