ZTE Sees Double Increases In Operating Revenue And Profit In 2022

• The operating revenue reached RMB 122.95 billion in 2022, 7.4% higher than a year earlier
• The profit hitting RMB 8.08 billion in 2022, leveling up its profitability steadily

ZTE Corporation (0763.HK / 000063.SZ), a global leading provider of information and communication technology solutions, released its Annual Report 2022, showing a full-year operating revenue of RMB 122.95 billion in 2022, 7.4% higher than the year earlier.

The year 2022 marked the start of the Company’s expansion phase.

During the year, ZTE solidified its position with innovative initiatives while maintaining steady operations. With the business philosophy of maintaining quality growth, during the period, ZTE seized the trend towards global digitalization and decarbonization development, strengthened its DICT’s full-stack and full-domain R&D investment and innovation, and continuously improved the competitiveness of ZTE’s key technologies and products.

In terms of R& D, ZTE also invested RMB 21.60 billion in 2022, covering 17.6% of the revenue. At the same time, ZTE continues to deepen digital and intelligent transformation, improve organizational flexibility, elasticity, and resilience, and ensure the orderly, efficient, and healthy development of all businesses.

Meanwhile, the operating revenue in both the domestic and international markets and operating revenue in ZTE’s three major businesses including carriers’ networks, government and enterprise business, as well as consumer business, all achieved a year-on-year growth. The operating revenue of the domestic market reached RMB 85.24 billion, 69.3% of its overall operating revenue while the operating revenue from the international market hit RMB 37.71 billion, covering 30.7% of its overall operating revenue.

For carriers’ networks, in 2022, ZTE harvested an annual operating revenue of RMB 80.04 billion, a YOY increase of 5.7%. During the period, ZTE continued to increase the global market share of key products such as wireless networks and wired networks. According to the latest report, ZTE’s 2022 annual shipments of 5G base stations, 5G core networks, and 200G coherent port all ranked second in the world, and the revenue of POL OLT increased to second globally. 

For government and corporate businesses, ZTE achieved operating revenue of RMB 14.63 billion, a year-on-year growth of 11.8%. ZTE’s core products such as server and storage, GoldenDB distributed databases, and cloud computers, have achieved rapid growth in the number of top customers across industries including finance and the Internet. In addition, ZTE, centering on the business needs of business resilience, systematic growth, and cost reduction, and relying on efficient digital infrastructure and the “Digital Nebula” based on the cloud-native transaction architecture, has been deeply integrating ICT technologies with the industries to explore the digital transformation of finance, Internet, power, transportation, and large enterprises. 

In terms of consumer business, ZTE generated operating revenue of RMB 28.28 billion, a year-on-year increase of 9.9% during the period. The Company has gradually integrated mobile phones, mobile Internet products, home information terminals, and ecological capabilities to provide individuals and families with a rich selection of smart products. In 2022, ZTE, Nubia, and Red Magic launched a variety of mobile phones to meet different market demands. Meanwhile, ZTE’s mobile Internet product 5G MBB & FWA remained the world’s first in terms of global shipment. During the period, the Company’s home information terminals witnessed a leapfrog growth, with its PON CPE and DSL CPE shipments ranked first globally and its STB remained in the leading position in terms of the market share.

Moving forward, ZTE will stay committed to implementing the positioning of a “Driver of Digital Economy” by maintaining its strategic determination and grasping the development trend of digitalization and decarbonization. With targeted and pragmatic efforts, ZTE will further strengthen its operational resilience, with an aim to improve operational efficiency and achieve steady growth.

In the Philippines, 2023 will see ZTE promoting innovative ICT technologies. ZTE Philippines will continue to be the industry’s solid partner in driving the digital economy, with innovative initiatives and new solutions and products.