Asia Pacific Watch

April 21, 2004
ZTE, CPS to jointly develop Matrix-enabled handsets

CHINA AND UNITED KINGDOM -- ZTE Corp. and Cambridge Positioning Systems Ltd. (CPS) recently began network testing of new, high-accuracy, location handsets for the expanding 260-million strong Chinese GSM market. The move follows the announcement to jointly develop and market handsets enabled with CPS' new Matrix "user plane" solution that delivers sub-100m accuracy, rapid, time-to-fix and high performance in all environments.

The testing, which is taking place in Beijing, will involve users taking Matrix-enabled handsets into a range of urban, suburban, and rural areas to ensure that the performance is consistent. It follows a successful integration of the Matrix solution into ZTE's GSM handsets via CPS' facility in Cambridge, UK, which has recently been upgraded to handle new Matrix "user plane" testing. At the recently held 3GSM Congress in Cannes, ZTE and CPS announced the world's first joint development program to integrate Matrix into a range of ZTE's terminals and handset products for 2G and 3G.

Chris Wade, CEO, CPS, said, "This underlines the rapid deployment capabilities of our Matrix solution and the shared commitment between ZTE and ourselves to make mass market high accuracy a reality in the world's fastest-growing GSM market."

Tu Biqin, vice general manager, handset division, ZTE, added: "ZTE's strong R&D ability on handsets has been proved by the rapid progress of the Matrix integration project. ZTE has the desire and the ability to co-operate cohesively with our partner to provide our customers with characteristic mobile applications."

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