ZTE and Intel join forces to accelerate the deployment of IoT ecosystem

ZTE and Intel formally signed an IoT strategic cooperation agreement at the IoT Global Summit of the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. The two parties will jointly establish an innovation laboratory to jointly develop key IoT technologies for the future, and cooperate in the verification experiments, technical evaluation and research of related technologies. Develop to form a market-oriented overall IoT solution.

In the field of Internet of Things, ZTE has been committed to becoming an industry leader in IoT and 5G commercial use. ZTE has had close communication and cooperation with Intel in various fields such as IoT connection and access technology, open source cooperation, IoT platform, and solution integration.

If the focus of 4G is to make the network transmit mobile data more quickly, then in Intel's view, the focus of 5G is to make the network smarter, to carry hundreds of millions of different kinds of more flexible, efficient and low-cost. Wireless connectivity and interoperability between devices and devices solves many new challenges such as network congestion, spectrum availability, energy efficiency, cost, and reliability.

Ms. Rose Schooler, vice president of Intel's sales and marketing division and general manager of global IoT sales, said: "In Intel's view, the focus of 5G is to make the network smarter, in a more flexible, efficient, and cost-effective way. To connect everything through smarter and more efficient ways; and what we are facing is the infinite future with 50 billion smart devices connected. The IoT lab jointly created by Intel and ZTE will rely on The two sides have rich experience and continuous innovation ability to create a new generation of Internet of Things solutions through the Internet of Things and 5G technology to jointly promote the construction of the IoT application ecosystem and the development and prosperity of the Internet of Things industry."

Chen Jie, CIO of ZTE Corporation, said: "The Internet of Things is an important part of the China Manufacturing 2025 Program and the Internet + Strategy. It is also an important way for China to upgrade its industry and revitalize the economy. As a leading company that adheres to independent innovation, ZTE adheres to strategic focus and steady operation. Continue to increase R&D investment to maintain continuous innovation and medium- and long-term competitiveness, and achieve breakthroughs in core technologies and key common technologies. At the same time, actively explore business models and focus on building two supporting platforms for the IoT ecosystem platform and capital platform. I am pleased that Intel is able to cooperate with ZTE in the field of Internet of Things to jointly carry out joint research and development and construction of IoT Lab. It is hoped that the two sides will carry out comprehensive cooperation and breakthroughs in the three levels of terminal, network and IoE PaaS. Through the strengthening of industry synergy, open up information islands. Promote the formation of industrial scale effects, comprehensively promote the construction of the IoT application ecosystem and the development and prosperity of the Internet of Things industry."

By building an open connection, management, and application platform together with Intel, ZTE provides services to customers in the upstream and downstream industry chain, providing intelligent capabilities for IoT terminals through Smart IoT OS, enabling customers in device management and user management through the IoT management platform. It's even simpler, helping partners tap into the value of each "BIT" by combining big data and cloud computing capabilities.

ZTE's modular IT BBU adopts advanced SDN/NFV virtualization technology, is compatible with 2G/3G/4G/Pre5G, supports C-RAN, D-RAN, 5G CU/DU, and has a strong future-oriented evolution. Ability. The new generation of modular baseband processing platform, based on Intel® architecture, features high-capacity, high-integration, multi-mode flexible networking, and greatly reduces equipment energy consumption through advanced algorithms and mechanisms, and supports flexible deployment of vertical services and multiple scenarios. Support 4G, 5G hybrid networking, can effectively protect the operator's investment.

The traditional mobile network expands the network scale and functions by increasing hardware, which not only increases power consumption, but also increases the operation and maintenance complexity, which greatly increases the TCO, which is not conducive to the long-term development and evolution of the network. In response to the challenge, a new generation of network platforms based on SDN/NFV technology emerged. By virtualizing network functions on network devices, the baseband processing platform can more flexibly carry a wide variety of network software functions. As a result, the speed of network deployment and optimization is greatly increased, and the overall investment cost is greatly reduced.

"Intel technology is helping countless cloud platforms and tens of billions of smart and connected devices. We are very excited to be a strategic partner with Intel in the 5G space. Our in-depth cooperation will provide long-term development for the two companies. Strong support.” ZTE’s senior vice president Zhang Jianguo said, “As the world’s leading provider of communication equipment and solutions, ZTE has always regarded 5G development as its core strategy. It is committed to the development of virtualized network technologies, ZTE and Intel. The company's strong alliance will create a simpler, more flexible and more open network for operators, bringing greater value to users."

"We have seen communication service providers actively adopt SDN/NFV technology as the basis for 5G networks," said Sandra Rivera, vice president of Intel Corporation and general manager of the network platform division of the data center division. "The goal of our cooperation with ZTE is to accelerate 5G network for business applications and cloud architecture. By adopting the latest Intel® architecture processors in intelligent network edge devices, ZTE has proved such a network architecture transformation to meet the 5G network for ultra-low latency and super high Bandwidth and the need for superior scalability."