Under the agreement, ZTE will provide a series of distributed and end-to-end IP WiMAX product solutions including compact and high-capacity base stations, access gateway, network management system, MPLS (Multiprotocol Label Switching) and IMS (IP Multimedia System). The network is expected to be completed and ready for service by the third quarter of 2008.

In deploying the WiMAX network in Libya, ZTE will be installing MIMO (Multiple-input and Multi- output), OFDMA (Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiple Access) and high-efficiency power amplifiers, among other key technologies. These will help enhance the coverage radius of the network and reduce the required number of base stations, allowing LTT to efficiently speed up network installation. Once the network is up and running, subscribers in Libya will have various wireless access services including VoIP (Voice Over IP), high-speed download and mobile television using wireless broadband connections.

Chen Jiewen, ZTE Corporation Chief Representative in Libya, said, “ZTE is pleased to closely collaborate with LTT in deploying the first ever and highly reliable WiMAX commercial network in Africa, demonstrating ZTE’s global leading position in providing WiMAX solutions. We expect the deployment of the network to trigger more similar WiMAX deployments in other African countries, and we are committed to providing our expertise and solutions to realize these opportunities.”

“We are extremely pleased to partner with ZTE in building the first WiMAX commercial network in Africa. With the deployment of WiMAX in key cities in Libya, we will be able to provide the Libyan population the most effective wireless and highly advanced communications platform to enjoy access of various wireless services,” said Mahmoud Bashir Alteir, LTT’s WiMAX Project Manager.

ZTE is one of the biggest champions in the WiMAX industry, according to an iSuppli report “WiMAX: The Best Opportunity for China Vendors” published in October 2007.

The company has clinched a major WiMAX terminal procurement contract with Sprint Nextel, the third largest mobile operator in the United States. ZTE supplied Sprint Nextel a series of WiMAX solutions with PC card and Modem products equipped with Wave2 functions. It has also built 21 commercial trials of WiMAX 802.16e network in other markets including Singapore, Thailand and Saudi Arabia.

Today, ZTE is one of the world’s WiMAX equipment manufacturers and amongst one of the pioneers to invest in WiMAX Research and Development. It is also the only Chinese company among 15 Board of Directors in the WiMAX Forum.