27 February 2013,Shenzhen-ZTE Corporation today announced that its converged FDD/TDD solution has won the Global TD-LTE Initiative(GTI)Innovation Award at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona.

GTI Night is held each year to recognize outstanding achievements in telecommunications.This year's winner was selected by a GTI steering committee comprising multiple operators.GTI Night 2013 was attended by more than 30 global operators and several industry partners.

In 2011,ZTE worked with H3G to build the world's first commercial FDD LTE/TD-LTE dual-mode network.The network was built in Sweden and is the model for dual-mode networks.H3G's network was constructed exclusively by ZTE using an integrated FDD LTE/TD-LTE solution.It can be seamlessly evolved and upgraded.

In December 2011,a dual-mode network was jointly built by ZTE and China Mobile Hong Kong.To date,ZTE has built TD-LTE networks for 42 operators in 30 countries,and 12 of these networks have been put into commercial operation.

GTI is dedicated to developing and promoting the TDD ecosystem.It was founded in 2011 by a consortium of operators,including China Mobile,SoftBank,Clearwire,Bharti Airtel,and Vodafone.It currently has 51 operator members and 44 industrial partners.(ZTE Corporation)