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ZTE, Sprint sign WiMAX agreement

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SHENZHEN, CHINA: ZTE USA Inc., a subsidiary of ZTE Corporation has announced that it has entered into a agreement with Sprint Nextel.

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According to the agreement, ZTE would supply Sprint with WiMAX PC cards in express and USB form factors, and advanced modem solutions for home networking.

Sprint plans to make its WiMAX services commercially available to 100 million people in the US by year end 2008.

"We chose ZTE because we found the company to be a cutting-edge innovator backed by the engineering resources of an established, leading global brand," said Barry West, president, 4G Mobile Broadband, Sprint.

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ZTE's express and USB cards would equip Sprint subscribers with anywhere wireless data access on their laptop, desktop or mobile device.

The home modem can serve as a replacement networking solution for the home cable modem, enabling service providers to quickly roll-out fixed broadband wireless service access via their network. ZTE's modem is also equipped to enable carriers to offer VoIP-based voice services, ZTE said in a statement.

Hou Weigui, chairman, ZTE Corporation, said, "Maximizing our deep R&D resources and ability to continually and quickly innovate to keep up with market demand, we are looking forward to working with Sprint to bring the next-generation of wireless innovation to U.S. end-users."

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