ZTE LTE Facts: 70,000 LTE-ready sites deployed all over the world; Over 4,000 R&D engineers dedicated to LTE projects currently, the number will rise to 25,000 in 5 years; 235 LTE Essential Patents. ZTE LTE Awards: InfoVison Award Winner for Innovative SDR bases tation,Brussels, 2008; ZTE LTE SON Technology and Solution is awarded Excellent Model by PTExpo and Chinese telecom industry press, 2009; ZTE and CSL have been awarded the LTE Infrastructure Innovation award as part of the Global Telecoms Business Innovation Awards, 2010; Frost & Sullivan recognizes ZTE with Best Practice Award - 2010 SDR Equipment Vendor of the Year, honoring the company’s outstanding efforts toward the development of SDR technology and the wireless communication industry.