ZTE hosts ZTE Broadband User Congress 2025 in Mexico city under the theme "AI Boosting Broadband Benefits"

ZTE proposes the "AI x Optical" solution to help operators shift from selling bandwidth to providing computing power as a service.

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• On the journey from "Connectivity provider" to "Intelligence creator", ZTE inspires intelligence into connectivity and builds the future through collaboration, shaping a sustainable intelligent world with global partners.

Mexico City, Mexico, October 20, 2025 –ZTE Corporation (0763.Hk000063.SZ), a global leading provider of integrated information and communication technology solutions, today kicked off its 2025 Broadband User Conference in Mexico City, Mexico.

This year's congress, themed "AI Boosting Broadband Benefits" brought together many global ICT industry leaders, top telecom operators, enterprise innovation pioneers, and strategic partners.,They shared cutting-edge insights, discussed industry trends, and gleaned insights into the direction of broadband innovation in the intelligent era. The conference highlighted a series of AI-based innovations, showcasing how AI is accelerating the evolution of next-generation broadband solutions and driving network intelligent transformation to new heights.

Xiao Ming, President of ZTE Overseas, opened the Broadband User Congress with a keynote speech. He highlighted that broadband is evolving from connectivity to intelligence, becoming the digital neurons system of modern society and emphasized users today expect faster, smarter, and more caring networks. Guided by this vision, ZTE is accelerating the transformation toward "intelligent broadband", helping operators enhance user experience while accelerating partners' efficiency improvements and new business growth.

With enhanced network experience as the foundation, optimized user interaction as the catalyst and expanded scenario value as the vision, ZTE is redefining the intelligent broadband landscape. Through the integration of innovations such as advanced networking, AI-powered smart homes and intelligent operations to drive partners toward a new era of business excellence and sustainable growth.

Mr. Xiao Ming concluded that, on the journey from connectivity provider to intelligence creator, ZTE will continue working with global partners to co-build a sustainable, intelligent world driven by openness, collaboration, and shared success.

During the event, ZTE, operators, and ecosystem partners held a panel discussion titled "Winning the Fiber Race: Are Operators Truly Capturing the Rewards?"

This panel brought together senior leaders from telecom, enterprise, and digital ecosystems to explore how fiber drives growth. Latin America has built world-class fiber infrastructure — yet most operators are still fighting to turn speed into profit. This session challenges industry leaders to face the uncomfortable truth: fiber leadership alone doesn't guarantee financial success. The discussion will expose what's working, what's not, and what must change now. Expect tough questions, bold insights, and a clear view of how to turn fiber dominance into business dominance — through smarter monetization, faster decision-making, and intelligent service innovation.

At the conference, ZTE proposed AI boosting broadband benefits

Facing the challenges in large-scale AI deployment, such as computing silos, latency issues, and unstable performance, ZTE proposes the "AI x Optical" solution to help operators shift from selling bandwidth to providing computing power as a service.

In addition to the exciting keynote speeches and forward-thinking dialogues, the conference also set up three special themed exhibition areas:

AI-optical network : evolving from "all-optical to AI-optical, from "connected home" to "AI home" – unlocking new value for broadband

In the FTTx field, the Light PON and Light ODN solutions support smooth evolution and enable faster and low-cost network deployment with compact and outdoor OLTs and simplified network architecture, meeting the network construction demands of ISP and MSO. At the same time, AI technologies bring in higher quality and efficiency. The intelligent ODN network planning tool enables one-click network planning and design, effectively reducing the time and labor. The fiber fingerprint technology provides full visibility and management, achieving fault location accuracy within one meter and cutting fault location time by over 90 percent.

In terms of optical transport networks, focusing on "OTN for AI" and "AI for OTN", ZTE proposes the HI-OTN solution for high performance high intelligence. With single-wavelength 1.6T and 12THz full-band technologies that enable single-fiber 100T transmission, it provides an ultra-broadband and ultra-fast optical network foundation for AI services. Moreover, the AI-powered optical network health assessment and precise optical module failure warning functions shorten the fault maintenance time by 30 percent. By integrating AI-powered root-cause analysis for alarms, ZTE has boosted troubleshooting efficiency by 20 percent, significantly accelerating optical network O&M.

For IP networks, the AI HI-IPNet solution accelerates the monetization of IP networks. With AI-Native 400GE800GE high-performance routers. With industry-leading single-slot capacity, it helps operators build networks with optimal TCO. The end-to-end millisecond-level low-latency slicing supports the development of high-value services such as private lines, cloud gaming, and real-time interaction, boosting revenue growth for operators. Furthermore, AIOps enables proactive O&M and minute-level precise fault diagnosis, ensuring highly efficient and stable network operation.

