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September 14, 2012, Friday
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ZTE Corp said it projects sales growth exceeding 50 percent annually for the next few years from computing services for governments and businesses as the company further expands beyond making phone network equipment.
Sales of computer services to governments and businesses rose 90 percent to 8.8 billion yuan (US$1.4 billion) in 2011, and jumped 70 percent in the first six months of this year, Hu Jian, vice president of ZTE's government and enterprise solutions unit, said in an interview in Beijing yesterday.
ZTE yesterday announced the start of commercial service for China's first fourth-generation wireless data network for the Beijing municipal government as part of its expansion into computing services. ZTE is expanding in mobile devices and cloud computing where sales growth is faster than its traditional phone equipment business as the pace of new mobile network rollouts slows.
"The 70 percent revenue growth for the first half of 2012 would make this one of the fastest growing segments of the company," said Lisa Soh, a Hong Kong-based analyst with Macquarie Group Ltd. "This does appear to be a source of profit growth for ZTE."
The company last month reported first-half sales rose 15 percent to 42.6 billion yuan. The postponement of some Chinese carrier network contracts, as well as foreign exchange losses, led ZTE to post an 85 percent drop in second-quarter profit.
The company in May 2011 forecast cloud computing would account for one-third of ZTE's sales within three to five years.
"We can continue high speed growth in this area for the next few years at least," Hu said of the government and business computing services unit he helps manage.
The company started its computing services push with existing customers of network equipment gear such as China Mobile Ltd and China Unicom (Hong Kong) Ltd. Now, ZTE is seeking out projects from governments and businesses to use computing power to improve areas including transport, energy, health care and education. The company is using "icity" as its brand for the new services.
Sales of computer services to governments and businesses rose 90 percent to 8.8 billion yuan (US$1.4 billion) in 2011, and jumped 70 percent in the first six months of this year, Hu Jian, vice president of ZTE's government and enterprise solutions unit, said in an interview in Beijing yesterday.
ZTE yesterday announced the start of commercial service for China's first fourth-generation wireless data network for the Beijing municipal government as part of its expansion into computing services. ZTE is expanding in mobile devices and cloud computing where sales growth is faster than its traditional phone equipment business as the pace of new mobile network rollouts slows.
"The 70 percent revenue growth for the first half of 2012 would make this one of the fastest growing segments of the company," said Lisa Soh, a Hong Kong-based analyst with Macquarie Group Ltd. "This does appear to be a source of profit growth for ZTE."
The company last month reported first-half sales rose 15 percent to 42.6 billion yuan. The postponement of some Chinese carrier network contracts, as well as foreign exchange losses, led ZTE to post an 85 percent drop in second-quarter profit.
The company in May 2011 forecast cloud computing would account for one-third of ZTE's sales within three to five years.
"We can continue high speed growth in this area for the next few years at least," Hu said of the government and business computing services unit he helps manage.
The company started its computing services push with existing customers of network equipment gear such as China Mobile Ltd and China Unicom (Hong Kong) Ltd. Now, ZTE is seeking out projects from governments and businesses to use computing power to improve areas including transport, energy, health care and education. The company is using "icity" as its brand for the new services.
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