“To reach maturity, a communications technology needs four indispensable components standards organizations, equipment suppliers, chipset and device providers, and the operators,” Wang said. “The chipset and device industry has the most critical influence. The ICT industry’s rapid development has changed traditional communication services, creating huge demand for data. The high speed wireless connectivity and wide availability of 4G networks can provide major opportunities for operators, enterprises and governments to finally take advantage of the new era.”

As of Q1 2012, ZTE had concluded 30 LTE commercial contracts and over 100 trial networks with leading operators. Eight of them have already been commercially launched, including CSL in HongKong, SoftBank in Japan, Hi3G in Sweden, H3G in Austria and Bharti Airtel in India.