ZTE Corporation is a global leading provider of integrated telecommunications solutions. Founded in 1985 and listed on both the Hong Kong and Shenzhen Stock Exchanges, the company has been committed to providing global operators and enterprise network clients with innovative technologies and solutions, enabling global users to access the comprehensive communications of voice, data, multimedia, wireless broadband and so on. ZTE believes in technology innovation as a core value of the company, investing more than 10% of annual revenue in R&D. And employs over 30,000 research professionals in the development of next-generation technologies including 5G, the Internet of Things, NFV, SDN, Cloud Computing and Big Data. ZTE has filed applications for more than 72,000 patents, with over 33,000 granted. Since 2010, ZTE has been ranked among the world’s Top-3 for patent applications under the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) each year, according to the World Intellectual Property Organization.