ZTE Corporation

ZTE Corporation is one of China's largest telecommunications manufacturers. ZTE offers a variety of telecom hardware, including base stations, phones, and systems for switching, optical transport, videoconferencing, power supply, and monitoring. The company sells more than 10 million handsets a year, making it one of the biggest telecommunications equipment exporters in China. China Unicom used ZTE's products in a network construction project that spanned 18 provinces. ZTE was founded in 1985 as Zhongxing Semiconductor Co., Ltd. The company operates manufacturing facilities in 50 countries, with major production operations located in Brazil, Sweden, and the US.