ZTE is continuing to dip their toes in the western market pool, now with a QWERTY-keyboard slider combo dubbed C90. Although no announcements have been made, MetroPCS is a likely adopter, and will include tri-band CDMA, A2DP stereo Bluetooth, microSD slot supporting up to 2GB, GPS, and a 1.3 megapixel camera. The screen doesn’t look…
MetroPCS working with ZTE on LTE phones
As the US still waits for Clearwire and Sprint to get their 4G WiMAX network up and running on a nationwide scale, the likes of Verizon and MetroPCS are gearing up to light-off their 4G LTE networks in a couple years’ time. But, all that high-speed wireless LTE data won’t do anybody much good without…
ZTE Booth Tour – Live from CTIA Wireless 2009 Las Vegas
They might get a bad rap for cheap phones, but ZTE is bigger than you think – number 6 worldwide, though you might not be too familiar with them since they only have three handsets in North America, and they’re on metroPCS. ZTE is working to crack the tough nut of the U.S. market after…
ZTE launches first HSDPA/TD-SCDMA handset
Okay, that’s a mouthful of acronym there, but let’s break it down. Chinese manufacturer ZTE announced their first Windows Mobile handset, the U990 last week, and now it’s available (presumably from China Mobile). HSDPA is the GSM-flavoured 3G standard we all know and love, but TD-SCDMA is another 3G network that’s been developed exclusively in…
ZTE opens handset assembly plant in Ethiopia
China’s infrastructure and handset maker, ZTE, is going to start assembling devices in Ethiopia, after signing a $5.2mn with the “Organization for Rehabilitation and Development of Amhara (TIRET)” This new plant will apparently be able to produce 3000-4500 mobile devices per day – or around 1.5m units per year, for those of you who prefer…
ZTE gets huge China Telecom CDMA Contract
For those of you that didn’t believe that ZTE are a force to be reckoned with (both in devices, and infrastructure), here’s more proof – they recently won (part of) a contract with China Telecom, estimated to be $1.5bn! And the scary thing is that this contract is apparently a taster to a much bigger…
ZTE wants handset vendor Top 5 spot
ZTE, which is the largest Chinese handset vendor, has reportedly set itself a target to get in to the world’s Top 5 handset vendors (by sales volume I would imagine). The company is apparently 6th in terms of global market-share, and wants to double (yes, double!) it’s annual shipments from 50 million to 100 million…
Telegent and ZTE to offer FTA Mobile TV on ZTE Handsets
ZTE are maybe not that well-known to you as a handset vendor – probably their most public presence has been some handsets they have supplied to Hutchison 3G at the budget end of the market. But, ZTE is a growing giant, which plays in both mobile network infrastructure AND handsets…… now they have done a…
ZTE to spend 100mn RMB on handset promotion
Chinese handset vendor ZTE plans to invest 100mn RMB (that’s about 5.5mn GBP if my maths is right…) in promoting it’s handset brand in 2008, according to reports. ZTE is also targeting sales of 50mn handset in 2008 – currently the U980 model accounts for one third of all TD-SCDMA handsets sold by China Mobile.…