ZTE Boasts LTE Patents

Tuesday, 11 January 2011 21:57

ZTE Corporation, a leading global provider of telecommunications equipment and network solutions, today announced that it is now one of the leading vendors in the world of essential patent (EP) for LTE standards, securing 235 of these patents. ZTE also has a 7% share of the total LTE essential patents declared on the Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) online database of the European Telecommunications Standards Institute as of 30thNovember 2010. ZTE’s patents are an indication of its powerful capabilities in terms of LTE research and development. This share of LTE essential patents is a result of ZTE’s continuous R&D investment in the LTE-related key technologies since 2004. As of the end of 2010, ZTE had submitted more than 6800 proposals to 3GPP, of which more than 3900 proposals involved LTE/SAE technologies, and had made more than 2900 LTE-related patent applications. Looking ahead, ZTE aims to increase its current share of LTE essential patents from 7% to 10% by 2012, according to Mr. Hu Jian, Vice President of ZTE. The company will also commit more R&D resources to accumulate essential patents and adopt a pro-active approach in improving 4G and incubating 4G+ standards. ZTE Corp