ZTE Achieves Multiple Awards at 2026 Lightwave Innovation Reviews, Leading Global AI Optical Network Innovation

• ZTE has won awards for all its innovation proposals at the 2026 Lightwave Innovation Reviews
• The achievement demonstrates the company's core competitiveness in leading technological innovation in the optical communication and broadband sectors

Shenzhen, China, March 24, 2026 - ZTE Corporation (0763.HK / 000063.SZ), a globally leading provider of integrated information and communication technology solutions, announced today that it has won honors for all its innovation proposals at the 2026 Lightwave Innovation Reviews. Driven by outstanding technological originality, customer value, and significant industry empowerment, ZTE has demonstrated its core competitiveness in continuously leading technological innovation in the optical communication and broadband sectors, garnering high acclaim from the industry.

Next-Gen AI-Powered OLT ZXA10 C600H

Built on a fully distributed architecture, the ZXA10 C600H delivers ultra-broadband capacity, hyper-convergence, and endogenous AI. It enables the large-scale deployment of 50G PON, supports smooth evolution from existing GPON/XG(S)-PON and EPON/10G-EPON to 50G PON, and paves the path toward future 200G PON. It supports the separation of the control plane and the forwarding plane and integrates endogenous AI and computing power, enabling optical layer diagnostics and quality degradation analysis. It also meets deterministic network requirements through end-to-end hard pipes. With dual power supply protection and second-level service recovery capabilities, the system ensures high reliability and security, facilitating the construction of a smoothly evolving and easily scalable FTTx network.

ZTE Fiber Fingerprint Helps Build E2E Intelligent Fiber Infrastructure

ZTE has successfully trialed Europe's first fiber fingerprint ODN solution, significantly boosting the resource utilization and fault localization efficiency of ODN networks. This collaboration successfully visualizes the once "dark" ODN, making a crucial step toward a fully digitalized and intelligent optical access network. Moving forward, ZTE will deepen the exploration of Fiber Fingerprint ODN to drive the evolution of fiber networks toward greater efficiency and intelligence.

WaveMind AI x Wi-Fi 7

ZTE's WaveMind AI x Wi-Fi 7 integrates AI into Wi-Fi 7 CPEs, transforming traditional routers into proactive partners. It delivers 24/7 network optimization and personalized experiences, creating a seamless, secure, and intuitive digital living environment. The system's SmartWave AI Antennas utilize real-time environmental sensing. By executing microsecond-level switching to optimal antenna arrays, the system effectively eliminates coverage gaps and boosts average network speeds by over 20%. SeamlessWave AI Roaming ensures a "never-drop" connection with an ultra-low latency of 10ms through intelligent scheduling algorithms and zero-packet-loss handover. SpeedWave AI Acceleration leverages Cloud DPI to intelligently identify traffic and optimize parameters through reinforcement learning, cutting service latency by over 50% for a highly responsive and adaptive network.

World's First 1.6 Tbps Transmission on 12 THz DWDM Live Network

ZTE has achieved the world's first live-network demonstration of 1.6 Tbps optical transmission over a 12 THz C+L-band DWDM system, doubling fiber utilization compared with the previous C6THz system, and enabling 60 × 1.6 Tbps channels and high-speed transmission of 400GE/800GE services. Compared with the 1.2T solution, it has increased the transmission speed by 33%, and reduced the per-Gbit power consumption by 25%. Equipped with proprietary Flex Shaping 3.0 dynamic modulation technology, the solution supports flexible rates from 400G to 1.6T, meeting the needs of data center interconnects and trans-Eurasian backbone networks. It drives optical networks toward higher capacity, lower energy consumption, and greater intelligence, setting a new benchmark for global optical communications.

Optical Diagnostic System Based on AI

The AI-based optical diagnostic system enables intelligent diagnosis and early warning for high-fault-risk points in OTN networks. Leveraging the ZENIC ONE, a next-gen management and control system, the system supports real-time monitoring of optical fiber degradation, accurate prediction of optical device failure time, and precise identification of co-routing risks in the network. Driven by proactive operation and maintenance, the overall network reliability has been increased by 20%, O&M efficiency improved by 30%, and O&M costs reduced by 15%.

Multi-Vendor Distributed Digital Twin Simulation System

The digital twin-based multi-vendor distributed simulation system employs high-fidelity modeling and real-time data synchronization to create a virtual IP network replica with over 95% accuracy, enabling full lifecycle simulation and predictive maintenance for IP networks. The system has been trialed in new Metropolitan Area Networks. It has achieved zero error in network configuration change during system cutover, ensured zero impact on live services, and improved operational efficiency in verification by 80%, propelling the operator's transition from reactive troubleshooting to proactive and intelligent O&M.

These awards recognize ZTE's innovation and solution capabilities in optical communications and broadband. Moving forward, the company will further advance R&D and scenario-based applications, fueling industry upgrade and digital transformation.