ZTE
ZTE, a publicly owned company headquartered in China, was founded in 1985, employs approximately 30,440 individuals, and reported $18.6B in revenue as of 2025. The company specializes in enterprise and telecoms software. As a Chinese partially state-owned technology company focused on telecommunication, ZTE is listed on both the Hong Kong and Shenzhen Stock Exchanges. Its core business encompasses wireless, exchange, optical transmission, data telecommunications gear, telecommunications software, and mobile phones, primarily selling products under its own name while also functioning as an OEM.

2025 Revenue

Subscribe

Founded

1985

Headcount

30,440

Headquarters

China

Primary Segment

Enterprise and telecoms software

Ownership

Publicly Owned

Deployments

109

News Summary:

On April 30, 2026, ZTE announced the successful commercial deployment of its Smart Cloud Platform (SCP) and intelligent home solutions with Wind Telecom, one of the Dominican Republic's largest fixed-network operators. This collaboration aims to enhance home network visibility, operational efficiency, and intelligent management for Wind Telecom's advanced broadband services. Earlier the same day, a London judge ordered Samsung to pay ZTE $392 million for the use of ZTE's portfolio of standard-essential patents for mobile phones. This payment is a reduction from the $731 million ZTE had originally sought in the ongoing dispute over fair license terms.

Similar Companies

Subscribe for full access to ZTE's profile
ZTE offers 36 products in the media tech, enterprise tech, telecoms tech and media and telecoms services industries. ZTE's product portfolio comprises of video business systems, set-top boxes, enterprise and telecoms software, connectivity and distribution services, fibre access, fixed wireless access, wi-Fi and mesh networks, consumer electronics, generative AI, dSL access and broadband and VAS software.
Subscribe for full access to ZTE's products in full detail
ZTE's revenues were $18.6B in 2025. Caretta Research has split ZTE's revenue into 18 different product categories, the largest of which is 5G MEC, which represents 56% of ZTE's revenue.
Subscribe for full access to ZTE's revenue in full detail
May
29th
2026
06:32
May
29th
2026
05:31
May
29th
2026
04:41
May
29th
2026
03:16
May
28th
2026
14:59
May
28th
2026
14:11
May
28th
2026
08:55
May
27th
2026
23:02
May
27th
2026
22:41
May
27th
2026
16:31
May
27th
2026
04:09
May
27th
2026
03:41
ZTE has commercial and technical partners like Ooredoo, Meta and Telcomsel. Examples of ZTE's suppliers include ZTE and Thales.

Example Customers

Subscribe for full access to ZTE's profile

Example Suppliers

Subscribe for full access to ZTE's profile

Example Partners

Subscribe for full access to ZTE's profile

Analyst insight reports

Channel hopping: a hybrid approach to TV distribution
Sports rights trends: How sports drives opportunities for media tech and service providers
The customer support report
Technology investment priorities for TV, 2026-2028
Subscribe to access all analyst insight reports