Political battles aside, Huawei and ZTE face a uphill climb to win over consumers unfamiliar with the companies.
Wu Rong of ZTE, a telecoms concern, says it employs mainly locals and is producing more in India.
Enter ZTE, a company that's quiety snuck through the ranks to become the sixth largest handset maker in the world but has approached Canada and the US with kid gloves so far, starting with a Fastap phone (of all things) on Telus just last year and just recently moving onto MetroPCS in the States with the AWS-equipped C78 candybar and C79 flip.
With face recognition, anti-shake and a panoramic camera, the ZTE Grand S truly presents a high-quality multimedia option for today's smartphone audience.
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We got to spend a little bit of time with a prototype ZTE model, and found the hardware to be solid for a hand-built unit.
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ZTE, with a 1.2% share of the market, is simply too small, says Milanesi.
Telecommunications equipment provider ZTE also has a large presence, and is expected to announce its own new smartphone on Tuesday.
Then again, when you put things in perspective, ZTE's a brand new player in this market and this phone is a strong early effort.
The security testing will enable ZTE to deliver a wide range of smart, stylish choices for smartphone users with the added peace of mind that their device is secure.
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The ZTE MF28B is a Rogers exclusive that will connect up to 15 devices simultaneously and is now available for Rogers customers to reserve through the Rogers Reservation System.
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Huawei and ZTE have proposed a similar approach in America, working with outfits such as Electronic Warfare Associates and other private firms that vet high-tech gear for the US government.
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In the series, the ZTE Grand X is for consumers with a passion for high tech, the ZTE Grand Era is for the most advanced smartphone user and the ZTE Grand S is the flagship handset offering the perfect combination of art and technology.
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Last week at CTIA, we sat down with Lixin Cheng -- CEO of ZTE USA -- for a candid discussion about the company's future in the US. The conversation started with ZTE's current portfolio in the US, which consists of 18 SKUs -- primarily inexpensive Android smartphones (most with LTE) for the prepaid market.
The Chinese lower-cost smartphone makers, led by Huawei, ZTE and Lenovo have a very strong surging position in this space to challenge.
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ZTE's Trusted Delivery Model provides for a thorough end-to-end security evaluation of ZTE's software, firmware and hardware throughout the equipment life cycle.
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As a result, ZTE sustained relatively fast year-on-year revenue growth from its international business.
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Some of our handset consumers may call the hotline and say, 'Hey, I have a phone from ZTE, do I have security concerns?
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Swisscom also offers a USB modem for notebooks from Huawei and a mobile hotspot from ZTE.
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The device also has a 1780mAh battery and ZTE's customisable Mifavor User Interface.
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When I visited last month, a team from Egyptian Telecom was hunched over PC terminals in a classroom lined with ZTE servers for fixed-line networks.
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"This is a clear demonstration of ZTE's ability to quickly develop, and bring to market, market-leading devices running the industry's latest technologies, " said Mr. He Shiyou, ZTE EVP and Head of the Terminal Division.
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Huawei and ZTE, which sell millions of phones a year in China, but comparatively few in the United States, were believed to harbor similar motivations.
Chinese mobile device makers, like Huawei and ZTE, have been growing rapidly in a market that still appears to have lots of upside potential.
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Targeting the same audience as the Nokia Lumia 610 and the ZTE Tania, the Omnia M enters a crowded space, and making some interesting compromises to reach the price point.
NPR's Rob Gifford paid a visit to the telecom company ZTE's offices in Shanghai.
It doesn't mean we're going to come away from the show empty-handed: ZTE has confirmed that it will be announcing a 5-inch FHD (1080p) device called the Grand S on January 8th, and it's quite possible that a few other previously unseen products will show up at its booth.
Nuance today announced a deal to provide China-based ZTE with technology to produce voice-controlled Android-based smartphones.
ZTE's 2010 revenue led the industry with a 21% increase to USD10.609 billion.
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No other smartphone vendor, from Apple to ZTE to Motorola to Nokia, make that high a proportion of components and assemble them into their own phones.
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