ZTE and Netgem to jointly address the European fibre market

ZTE and Netgem sign strategic partnership to address the European Fiber market

PARIS — Netgem Group announces today that it has signed a strategic partnership with ZTE, a major international provider of telecommunications, enterprise and consumer technology solutions for the Mobile Internet, to offer connected home solutions to European fiber operators.

ZTE will provide its devices portfolio and innovation roadmap backed up with its cost- effective production capability and a long-term financing facility.

Netgem will provide its software assets, content relationships and its 20-year expertise in integrating local solutions for European TV multi-service providers.

Through this partnership, Operators who are confronted with new opportunities and challenges in their ultra-broadband transition, will benefit from ZTE and Netgem’s innovative solutions, as well as combined hardware, software and services.

“We have consolidated a long-term alliance with Netgem, whose software platform and content expertise on the European market will help ZTE address the ultra-broadband market” said Fang Hui, Vice President and General Manager of Fixed-Network and Multimedia Products at ZTE.

Joseph Haddad, CEO of Netgem Group, said: “we reinforce our Box business by combining our expertise in content and data security with ZTE hardware roadmap, thereby bringing a winning combination to the TV industry as the market transitions to fiber”.