ZTE to build AVS-IPTV commercial network for China Netcom

December 6, 2007 – Chinese firm ZTE has won what it claims to be the world’s first AVS-IPTV commercial network development in a competition held by China Netcom Group Corporation (CNC).

Under the terms of the deal, ZTE will be the sole provider of IPTV network solutions for the project.  ZTE has already conducted trials of the AVS encoding standard in China, and has also won contracts to develop IPTV projects for Beijing Telecom and Shanghai Telecom.

“We are proud to win the AVS-IPTV commercial network bid with China Netcom,” said Yu Yifang, General Manager of ZTE Multimedia & Terminal Products.  “AVS-IPTV is a technology that is still in its infancy in China with huge business potential for large-scale deployment in the years to come.  This deal certainly validates our market leading position as a reliable provider of IPTV network solutions with strong in-house R&D capability and multiple IPTV network projects experience both locally and overseas.  We expect the project to play a significant role on the future development of IPTV in China.”

ZTE reports that it currently has more than a 50% share of China’s current IPTV product solutions market.