Banglalink has signed an agreement with ZTE for its network modernization across the country. Chief Executive Officer of Banglalink Erik Aas and Senior Vice President of ZTE Corporation Zhang Jian Peng (James) signed the agreement on behalf of their respective organizations at a signing ceremony held in Banglalink office on Tuesday. Digital communications service provider Banglalink will utilize ZTE’s best-in-class products and technology solutions to enhance its network capacity over the next five years under this agreement, according to a press release issued by Banglalink. Read Banglalink, Teletalk sign MoU on infrastructure sharing Banglalink CEO Erik Aas said,“Our partnership with ZTE is yet another testament to Banglalink’s future-forward approach and readiness to provide the best network experiences to customers.” Banglalink has invested heavily in recent years to equip its network with modern technologies, the CEO added. Meanwhile, ZTE vice president Zhang Jian Peng said, “We believe that our innovative technologies and integrated solutions will strengthen Banglalink’s network capacity.” Read No data charge for e-transactions on Upay app for Banglalink customers Banglalink’s continued network investments and acquisition of new spectrum have already resulted in improved network speed and coverage across the country. The partnership with ZTE will bolster Banglalink’s efforts for network modernization further, said the release. Banglalink has recently announced its plan to build a minimum of 3,000 Base Transceiver Stations (BTS) by 2022, the release added. Read Banglalink committed to nationwide 4G rollout, CEO tells VEON event

ZTE Corporation, a major international provider of telecommunications, enterprise and consumer technology solutions for the Mobile Internet, has recently released the 5G Messaging Technical White Paper. The white paper aims at building the 5G killer service to better serve the public and thousands of industries, said a press release on Saturday. The messaging service is the basic service for operators. ZTE, by virtue of its 5G network technologies, took the lead in proposing the 5G Messaging solution. Also read: ZTE launches 5G smartphone pre-sale “With the advent of the latest technological evolution, standard development and terminal development of 5G networks, 5G Messaging is divided into three categories of messaging services--5G Short Message Service (SMS), 5G Rich Media Messaging and 5G Internet of Things (IoT) Messaging. 5G Short Message Service According to the 3GPP technical standards and terminal capabilities, the 5G networks and terminals will support SMS over NAS (Non Access Stratum), which is an SMS function based on 5G NR access. “The 5G SMS still provides the basic SMS services, with the functions and experiences being the same as those of the traditional SMS.” 5G Rich Media Messaging For a long time, the functions and experiences of the traditional text messages cannot satisfy the requirements of users, and restrict the development of industry applications. In the 5G era, the traditional text messaging is upgraded to GSMA UP2.4 with 5G rich media messaging and business messaging services, to complete a comprehensive upgrade of its functions, features, experiences and services. Also read: China's ZTE, local telecom firm start 5G technology trial in Uganda 5G Internet of Things (IoT) Messaging With 5G IoT Messaging standards and technologies that feature massive connections, low bandwidth, and lightweight, 5G IoT Messaging has achieved the messaging communication and commercial applications among objects, people and applications. ZTE is a leading equipment vendor for the global 5G Messaging platform. With rich experience in network construction, ZTE also has the excellent commercial operation experience in the world's largest messaging platform, where single LAN exceeds 100 million user scale and massive terminals are well-adapted. Also read: ZTE data center construction team awarded by DCD