ZTE, a provider of telecommunications equipment and network offerings, has launched ZXSDR R8880, a CDMA/LTE dual-mode Remote Radio Unit (RRU) that currently supports 700MHz and Advanced Wireless Services (AWS) spectrum band.
In addition to 700MHz and AWS, the R8880 also supports CDMA2000 1X, EV-DO and LTE networks simultaneously. In the CDMA arena, it supports Two Transmit Two Receive (2T2R) and LTE Multiple Input Multiple Output (MIMO) technologies as well.
Based on the Soft Defined Radio (SDR) platform, the the RRU can improve the speed of network deployment and can reduce a network total ownership cost, the company said.
Ms. Li Jian, general manager of CDMA product line at ZTE, said: “We are seeing most North American CDMA operators opt for CDMA and LTE dual-mode networks, with AWS and 700 MHz the most commonly used spectrum sources.
“ZTE is addressing this market development by offering the R8880 as part of our leading UniRAN (Unified RAN) solution and helping North American tier-one CDMA operators move towards 4G.”
