ZTE India has made a foray in the Indian enterprise solutions
market by winning a major enterprise solution contract in the
non-telecom sector. The order, of undisclosed value, was planed
by Power Grid Corporation of India to provide fixed-network
transmission services across the country. As part of the
agreement, ZTE will deploy devices to enhanced PGCIL's network
coverage and service quality.
The India contract represents ZTE's first step into one of seven
key markets in which it aims to be a leading provider of
enterprise solutions, a ZTE statement noted. The contract will
increase ZTE's share of PGCIL's transmission market to 15 per
cent, a significant achievement for the company in India's nontelecom-
operator market.
"Given our successes in global markets such as China, Africa and
the US, we're pleased to make this foray into the Indian
enterprise solutions market and are confident of success there,"
said Cui Liangjun, Chief Executive Officer, ZTE Telecom India Ltd.
The India enterprise solutions market is estimated to be worth $3
billion and is projected to grow to $8 billion by 2014. To address
this vast potential, ZTE has formed an enterprise solutions team
to work with key clients in the government and private sector.
ZTE entered the Indian market in 1999 and has played an
important role in ushering leading technology at competitive
prices. ZTE feels that the company has helped increase telecom
penetration by making telecom services affordable to the
ordinary Indian citizen.
Huawei enters India: In an independent development, Huawei
Technologies Co, the Chinese maker of telecommunication
equipment, recently launched in India its business unit that sells
networking products to non-telecom customers. The company
expects the newly-launched unit to post about $1 billion of annual
revenue in India by 2015, accounting for a quarter of its total
revenue from the country then. Enterprise business accounted for
8 per cent of Huawei's $28 billion global revenue in 2010.
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