ZTE

ZTE Corporation

ZTE corporate campus in Shenzhen, Guangdong
Formerly	Zhongxing Telecommunication Equipment Corporation
Type	Public; state-owned enterprise
Traded as	Template:Szse Template:Sehk Russell 2000 Component
ISIN	CNE000000TK5
Industry	Telecommunications equipment Networking equipment
Founded	1985 (1985) (as Zhongxing Semiconductor Co., Ltd.)
Founder	Hou Weigui (Chinese: 侯為貴; pinyin: Hóu Wéiguì)
Area served	Worldwide
Products	Mobile phones, smartphones, tablet computers, hardware, software and services to telecommunications service providers and enterprises
Total equity	CN¥35.079 billion (2019)
Owner	Zhongxingxin (30.34%); China Aerospace Science and Industry Corporation
Number of employees	68,240 (2018)
Website	zte.com.cn

ZTE (Chinese： 中兴通讯) (Zhong Xing Telecommunication Equipment Company Limited) is a publicly-owned, Chinese business that designs and builds telecommunications equipment and systems.

The company is located in Shenzhen, and was started in 1985 ZTE offers a many telecommunications products that provide services, such as video on demand and streaming media to its customers, which are mainly people that provide telecommunications services.

In 1997, the company was listed on the Shenzhen Stock Exchange, and since December 2004 has been listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. It is included in the Hang Seng China Enterprises Index.

ZTE has 13 of its own R&D centers in China, USA, Sweden and Korea.

More than 10% of ZTE's annual income goes to R&D. The company has partnerships with large international companies such as: Intel, Microsoft, IBM, Alcatel, Qualcomm, Analog Devices, Accenture, Texas Instruments, Freescale, Agere Systems and ADI.