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.