ZTE and Huawei Technologies strengthening presence in global smartphone market
Taiwan-based smartphones makers are facing increasing competition from China-based ZTE and Huawei Technologies as the two leading China telecom equipment and handset makers have gradually strengthened their presence in the global smartphone market, according to market sources.
ZTE recently unveiled 10 new smartphones based on Windows Mobile or Linux platforms, supporting GSM, CDMA, and TD-SCDMA, and the company is producing customized smartphones for Vodafone, China Mobile and China Telecom, the sources noted.
ZTE has also established a strategic partnership with T-Mobile with cooperation covering handsets and data card devices for all the T-Mobile's markets in Europe. Meanwhile, Huawei has announced that it will manufacture touchscreen Android-powered smartphones for T-Mobile with shipments to begin in the third quarter of 2009.
Huawei has also entered the development of Symbian-based smartphones and the company is expected to roll out its first batch of Symbian-powered handsets in the second half of this year, the sources indicated.
Huawei is also developing models supporting HSDPA, EV-DO and TD-SCDMA technologies, the sources added.
Although ZTE and Huawei are currently shipping handsets under clients' trade names, the two companies are likely to launch own-brand models in the future, the sources asserted.
Given ZTE and Huawei are now able to each ship several hundred million handsets a year, the two companies are likely to capture the sixth and seventh rankings in the global handset market, the sources estimated.
ZTE recently unveiled 10 new smartphones based on Windows Mobile or Linux platforms, supporting GSM, CDMA, and TD-SCDMA, and the company is producing customized smartphones for Vodafone, China Mobile and China Telecom, the sources noted.
ZTE has also established a strategic partnership with T-Mobile with cooperation covering handsets and data card devices for all the T-Mobile's markets in Europe. Meanwhile, Huawei has announced that it will manufacture touchscreen Android-powered smartphones for T-Mobile with shipments to begin in the third quarter of 2009.
Huawei has also entered the development of Symbian-based smartphones and the company is expected to roll out its first batch of Symbian-powered handsets in the second half of this year, the sources indicated.
Huawei is also developing models supporting HSDPA, EV-DO and TD-SCDMA technologies, the sources added.
Although ZTE and Huawei are currently shipping handsets under clients' trade names, the two companies are likely to launch own-brand models in the future, the sources asserted.
Given ZTE and Huawei are now able to each ship several hundred million handsets a year, the two companies are likely to capture the sixth and seventh rankings in the global handset market, the sources estimated.
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