On the 12th of this month, the 2017 Mobile World Congress Americas (MWCA) officially opened in San Francisco, USA. ZTE made a strong landing as a "5G pioneer" to show the world its new 5G overall solution and leading 5G core technology. During the exhibition, Cheng Lixin, CEO of ZTE Terminal, attended the Sino US Cooperation Forum and delivered a keynote speech, putting forward positive suggestions on the current level of innovation cooperation between China and the United States, and sharing with participants how ZTE could build a 5G cooperation bridge between China and the United States by virtue of its own advantages.
China US innovation cooperation is deepening, leading the world innovation trend
At present, China's investment in R&D is second only to that of the United States. China and the United States are increasingly converging in terms of large-scale investment in innovation and innovation strategy deployment, especially in communication, IT and many other scientific and technological fields.
In 2016, China's investment in the United States exceeded 50 billion dollars, and the United States' investment in China was about 92 billion dollars. The tradition of mutual investment and cooperation between China and the United States and the two large markets have consolidated the long-term stable cooperation between the two sides. The two countries' investment in communications of billions of dollars every year, as well as the convergence of development needs and innovation strategy deployment for the next generation network, will further promote the two sides to reach innovation consensus. Therefore, strengthening China US innovation cooperation is the current general trend.
The role of China and the United States in innovation cooperation will also become clearer. The United States will invest more in scientific and technological innovation, software and app development, business models and other content, while China will play a more important role in hardware design, supply chain integration, Internet marketing and other fields. Strengthening innovation cooperation between China and the United States will help both sides develop together and lead the world's innovation trend.
Based on the local market and looking at the world, we shoulder the backbone in the technology field
Over the years, ZTE has always insisted on investing heavily in research and development. At present, the cumulative investment in research and development has reached 100 billion yuan. In the first half of 2017, it invested a total of 6.68 billion yuan in research and development, accounting for 12.4% of the total revenue in the first half of 2017. In addition, ZTE has actively carried out in-depth cooperation with the world's top operators, and has become the backbone of 5G, smart city, Internet of Things and other technology fields.
In China, ZTE is a leading 4G supplier in China, with a cumulative market share of more than one-third in the current 4G delivery market of the three major domestic operators. TDD-LTE maintains 1/3 of the global market's annual shipments. As the world's first technology R&D pilot project led and planned by the government, China's 5G technology passed all the test items in the second phase of China's test, completed the verification of seven scenarios, and completed the continuous networking coverage of five base stations. In the eMBB test scenario, ZTE refreshed the low-frequency test record, and the cell throughput exceeded 19Gbps. It was the first in the industry to complete the 26GHz high-frequency test, with a single user rate of 13+Gbps.
Today, ZTE has about 81000 employees worldwide, including 30000 R&D personnel. It has 107 offices, 6 regional customer service centers and 46 local customer service centers worldwide. From 2010 to 2016, ZTE has ranked among the top three PCT applications in the world for seven consecutive years and won the first three times. It is the only enterprise in China that has won this honor for seven consecutive years.
Multi strategy and multi-dimensional parallel help ZTE seize the US terminal market
With the continuous expansion of overseas markets, ZTE mobile phones have always maintained a stable growth trend in major countries around the world. Its performance in the US market is particularly strong, maintaining its Top4 ranking and occupying 12.2% of the US mobile phone market share. ZTE's success in the US market is inseparable from its overseas market strategy.
First, staff localization. 80% of ZTE's employees in the United States are local employees. At present, ZTE has established a good partnership with many American suppliers, and it purchases 2.6 billion dollars in American companies every year.
In addition, ZTE has always insisted on maintaining stable cooperation with local operators in the United States, and has reached a stable and solid long-term cooperative relationship with all mainstream operators such as AT&T, T-Mobile, Sprint, Verizon, etc. ZTE has also promoted mobile Internet services in the United States through its cost-effective high-quality strategy. Today, ZTE terminals have 33 million active users in the United States.
Insight into the deep needs of 5G ecology and strive to promote 5G innovation process
As a global 5G industry pioneer, ZTE has always adhered to its leading 5G technology and innovative 5G solutions to drive the development and evolution of the new generation network. As a pioneer in 5G R&D, China and the United States have always been important strategic markets for ZTE. As the only Chinese director of CTIA, a top wireless industry association in the United States, ZTE is committed to establishing a solid innovative technology connection between the two countries, and sharing technology R&D achievements with partners, suppliers and operators such as Qualcomm, Google, Microsoft, etc.
At the level of 5G R&D, as the first in the industry to launch Massive MIMO commercial products, it started the 4G of 5G technology; Pre5G continues to be commercially available on a large scale, with more than 60 Pre5G networks deployed in more than 40 countries around the world; ZTE has more than 3000 experts in the field, together with global standards organizations and operators, joined the 5G R&D business. ZTE has also played an active role in coordinating and promoting the cooperation among the government, standards organizations, wireless operators, network and terminal manufacturers to build a 5G ecosystem. On the one hand, ZTE, relying on years of in-depth cooperation with operators around the world, has a clear insight into the needs of operators and creates customized and exclusive products based on the needs; On the other hand, ZTE analyzes the market demand under the leadership of governments in different countries to influence and promote the implementation of 5G standards through its leadership in standards organizations, so as to meet the technical needs of operators.
5G not only represents the improvement of download speed, but also provides a solid technical guarantee for the future Internet of Everything. ZTE has always been committed to making great investment in potential network technology and AI field, so as to drive the early realization of wide interconnection of all things, and through R&D investment in chips and modules of the Internet of Things, it will empower the Internet of Things equipment builders, and ultimately be used in the development and use of its own Internet of Things products.
At this MWCA exhibition, ZTE demonstrated its leading 5G technology and innovative 5G solutions to the world, and also demonstrated ZTE's attitude and strength as a pioneer of 5G to the world. In the future, ZTE will become a constructive partner. Through its understanding of the Chinese and American markets and insight into consumer needs, it will actively strengthen cooperation with operator partners, work with core software and hardware partners, promote the deepening of China US innovation cooperation, and help create a win-win situation for China, the United States and the world.
