ZTE, Qualcomm and Aircell Collaborate on In-flight Mobile Broadband System

It has been announced that China's ZTE has been working with Qualcomm to create the networking platform for Aircell’s new Inflight Internet service, Gogo, which first began service in August on select American Airlines flights. Aircell’s Air-to-Ground (ATG) service relies on ZTE’s EV-DO Rev. A base stations and IP switching platform and Qualcomm’s aircraft-mounted modems.
ZTE’s base stations are stationed across the U.S. to support service for Aircell’s airline customers. While en route, subscriber Wi-Fi traffic is transmitted to ZTE’s CDMA EV-DO Rev. A networking equipment via Qualcomm’s aircraft-mounted modems. The technology was engineered to accommodate the high speed and high altitude of aircraft connecting with the base station. As a result, the service dramatically improves upon previous in-flight wireless services, which were slow, expensive and complex.

“At ZTE, we are committed to developing customized and flexible solutions that enable our customers and partners to offer their own customers the most innovative and desirable applications and services,” said Dr. George Sun, CEO, ZTE USA. “In this instance, by working closely with Aircell and Qualcomm, we were able to tap into the brightest R&D minds available to create the most cutting-edge and flexible networking platform. We look forward to working with Aircell and Qualcomm to scale the platform to support increasing demand and future expansion of the service.”

“Qualcomm was pleased to collaborate with Aircell and ZTE to help enable this unique wireless data innovation,” said Ahmad Jalali, vice president of technology for Qualcomm. “EV-DO Rev. A was a clear choice for creating a powerful, spectrally efficient and high-speed data connection to carry the aircraft’s passenger traffic to ZTE base stations on the ground.”

“When designing our industry-first in-flight mobile broadband service, we were searching for companies that would work hand-in-hand with us to create a flexible and customized networking platform that was optimized for our unique ATG needs,” said Joe Cruz, executive vice president and chief technology officer of Aircell. “We found those allies in ZTE and Qualcomm. As a result, we are able to offer our customers the best possible broadband experience on North America’s only comprehensive Inflight Internet service.”

Resource - cellular-news

ZTE Gains WiMAX Forum's Wave2 System Certification

ZTE Corporation, China's leading telecom equipment manufacturer, has announced that its WiMAX 16e system gained the Wave2 qualification certification issued by the WiMAX Forum.

Prior to this, the company gained the WiMAX 16e terminal Wave2 certification issued by the same organization in August 2008. So far, ZTE has become the first Chinese manufacturers that acquired both system and terminal WiMAX Forum's Wave2 certifications.

Zhao Songpu, general manager in charge of ZTE's WiMAX products, says that the company is proud to receive the WiMAX Forum's Wave2 certifications for their WiMAX system and terminal products. It not only represents ZTE's mature business application power, but also a strong impetus to the development of the WiMAX industry chain. At the same time, ZTE is committed to the promotion of standardization of WiMAX 16m and puts forward a number of effective proposals to drive the development of the industry through collaborative efforts with systems integrators, terminal producers, chip makers and service providers.

Established in June 2001, the WiMAX Forum is an industry-led, not-for-profit organization formed to certify and promote the compatibility and interoperability of broadband wireless products based upon the harmonized IEEE 802.16/ETSI HiperMAN standard. Wave2 certification is an authorized certification issued by WiMAX Forum to products or solutions that can meet the professional and strict tests held under thorough standards.

As one of the world's first telecom manufacturers that entered the research of WiMAX technologies, ZTE is also one of the 15 members of WiMAX Forum's board of directors. It has launched a complete set of WiMAX indoor coverage solution, which resolved the unsatisfactory indoor coverage performance caused by high bandwidth. By August 2008, ZTE has deployed over 30 WiMAX 16e networks across the world, covering countries and regions in Asia-Pacific, Middle East, Africa, Europe and the Americas.

Resource -China Tech News