ZTE launches a ‘total pre5G solution’
Chinese vendor ZTE is hoping to position itself as a one-stop-shop for operators looking to dip their toes into 5G. As we get closer to the finalisation of the 5G standard and the inevitable race to...
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Qualcomm, ZTE and China Mobile use the phrase ‘End-to-End 5G NR’ a lot
As the 3GPP RAN #78 meeting draws nearer there is an undignified last-minute rush by the telecoms industry to out-do each other over 5G virtue-signalling. On 18 December this year the 3GPP will host a...
View ArticleZTE wants to launch a 5G smartphone this year
Lixin Cheng, the CEO of ZTE’s mobile device business, has said his company’s first 5G smartphone could make an appearance later this year. In an interview with Bloomberg Cheng indicated that ZTE is...
View ArticleUS Congressman moves to ban Huawei and ZTE
There might have been some optimism from Huawei and ZTE that the US market was about to open up, but Congressman Mike Conaway is looking to kill that ambition off completely. Chinese companies have...
View ArticleUS menaces companies with ties to Huawei and China Mobile – report
The position of the US state towards Chinese telecoms companies seems to be hardening by the day. Reuters reports that Huawei’s abortive attempt to do a handset deal with AT&T was scuppered by...
View ArticleZTE flogs $2bn shares in effort to be 5G ready
ZTE board members have approved the issuance of 686,836,019 A Shares in an effort to raise capital for 5G research and development. While ZTE could sometimes be seen as a poor man’s Huawei, in truth it...
View ArticleZTE numbers show it’s hot of the tails of Nokia and Ericsson
ZTE has published guidance for its most recent quarter, with the poor-man’s Huawei showing Ericsson and Nokia you can make money if you try hard enough. For the three months leading up to December 31,...
View ArticleZTE claims its slicing 5G up faster than everyone else
ZTE has stepped up to claim it has released the world’s first 5G E2E network slicing solution across 5G RAN, core network and bearer network. Should the claim prove to be accurate it would certainly...
View ArticleUS intelligence chiefs continue to brief against Chinese companies
The heads of six US intelligence agencies have reportedly told a Senate committee that even private citizens shouldn’t touch Chinese gear with a barge pole. All the usual suspects, including the CIA,...
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2017 numbers show how much Huawei still owns the telecoms market
Nokia, Ericsson and ZTE spent 2017 clearing the decks in advance of 5G. Meanwhile Huawei made more money than the rest of them added together. Huawei just published it’s 2017 full year numbers and, if...
View ArticleUS takes technology battle up a notch with ZTE export ban
The US Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) has imposed a denial of export privileges order against ZTE, after coming to the conclusion it lied to the committee on numerous...
View ArticleShare price plunges indicate who has the upper hand in US/China trade war
If ZTE has acted in violation of US trading regulations there is no question it should be punished, but investor reaction to the ZTE ban perhaps shows US companies depend more on China than vice-versa....
View ArticleZTE fears for its very survival following US export ban
Following the decision from the US government to activate the Suspended Denial Order, ZTE has hit back with the threat of a lawsuit, claiming the order not only threatens its own survival but that of...
View ArticlePentagon halts Huawei and ZTE phone sales on military bases
The Pentagon isn’t allowed to ban personnel from having ZTE and Huawei devices for personal use (not yet anyway) but it can stop retail outlets on US military bases around the world from stocking them....
View ArticleZTE announces its major operating activities have ceased
The impact of the US denial order preventing ZTE from doing business with any US companies has been made brutally clear in a ZTE investor filing. “As disclosed in the announcement of the Company dated...
View ArticleZTE seems to be doomed. Who’s next?
ZTE employs 75,000 people and sold $17 billion of gear last year, but seems to have been wiped out with one stroke of a US regulatory pen. That’s scary. We were among the apparent majority of the...
View ArticleCould Trump be the ZTE saviour?
The threat of extinction for ZTE was realistic as it seemed the US was gaining the upper hand in the apparent US/China trade war, but President Trump might prove to be an unlikely hero for ZTE. Only a...
View ArticleUS and China reach ‘handshake deal’ to ease tension and save ZTE
US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and Chinese Vice Premier Liu He have reportedly laid the groundwork for a deal which would end escalating tensions between the two nations and save the fast falling...
View ArticleRowdy Senators snap Trump’s ZTE olive branch
Senators are planning to derail President Trump’s plans to ease pressure on ZTE, potentially removing the ban on US exports, pointing out the law cannot be bent and ignored to satisfy political...
View ArticleZTE US export ban might be lifted after all
Reports indicate Chinese kit vendor ZTE may be on the verge of getting its US export ban lifted after negotiations with the commerce department. This development has been claimed as an exclusive by...
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