SHENZEN, China -- EMCALI, one of Colombia's four major fixed line operators, has chosen ZTE Corporation (Shenzhen: 000063, Hong Kong: 0763), the fastest growing global provider of telecommunications equipment and network solutions, to provide the infrastructure for its upgraded Softswitch-based Next Generation Network.

The new network, which incorporates ZTE's Fixed-line 3G@NGN solutions, will provide a range of advanced services including broadband access, IPTV and other intelligent services to customers in Columbia's second largest city Cali.

"Latin-America is an extremely competitive market for telecoms vendors. Local operators traditionally make demanding requirements on new entrants looking to establish themselves in a region which undoubtedly offers significant potential for future growth," said Mr Huang Dabin, Vice General Manager of ZTE Network Division. "Having been through a period of close competition with a number of mainstream multinational telecom equipment vendors for this contract, we have increased our momentum in the local and global NGN market with this win."

ZTE's Fixed-line 3G@NGN solutions harness the strength of ZTE´s own patented technologies. Forming a diverse portfolio of migration approaches to next generation networks, the company's NGN solutions give operators the possibility to select the best-fit option for scalable network development.

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