Regarding AI home, ZTE leads a new era of smart life. For home connectivity, ZTE AI Wi-Fi7 and Gigabit FTTR are equipped with innovations such as AI-powered intelligent antenna, seamless roaming, and acceleration engine. This enables operators to deliver tailored experience by providing scenario-based packages based on thriving ecosystem. As to smartness, the AI media terminals have transformed a single TV box to a full-scenario integrated terminal. It reduces the cost by 30 percent and increases the ARPU by 20 percent, redefining the new large screen ecosystem. At the same time, the triple value engine of "smart viewing, smart storage, and smart connectivity" creates a new carrier-class paradigm of "security as a service". Furthermore, ZTE's AI Smart View won the "Most Innovative Smart Home Experience" award at Network X 2025.

Centering on "experience as a service", ZTE AI home provides every family with ultimate full-scenario smart experience through AI innovations and scenario-based services.

AI ecosystem zone-practical path of intelligent infrastructure and ecological collaboration

In the era of intelligent computing, AI applications are increasingly demanding high-performance, scalable computing infrastructure. As a global leader in ICT, ZTE showcased its intelligent computing data center solutions, a full range of computing equipment, and innovative sustainable energy solutions at the Broadband User Conference, fully enabling efficient, reliable, and green development of the computing infrastructure.

ZTE demonstrates its end-to-end intelligent computing center solution. Based on the concepts of modularization and prefabrication, it offers prefabricated full-module intelligent computing container solutions (supporting liquid cooling), reducing the delivery period by 40 percent. In power distribution field, intelligent bus bar pooling is adopted to support a wide range of cabinet power densities. In response to the uncertainty of future businesses, it provides a compatible and co-construction solution. Meanwhile, by combining AI-enabled intelligent management system perception and autonomous learning, it achieves optimal energy efficiency during the operation, meeting the requirements for efficient and flexible deployment.

ZTE showcased its full-stack intelligent computing solution, featuring a comprehensive range of general and AI servers, including the industry-focused AiCube all-in-one appliance, to build a high-performance computing foundation. On the software side, it offers a navigational low-code AI platform and Co-Sight Agent Factory, which lower the barrier for AI model training and inference, enable pipeline-based, minute-level AI app development，allowing small and medium-sized enterprises to build their own AI capabilities amid the wave of digitalization.

The ultimate enabler of intelligent computing is energy. ZTE Digital Energy provides the energy foundation for AI computing and communication networks. The renewable energy business exhibition area showcases solutions for PV, energy storage, and the integration of PV with storage, offering smart and clean energy to global operators and enterprise clients. It provides full-scenario, end-to-end EPC capabilities and qualifications for renewable energy projects. The energy storage system features triple-layer protection for ultimate safety. The newly launched "EnergyMatrix" integrates storage and generation, supports intelligent hybrid use and multi-energy convergence, and includes intelligent modular power units with over 98 percent efficiency and a high power density of 70.2Win³. It supports single-circuit load power-off and metering. Combined with the "One site, one strategy" energy operation solution, it reduces solar energy waste by 20 percent, saves 50 percent in fuel consumption, and cuts electricity usage by 25 percent, leading the way in energy digitalization.

Sports innovation zone - where tech meets the world cup: immersion, live

And one more thing, With the FIFA World Cup coming to the Americas next year, we offer a glimpse into how ZTE's technology could enhance the match day experience — not just for that tournament, but for sporting events and fan gatherings around the world. we've set up a dedicated exhibition zone focused on the fan experience. It's called "One Day for Football Fans," this special area showcases how network technologies can enhance every moment of the match day — from live streaming and immersive viewing, to seamless connectivity at stadiums and fan zones.

AI-Optical Hotel & Store

ZTE's FTTR solution provides ultra-gigabit all-optical network connections for hotels and street stores to build efficient and stable ultra-high-bandwidth network infrastructure. With the intelligent monitoring, storage, and linkage functions of AI cameras, the solution can effectively improve the operation efficiency and safety of stores, continuously optimizing user experience. In hotel scenarios, optical fibers are used to replace traditional network cables to achieve full-scenario and full-service coverage of "one room, one fiber, and one terminal".

AI-Optical Stadiums

ZTE solution upgrades traditional WLAN networks to all-optical 10 Gbps FTTR-B networks, significantly shortening the service provisioning time while increasing the bandwidth.

AI All-Scenario Live Broadcast

ZTE Al all-scenario live broadcast solution, based on the Cloud Premium Video Platform and hybrid cloud architecture, serves over 150 operators across more than 40 countries. The solution supports 4K8K ultra-high-definition playback on multiple screens, cross-device continuation and voice control. It also leverages AI technologies to improve users' watching experience and operators' operation efficiency, delivering a new, immersive video experience to users.

At this congress, ZTE and its partners actively expanded digital intelligence co-construction in Latin America. Mr. Xiao Ming addressed：On the journey from "connectivity provider" to "intelligence creator", ZTE inspires intelligence into connectivity and builds the future through collaboration, shaping a sustainable intelligent world with global partners.

Contributed by ZTE.