ZTE Corp and Qualcomm today entered into a development agreement pertaining to femtocell technology wherein ZTE will use Qualcomm’s Femtocell Station Modem chipset platform in order to develop CDMA2000 femtocell products. 

“Femtocells improve the mobile data experience for users while driving down the cost per bit for operators,” said Ed Knapp, senior vice president marketing, Qualcomm.  “We are pleased to be working with ZTE in their efforts to bring femtocell products to market.”

The alliance is banking on Qualcomm’s System on Chip (SoC) solutions which consist of baseband, RF and power management IC’s coupled with commercial grade software and which help in developing femtocells with lower power consumption and high levels of integration. The solution is particularly helpful to operators to address issues such as improving coverage, adding capacity, increasing data throughput and enhancing the end user’s wireless experience while reducing operating costs in supporting mobile broadband applications.

 “ZTE serves the world's top mobile operators based on our ability to consistently deliver high-quality and high-capacity network performance,” said Ms. Li Jian, general manager of CDMA product line, ZTE Corporation. “Our ongoing relationship with Qualcomm will enable us to bring leading-edge femtocell technology and small base station products to market. We look forward to collaborating with them on this technology.”