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.

2025 Revenue

Founded

1985

Headcount

30,440

Headquarters

China

Primary Segment

Enterprise and telecoms software

Ownership

Publicly Owned

Deployments

109

News Summary:

During the 2026 World Artificial Intelligence Conference in Shanghai on July 23, Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet met with ZTE representatives, including overseas president Xiao Ming and senior vice-president James Zhang, to expand cooperation in digital infrastructure and artificial intelligence services development. These discussions laid the foundation for future collaboration in areas such as 5G network deployment, AI applications, and ICT talent development. This followed the U.S. telecom regulator FCC's action on July 22, which tightened restrictions on Chinese technology equipment by barring sales of devices containing ZTE components in the U.S. This move expands an existing crackdown that blocks new authorizations for certain Chinese brands and broadens the focus to key internal hardware components.

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ZTE offers 40 products in the telecoms tech, media tech, media and telecoms services and enterprise tech industries. ZTE's product portfolio comprises of fibre access, broadband and VAS software, fixed wireless access, consumer electronics, connectivity and distribution services, bSS/OSS, generative AI, telecoms network infrastructure, wi-Fi and mesh networks, video business systems, set-top boxes, dSL access and enterprise and telecoms software.

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ZTE's revenues were $18.6B in 2025. Caretta Research has split ZTE's revenue into 20 different product categories, the largest of which is 5G MEC, which represents 52% of ZTE's revenue.

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