SHENZHEN, China -- ZTE Corporation (“ZTE”), a leading global provider of telecommunications equipment and network solutions, has successfully penetrated the Eastern European IPTV market by recently sealing an IPTV project contract with the Republican Unitary Telecommunication Enterprise (RUE) Beltelecom, a National Telecommunications Operator of the Republic of Belarus.

Since May 2006, Beltelecom has been initiating the national IPTV development and conducting IPTV trial tests with leading providers in the industry. ZTE has beaten other competitors in the contract bid with its network video technology, which has a solid network performance infrastructure design, and one of the most reliable and comprehensive end-to-end multimedia solutions in the industry that meets sophisticated needs of multimedia service providers.

“We are honored to be selected by Beltelecom for its national IPTV project. We have an extensive track record and IPTV system deployment experience with service providers in various international markets,” said Mr. Yu Yifang, General Manager of ZTE Multimedia and Terminal Product Lines. “This new and significant customer win not only validates our proven capability in offering reliable IPTV network video solution, but also another key milestone for our IPTV expertise in penetrating international markets.”

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