ZTE Joins CP-TA as Contributor Member.

CP-TA Grows to 30 Members Worldwide

BEAVERTON, Ore. -- The Communications Platforms Trade Association (CP-TA) today announced that ZTE has joined as a Contributor Member, bringing total membership to 30 companies. Alliance Systems and American Portwell Technology have also joined as Adopter Members. The addition of ZTE highlights that CP-TA's vision of a mainstream market for open industry standards-based communications platforms by certifying interoperable building blocks is a worldwide endeavor.

"We welcome ZTE's contributions to our interoperability documents and test procedure manual," said Shlomo Pri-Tal, CP-TA Chairman. "As a telecom manufacturer, they bring valuable insight into the trade association. Telecom Equipment Manufacturers will benefit from the faster time to market and reduced costs that interoperable building blocks provide."

"ZTE is a leading global provider of fixed line and mobile telecommunications equipment and network solutions," said Mr.Baoguo Xie, ZTE Corporation. "We plan to contribute resources to CP-TA as well as release CP-TA certified products in the near future."

CP-TA has just released its first interoperability compliance document and test procedure manual for PICMG's AdvancedTCA specification aligned to the SCOPE AdvancedTCA profile. In 2007, CP-TA will address specifications from the Linux Foundation and the Service Availability Forum.

Member companies participate in the creation of interoperability test documents and will be able to promote their products meeting the requirements as CP-TA-certified. CP-TA's members include leading communications platforms and building block providers. For information on joining the CP-TA and membership benefits, visit www.cp-ta.org/join.

About the Communications Platforms Trade Association

The Communications Platforms Trade Association is a global organization of 25 communications platform and building block providers whose mission is to accelerate the adoption of SIG-governed, open-specification-based communication platforms by certifying interoperable building blocks. For more information about CP-TA, visit www.cp-ta.org.