ZTE and China Telecom jointly sponsor the Network Evolution Summit in Hong Kong

The Network Evolution Summit, jointly sponsored by ZTE and China Telecom, was held in Hong Kong's Disneyland hotel today, December 06, 2006.

More than 300 senior executives and experts from China Telecom and 70 other major telecommunication operators from around the world attended the event. The main topics of the summit were the role of NGN technology in network transformation, China Telecom's network transformation opinion and experience, experiences of partnership between telecoms operators and equipment providers, and operation innovation and development in the telecoms industry.

During the summit, China Telecom and ZTE celebrated one year of stable operation of the China Telecom's long-distance NGN project. Delegates from FT, TMI（Telecom Malaysia International）and other top operators also shared their network construction and maintenance experiences.

China Telecom is the one of the largest fixed-line network operators in the world and has extensive operational experience in fixed-line, wireless PHS and broadband data networks. Ms. Zhao Huiling, vice president of China Telecom's Beijing Research Institute, shared China Telecom's views of, and strategy for, network transformation.

Ms Zhao said that China Telecom's network transformation is highlighted by its launch of the NGN based long-distance backbone project, which was awarded to ZTE as sole equipment supplier. The project was started in May 2005 and now covers 31 provinces and autonomous regions throughout China. It is, so far, the largest fixed NGN network in the world in terms of number of nodes and 300 million subscribers. The launch of the NGN backbone further improves China Telecom's quality of service in those provinces, secures revenue from long-distance voice traffic and provides much more efficient, and more varied, services.

Reviewing the latest approaches to network transformation, Ms. Jane Chen, vice president of ZTE, analysed current telecoms network structures and future network development trends, and pointed out that operators should pay more attention to end-users' multi-play service requirements.

As an example she discussed ZTE's innovative F3G (Fast Triple Gain) solution which is designed to address multi-play services. As an end-to-end networking solution, F3G fully addresses the requirements of service construction, deployment and management during network transformation.

During the summit's Q&A session, chaired by Mr Wang Xuejun, vice president of Yankee Group Asia-Pacific, delegates from operators including FT，TelkomSALtd shared their opinions on how to construct a highly efficient and profitable telecom network.

"This summit was jointly sponsored with China Telecom to give us an opportunity to share with the world's leading operators the lessons that have been learnt in developing the world's largest NGN fixed line network," said Jane.Chen, "Our aim was to share the knowledge acquired in this process and to give operators the chance to share their experiences from other major markets, with the aim of enhancing global knowledge of, and interest in, NGN networks."

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