ZTE to focus on mobile devices, operators and enterprise in 2014

SHENZHEN, CHINA: ZTE Corp. has announced the key focus areas for 2014. In 2014, ZTE channel will increased resources to grow its three-pillar businesses: operators, mobile devices and enterprise.

ZTE Mobile Devices will operate as an independent unit of the company, to be headed by Zeng Xuezhong, executive VP of ZTE. He was previously in charge of ZTE's operations in China. He Shiyou, executive VP of ZTE and the former head of terminals, will remain as an executive director of ZTE.

Pang Shengqing, senior VP of ZTE, has been appointed as head of ZTE's enterprise business. ZTE anticipates that rising demand for cloud-computing, big data, Smart City and the Internet of Things will help drive growth in the company's enterprise business. Zhao Xianming, executive VP of ZTE, has been appointed CTO of ZTE.

In ZTE's business serving telecommunications operators aims to be a market leader in 4G, and will pursue game-changing breakthroughs in development of 4G equipment, 4G semiconductors and 4G devices.

"In 2014, the company is excited about the opportunities in enterprise and mobile devices, and the organizational changes will strengthen our capabilities in these areas," said Hou Weigui, vhairman of ZTE. "Telecommunications and technology are intensely competitive industries, and it is vital that we constantly renew ourselves in order to excel."

"It is important for the company to become faster, more entrepreneurial, more youthful and more focused," said Shi Lirong, president of ZTE. "We need to execute changes in our strategy, our organization and our culture in a responsive and timely way."