World's first HSDPA TD-SCDMA handset released

BANGALORE, INDIA: ZTE Corporation, a global provider of telecommunications equipment and network solutions, today officially announced the U990 device, the world’s first high-end HSDPA TD-SCDMA mobile handset.

The new handset was first unveiled last week during an event hosted by the company to celebrate its corporate milestone of reaching the sales record of 100 million handsets, said a pres release. The U990 is ZTE’s third high-end TD-SCDMA mobile handset model and will soon be available in the market, it added.

The new U990 has a high-speed transmission rate of up to 2.8 Mbps, the fastest transmission speed among the TD-SCDMA terminals available in the industry, offering consumers the best mobile experience today, said ZTE. The new model supports dual mode TD-SCDMA/EDGE allowing seamless transition between the two networks.

The U990 handset runs on Windows Mobile 6.0 operating system the first time that a ZTE handset is integrated with a Microsoft OS. This combines both the features of high-end smartphone and the efficiency of TD-SCDMA HSDPA data transmission speed, said the release.

“We are proud to be the first company in the industry to offer HSPDA mobile handset with TD-SCDMA intelligence, truly another significant achievement for our handset business,” said He Shiyou, executive vice president of ZTE Corporation.

He said the company is introducing this home-grown technology to worldwide market to provide end users the best mobile experience.