Comcel selects ZTE for managed services

China’s ZTE Corporation has signed an agreement to provide managed services to Mexican-backed cellco Comcel. The Chinese vendor said in a statement that the deal included the provision of base transceiver stations (BTS) and power equipment to the Colombian operator. ZTE claimed that this most recent agreement built on an earlier deal with Telefonica Telecom and, as a result, it would provide managed services to more than 6,000 sites in Colombia.