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ZTE Corporation is a Chinese multinational telecommunications equipment and systems company headquartered in Shenzhen, China. ZTE operates in three business units - Carrier Networks(54%)-Terminals(29%)-Telecommunication(17%). ZTE's core products are wireless, exchange, access, optical transmission, and data telecommunications gear; mobile phones; and telecommunications software.〔(Product Portfolio ) ZTE Official Site〕 It also offers products that provide value-added services,〔(ZTE Secures More than Half of China Unicom GSM Value-Added Service System 2008 Tender ) ZTE Official Site, 2008-12-15〕 such as video on demand and streaming media.〔(ZTE Corp's Company Description ) Businessweek.com〕 ZTE primarily sells products under its own name but it is also an OEM.〔(UPDATE 3-LSI sees second half better than first ) reuters.com, Wed Jan 26, 2011 9:14pm EST〕 ZTE is one of the top five largest smartphone manufacturers in its home market,〔For top five in China, see "Apple Competes for Bigger Slice of China's Smartphone Market Share." Khaleej Times (Dubai, United Arab Emirates). Al Bawaba (Middle East) Ltd. 2014. HighBeam Research. 22 May. 2014〕 and in the top ten, worldwide. ==History== ZTE, initially founded as Zhongxing Semiconductor Co., Ltd in Shenzhen, China, in 1985, was incorporated by a group of investors associated with China's Ministry of Aerospace.〔20 Years History of ZTE Corporation by Mr. Huang Guo in 2005 h (http://wwwen.zte.com.cn/endata/magazine/ztecommunications/2005year/no2/articles/200506/t20050622_162340.html )〕 In March 1993, Zhongxing Semiconductor has changed its name to Zhongxing New Telecommunications Equipment Co., Ltd with capital of RMB 3 million, and created a new business model as a "state-owned and private-operating" economic entity. Ties to the state notwithstanding, the corporation has evolved into ZTE Corporation of being publicly traded having made an initial public offering (IPO) on the Shenzhen stock exchange in 1997 and another on the Hong Kong stock exchange in December, 2004.〔 While the company initially profited from domestic sales,〔(UPDATE 1-ZTE says 2010 net profit up 32 pct on better sales ) reuters.com, Thu Jan 27, 2011 6:33am EST〕 it vowed to use money from its 2004 Hong Kong IPO to further expand R&D, overseas sales to developed nations, and overseas production.〔(A Global Telecom Titan Called...ZTE? ) Businessweek.com, March 7, 2005〕 Making headway in the international telecom market in 2006, it took 40% of new global orders for CDMA networks〔(China-based Huawei and Murali make headway in global telecom market ) DigiTimes.com. March 9, 2007〕 topping the world CDMA equipment market by number of shipments.〔(ZTE tops 2006 international CDMA market ). CIOL Bureau. March 8, 2007〕 That same year also saw ZTE find a customer in the Canadian Telus〔(History ) ZTE Official Site〕 and membership in the Wi-Fi Alliance.〔(ZTE joins Wi-Fi Alliance----- one of the first Chinese members ) ZTE Official Site, 2006-08-30〕 More customers in developed nations soon followed Telus' lead, and in 2007 ZTE had sold to UK's Vodafone, Spain's Telefonica, and the Australian Telstra,〔 as well as garnering the greatest number of CDMA contracts globally.〔(ZTE Tops 2007 Global CDMA Market ) ZTE Official Site, 2008-01-30〕 By 2008 ZTE could claim its customer base was truly global, as it had made sales in 140 countries.〔 In 2009, the company had become the worldwide third-largest vendor of GSM telecom equipment, and about 20% of all GSM gear sold throughout the world that year was ZTE branded.〔(INTERVIEW-China's ZTE aims for fifth of global GSM gear market ) reuters.com, Tue Nov 17, 2009 10:53pm EST〕 As of 2011 it holds around 7% of the key 3GPP Long Term Evolution patents〔(China's ZTE targets 10 pct of LTE patents ) reuters.com, Tue Jan 11, 2011 11:07am EST〕 and that same year launched the world's first smartphone with dual GPS/GLONASS navigation, MTS 945. ZTE claims to devote 10% of its annual revenue on research and development each year, and it could be producing patents and utility licenses at a furious pace.〔Strong Growth in Demand for Intellectual Property Rights in 2012 http://www.wipo.int/pressroom/en/articles/2013/article_0006.html〕 ZTE has filed 48,000 patents globally, and with more than 13,000 patents granted. 90% more patents are invention-related. In two consecutive years (2011 and 2012), ZTE has been granted the largest number of patent applications globally,〔WIPO declared ZTE as No.1 patent application in 2012, and in 2011. http://www.wipo.int/pressroom/en/articles/2013/article_0006.html http://www.wipo.int/pressroom/en/articles/2012/article_0001.html〕 which is the first for a Chinese company.〔Yahoo reported ZTE as first Chinese company to rank No.1 in global patent applications. http://finance.yahoo.com/news/zte-ranked-world-no-1-020900609.html〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「ZTE」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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