BAKU - Azerbaijan's Smart Systems Technology company and Chinese telecom giant ZTE signed an agreement here on Thursday to enhance cooperation in the telecommunications market of Azerbaijan.

As part of bilateral cooperation, the large projects implemented by Smart Systems Technology will make use of the Enterprise-class equipment, which will strengthen the position of the leading Chinese telecom equipment maker in the Azerbaijan market.

"Cooperation with ZTE will allow the company to expand coverage of broadband services both in Baku and in the country's rural areas in a short period of time," general director of Smart Systems Technology Firudin Akberov told local media.

"Based on the price-performance ratio of ZTE equipment, we will be able to expand the coverage of broadband services using GPON technology, which will also allow the development of IP-TV and telephony services," he said.

ZTE Vice-President Yang Jun said that Smart Systems Technology has a huge technical and engineering potential, which was highly appreciated by ZTE.

ZTE is also a major international provider of telecommunications, enterprise and consumer technology solutions for the mobile Internet.

Azerbaijan's Smart Systems Technology is a software development and telecommunication solutions provider.