At Mobile World Congress 2009, ZTE announced mobile broadband support for Windows 7
16 February 2009, Shenzhen – ZTE Corporation ("ZTE"), a leading global provider of telecommunications equipment and network solutions, today announces their complete line of mobile broadband data cards will support Windows 7 and will be compliant with the Windows Network Driver Interface Specification 6.20, NDIS6.20. ZTE's next generation 3G data cards will fully support the mobile broadband features of Windows 7, giving users a more consistent and convenient internet surfing experience, anytime and anywhere.
"ZTE is reinforcing its leadership position in the data card market by providing innovative, custom-made products and services. It is a great pleasure to work with Microsoft to develop the upcoming 3G data cards supporting Windows 7. Microsoft Windows 7 is an important platform for ZTE to innovate mobile broadband products. Products supporting Windows 7 will give consumers access to innovative and effective services.” said Zhang yadong, General Manager of Data card business unit, ZTE. “ZTE will be ready to provide and customize the next generation of data cards which support windows 7 for co-operated partners such as operators and notbook/netbook vendors. As soon as Microsoft Windows 7 is officially released, all ZTE data card products will support Windows 7"
"We are pleased to collaborate with ZTE to ensure their mobile broadband devices integrate with Windows 7. Our goal is to provide customers with simpler and more reliable way to connect to the Internet," said Gary S. Greenbaum, director of business development for Windows Networking at Microsoft Corp.
ZTE is the world's second largest supplier of data cards and had sold over 10 million data cards by the end of 2008. ZTE has a strong focus on research and development (R&D). It invests 10% of its annual sales in R&D and has a team of 1,000 R&D employees distributed in centres in Shanghai and Xi'an in China, and in the USA and Sweden. Furthermore, ZTE is one of the few manufacturers with the ability to provide 3G and WiMAX data cards for HSDPA, HSUPA and HSPA+ as either multimedia data cards or embedded modems. ZTE’s data cards are being sold worldwide through 20 leading mobile operators.
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