By Owen Fletcher, Dow Jones Newswires
Tuesday 26 April 2011
Chinese vendor also said it aims to be among top three tablet makers this year.
Chinese telecommunications equipment and mobile device maker ZTE Corp. said Tuesday it aims this year to become one of the top five makers of smartphones powered by Google Inc.'s Android operating system.
In a statement, ZTE also said it aims to become one of the top three makers of tablet computers this year. It didn't specify by what measure, either for tablets or for Android phones.
The company said its target is to ship 12 million "smart terminals" in 2011. It didn't define the term "smart terminal," but it likely refers to smartphones and other mobile computing devices such as tablets.
Click here to find out more!Total terminal shipments in the first quarter rose 47% from a year earlier to 22 million units, the company said. Terminals include mobile phones and wireless modems that let a laptop connect to the internet through a cellular network.
ZTE in January said its sales of terminal products rose nearly 50% in 2010 to 90 million units, and the company aims to become one of the world's top three handset vendors in five years. It also said it expects to sell 120 million terminal units this year.
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