ZTE

ZTE

https://www.zte.com.cn/global
https://www.linkedin.com/company/zte

ZTE Corporation, a publicly owned and partially state-owned technology company headquartered in China, was founded in 1985 and is listed on both the Hong Kong and Shenzhen Stock Exchanges. With an estimated 30,440 employees, the company reported $18.6 billion in revenue as of 2025. ZTE specializes in telecommunication, with its core business encompassing enterprise and telecoms software, wireless, exchange, optical transmission, data telecommunications gear, telecommunications software, and mobile phones. The company primarily sells products under its own name but also functions as an OEM.

Revenue

Founded

1985

Headcount

30,440

Headquarters

China

Primary Segment

Enterprise and telecoms software

Ownership

Publicly Owned

Deployments

109

News Summary:

ZTE partnered with AIS on July 10, 2026, to upgrade the latter's government and enterprise backbone network. AIS successfully completed a seamless migration, ensuring uninterrupted services for enterprise private lines and strengthening the digital economy foundation. Previously, on July 9, ZTE's smartphone brand Nubia launched the Nubia Neo 5 GT Special Edition. The device integrates a liquid and air dual active cooling system, which ZTE Vice President Bai Keke noted was developed to enhance sustained performance for esports, drawing inspiration from PC and AI server thermal management. Earlier that day, Nubia was positioned as one of two Chinese technology players set to showcase what each claims is the world's first AI agent smartphone at the 2026 World Artificial Intelligence Conference (WAIC) in Shanghai, running from July 17-20. This announcement followed Nubia's confirmation on July 9 that it would unveil its AI agent smartphone at WAIC. ZTE Senior Vice President and Terminal Business President Ni Fei clarified that the device is a mass-produced flagship model.

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ZTE offers 37 products in the enterprise tech, media and telecoms services, media tech and telecoms tech industries. ZTE's product portfolio comprises of telecoms network infrastructure, generative AI, wi-Fi and mesh networks, dSL access, video business systems, consumer electronics, fixed wireless access, broadband and VAS software, fibre access, set-top boxes, enterprise and telecoms software and connectivity and distribution services.

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ZTE's revenues were $18.6B in 2025. Caretta Research has split ZTE's revenue into 17 different product categories, the largest of which is 5G MEC, which represents 52% of ZTE's revenue.

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21:45

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23rd

2026

17:31

Partnerships and Alliances, Artificial Intelligence, B2B Tag, Partnerships

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06:30

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23rd

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06:30

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22nd

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16:42

Emerging Tech, B2B Tag, Regulations and Policies

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21:36

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20th

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10:19

Emerging Tech, Artificial Intelligence, B2B Tag

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19th

2026

08:12

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19th

2026

06:30

Emerging Tech, New Offerings, Artificial Intelligence, B2B Tag, New Offerings

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Jul

18th

2026

19:51

Events, Emerging Tech, Artificial Intelligence, B2B Tag, Events and Conferences

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