ZTEZTE (Zhong Xing Telecommunication Equipment Company Limited) is a global provider of telecommunications equipment and network solutions( GSM, CDMA,CDMA2000, W-CDMA, TD-SCMA,FDD-LTE,TDD-LTE,IMS,NGN,PSTN,SDH,ADSL,IPTV,
Value Added Services) based in Shenzhen.
As one of the first Chinese telecoms equipment provider to pursue business in overseas markets, ZTE now has about 50,000 employees and 8,000 of them are working in about 100 representative offices around the world.
Since 1996, the company has provided products and services to 135 countries and regions, serving major telecoms operators in Asia Pacific, South Asia, North America, Europe, Latin America, Africa and the Commonwealth of Independent States. Through a combination of strategic marketing, product differentiation, cost advantage improvement, human resources optimization and intellectual property management, ZTE has established firm commercial partnerships with over 500 operators around the world.
Research and Development
With more than 33% of its workforce dedicated to R&D and with 10% of its annual revenues channeled to this field, ZTE has established 16 R&D centers and Institutes across North America, Europe and Asia.
International standards such as CMM and CMMI are strictly applied across all ZTE R&D management processes. Using these scientific management mechanisms and shared technology platforms, ZTE has standardized its R&D processes, shortened R&D periods, reduced costs, optimized design flows and guaranteed the performance of new products.
The company's commitment to innovation ensures that its products stay at the leading edge of modern communications technology.
By the end of 2007, ZTE had applied for around 12,000 national or international patents, 90% out of which were innovation patents with associated intellectual property rights.
In 2000, ZTE launched the world's first CDMA mobile phone with detachable SIM card. In 2004, the company launched the world's first CDMA-based digital trunking technology - GoTa (Global open Trunking architecture system) which included many technologies based on ZTE-owned intellectual property.
As a leading global provider of telecommunications equipment and network solutions, ZTE plays an important role in the international telecoms community. The company is an active member of more than 50 international standardization organizations and forums.
ZTE holds the position of Co-chairman in two ITU-T working groups and Editor of ITU-T standards including NGN, optical transmission and network security. As a member of 3GPP, ZTE has edited three standards involving 3G radio access networks and terminal systems. The company is also a board member of the WiMAX Forum.
ZTE has established strategic cooperation agreements with leading telecoms giants such as Portugal Telecom, France Telecom, Alcatel, Ericsson and Nortel in NGN and mobile systems, with Hutchison in 3G, and with Marconi in optical transmission systems.
The company has also established joint laboratory partnerships with Texas Instruments, Intel, Agere Systems, HHNEC, IBM, Microsoft (China), Qualcomm, Huahong NEC and Tsinghua University. The company has undertaken technological research alliance projects with 50 academic institutions throughout China, where ZTE is also a fully fledged member of the China Communications Standardization Association (CCSA).
ZTE corporate headquarters are located in Nanshan Hi-Tech Industrial Park, Shenzhen, Guandong Province, with domestic R&D centers operating in LianTang/Shenzhen, Shanghai (GSM), Nanjin, Xi' an, Chongqing, Chengdu, and Beijing (total fourteen worldwide R&D facilities). ZTE University is located in Damaisa, approximately 1.5 hours east of ZTE HQ, and provides training for both staff and clients from around the world. Latest figures (Q4 '06) estimate over 30,000 employees (Chinese & foreign); approximately 20,000 of these employees are inside China. ZTE established a United States presence in 1998. The U.S. headquarters are located in Dallas Texa.
Products and product deployment
ZTE Corporation's full range of network products cover wireless, data, optical transport, switching, video conferencing, power supply, monitoring, etc. ZTE also provides solutions in narrowband, broadband, wired and wireless products, including a ZTE branded line of mobile handsets. ZTE operates in mainland China, Bangladesh, Hong kong, the Philippines, Norway, Sweden, Portugal, Brazil, Romania, pekistan
With its independent and creative R&D capability and customer-oriented and market-driven strategy, ZTE is capable of developing and producing market-leading, first-class technologies in wireless, switching, access, optical transmission, data, handsets and telecommunications software. ZTE uses this expertise to provide end-to-end solutions tailored to the specific needs of customers around the world.
ZTE is expanding overseas. A PSTN project in Bangladesh was its first overseas project. ZTE undertook ADSL broadband access projects at 16 venues and press centers for the Olympic Games in Athens 2004. ZTE was awarded a contract from Viet Nam Railways valued at VND 1 trillion (62.5 million USD) to upgrade and modernize the railway's signal and telecommunications systems. The multi-million dollar project, with planning started in 2001, includes upgrades on three lines out of Hanoi as well as several Junctions within and around Hanoi. ZTE made headway in the international telecom market in 2006 and took 40% new global orders for CDMA networks and topped the world CDMA equipment market in 2006 by number of shipments. ZTE is installing its ZTE Class 5 soft switch system in Global e Networks' Londons Dockland telecoms hub for IP-based communications between the UK and European markets.
On March 13, 2007, Reuters reported that ZTE had received the go-ahead to sell equipment based on 3G in China from the Chinese Ministry of Information Industry.
ZTE manufacture several models of 3G mobile phone which are rebranded by Telstra for use on their NextG network in Australia. Spanish telecom company will jointly manufacture and distribute 3G mobile handsets with ZTE (and now distributes ZTE MF620). Telus Of Canada is currently offering the ZTE D90 cellphone with the innovative FastapTM keypad.
Telekom 's lowest priced phone on their new 3G-UMTS network, the XT network, is a rebranded ZTE mobile, the Telecom R6, and is compatible with both Telecom XT and Vodafone New Zealand's GSM/UMTS network.
Legal controversies
The Philippines National Broadband Network controversy is a political affair that centers upon allegations of corruction regarding the proposed government-managed National Broadband Network (NBN) for the Philippines and the awarding of its construction to ZTE.
Norwegian telecominicasion giant Telanor, the world’s 7th largest mobile operator, banned ZTE Corp. from October 13 until March 3, 2009 from "participating in tenders and new business opportunities because of an alleged breach of its code of conduct in a procurement proceeding.”
The Federal Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (FEACC) of Ethiopia probed to uncover what is alleged to be a shady deal between an officer at the state-owned Ethiopian Telecomunication Corporation (ETC) and an unidentified representative of ZTE. It was recorded soliciting a two per cent kickback from the unknown ZTE staff member. In 2006,ZTE signed an agreement to provide US$1.5 billion worth of network equipment and related engineering services to Ethiopian Telecommunication Corp.
