ZTE Corporation (“ZTE”) (H share stock code: 0763.HK / A share stock code: 000063.SZ), a publicly-listed global provider of telecommunications equipment, network solutions and mobile devices, has introduced its first pre-5G concept, Zte.com.cn reports.

At the LTE World Summit 2014 in Nice, France, ZTE announced that under certain conditions some 5G technologies can provide a 5G-like user experience on 4G terminals without changing the air interface standards.

“With next-generation 5G technologies being deployed in 2020, there were industry concerns over what technologies will be used in the next six years,” said Dr Xiang Jiying, ZTE\'s CTO of wireless products. “To address this, ZTE proposes to apply some of the 5G technology on top of 4G to meet users\' requirements.”

In addition, ZTE has invested heavily in the development of 4G vector processing chipsets, which have extensible software architecture and can meet pre-5G requirements by modifying software instruction sets rather than changing hardware.