ZTE to Roll-out 3G Networks in French Caribbean and Indian Ocean

ZTE Corporation announced it has secured a commercial contract to roll out all of Outremer Telecom's (OMT) new GSM/UMTS networks in the company's overseas territories in the French regions of the Caribbean and the Indian Ocean. Following ZTE's successful implementation of OMT's mobile network in Martinique in 2008, ZTE will roll-out new 3G networks in Guyana and Guadeloupe, while also replace the existing 2G infrastructures for the French operator. This will enable OMT to extend its 2G and 3G networks in use in Mayotte since 2006 and in Réunion since 2007.

Outremer Telecom operates in five overseas territories in the French regions of the Caribbean (Martinique, Guadeloupe, Guyana) and the Indian Ocean (Réunion, Mayotte), supplying services, which include; advanced data and messaging services for residential or business mobile subscribers. ZTE began supplying 2G mobile infrastructure equipment to Outremer Telecom in 2006.  In accordance with the general conditions of the contract, ZTE is supplying a range of equipment, including: R4 Network Core equipment, 2G/3G radio stations, prepayment and SMS platforms and centralised multi-equipment supervision.