ZTE
ZTE Corporation is a Chinese telecommunications equipment and solutions company, founded in 1985 in Shenzhen, where it is still headquartered. It listed on the Shenzhen Stock Exchange in 1997 (ticker 000063) and on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange in December 2004 (ticker 0763), according to Wikipedia. Its global site positions the company as a provider for carriers, homes and enterprises, and consumers (official website).
Business and main product lines
The official global site divides the business into several areas (official website):
- Carrier networks: wireless access, fixed access, optical transport, IP networks, core networks, and intelligent energy.
- Home and enterprise: smart home, campus networks, and networks for micro and small enterprises.
- Consumer products: smartphones, mobile internet devices, and smart home products.
- Services: digital network deployment, digital operations, and 5G services.
The company also works on 5G and 5G-Advanced, AI, and server and storage products. Current product availability and business figures should be read from the official pages.
The smartphone brand Nubia grew out of ZTE: it was established as a wholly owned ZTE subsidiary in 2012, became an independent company in 2015, and ZTE reduced its stake to 49.9% in 2017 (Wikipedia: Nubia Technology).
Discussion in the show
In Weekly #001’s chapter “NAS 会不会成为个人 AI 上下文的家” (“Will NAS become the home of personal AI context”), the hosts moved from NAS devices to phone makers’ AI phones. Discussing Nubia, Guizang said “this time it is not called the Doubao phone, it is just called Nubia, going straight for that ZTE thing” (Chinese transcript), linking Nubia to ZTE — consistent with Nubia’s origin as a ZTE subsidiary. The remark is a participant’s offhand comment, not a statement of the companies’ current corporate relationship.
Frequently asked questions
What company is ZTE?
ZTE is a Chinese telecommunications equipment and solutions company founded in Shenzhen in 1985, covering carrier networks, home and enterprise digital infrastructure, and consumer devices. See the official global site for its own description.
What country is ZTE from, and where was it founded?
ZTE is a Chinese company founded in Shenzhen in 1985; it remains headquartered there (Wikipedia: ZTE).
What is ZTE’s official website?
The Chinese-language site is zte.com.cn, and the global English site is zte.com.cn/global.
What is the relationship between Nubia and ZTE?
Nubia started as a wholly owned ZTE phone subsidiary in 2012, operated independently from 2015, and ZTE cut its stake to 49.9% in 2017, making Nubia an associate company rather than a subsidiary (Wikipedia: Nubia Technology).