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ZTE Releases the Privacy Protection White Paper, Empowering the Digital
Economy and Leading Ecosystem Co-Building

ZTE Corporation a global leading provider of integrated information
and communication technology solutions, has released the
ZTE Privacy Protection White Paper (2025) (hereinafter referred
to as "the White Paper"). The White Paper offers a systematic
and comprehensive overview of the company's achievements
in privacy compliance, spanning privacy protection policy,
framework, co-building, and practical implementation. As a global
leading provider of integrated ICT solutions and a Driver of Digital
Economy in the 5G era, ZTE places great importance on privacy
protection. The company has established the privacy protection
policy of "meeting legal requirements, preventing and controlling
business risks, winning customers' trust, and promoting the co-
building of a favorable ecosystem", and has built an end-to-end
privacy protection compliance system that is both closed-loop
and process-based. ZTE ensures the effective implementation
of compliance requirements in business processes from the
following aspects: the tone from the top and resource investment, protection capabilities, ZTE continues to safeguard the interests
well-structured organization and capability development, cultural of users, customers, partners, suppliers, shareholders, and
integration and creation of a sound environment for compliance, employees. To further improve the efficiency and effectiveness of
as well as reconstruction of IT systems and introduction of tools. privacy compliance governance, the company has independently
The company incorporates privacy protection into the processes developed the Data Compliance System (DCS), which integrates
of product design and service delivery, takes privacy protection as the AI-automated Intelligent Data Screening (IDS) system, Privacy
an essential element of its core competence and values, and works Compliance Review System (PCRS), Data Protection Impact
to achieve sustainable development while meeting compliance Assessment (DPIA) system, and functions such as personal data
requirements. In recent years, ZTE has continuously obtained breach response. The DCS dynamically displays data compliance
authoritative certifications in the industry, such as the ISO/IEC governance in real time, achieving digital governance and
27701:2019: Privacy Information Management certification, the visualized risk management. In addition, guided by the principles
EU's ePrivacyseal Global, and China's Data Management Capability of transparency, openness, trust, and collaboration, ZTE actively
Maturity Assessment Model (DCMM) - Level 5 Certification. The draws on its experience in compliance management to promote
company also passed the Data Export Security Assessment by the privacy compliance co-building across the industry chain, thus
Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC). With excellent privacy contributing to a sound compliance ecosystem

ZTE Advances All-Optical Network Deployment with Intelligent ODN Solutions

ZTE Corporation a global leading provider of integrated information titled "Embracing the AI Era to Accelerate the Development of All-
and communication technology solutions, announced that Hans Optical Networks" at the FTTH Conference 2025 in Amsterdam.
Neff, Senior Director of ZTE CTO Group, delivered a keynote speech He shared ZTE's solutions and experience in focusing on AI
empowerment to achieve intelligent ODN, improve the deployment
efficiency of all-optical networks, and reduce deployment and
O&M costs. At present, the deployment of all-optical networks
is continuously accelerated, and the rapidly developing AI is
increasingly integrated into broadband IT systems, significantly
improving the intelligent level of FTTx deployment, operation, and
maintenance. In Europe, the National Broadband Plan (NBP) and
the EU policies are actively advocating for an all-optical, gigabit,
and digitally intelligent society, and the demand for sustainable,
efficient, and future-oriented network infrastructure is growing.
Hans pointed out that operators are facing challenges such as high
costs, complex network management, and diverse deployment
scenarios. AI and digital intelligence can provide end-to-end
support for ODN construction in multiple aspects. Hans described
how ZTE leverages AI technology to build intelligent ODNs across
the entire process, enhancing efficiency and reducing operational

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