ZTE “seriously looking” at making set-top boxes, CPEs and radio products in India

NEW DELHI: ZTE said that it ‘seriously looking’ at starting local manufacturing for set-top-box (STBs) and customer premises equipment (CPE) devices, along with its radio products in India for domestic as well as export purposes.
“We are seriously looking at it…we would be a real localized player in this country. We will also consider not only making for India but also for potential customers in foreign countries,” Xiao Ming, President, ZTE Global Sales, told ET. “
“We are not talking about just radio, but also the local manufacturing of products like set-top boxes and CPEs…these will have volumes,” he said.
The Chinese gear maker is looking beyond radio products for network infrastructure because the demand coming from the Indian telcos’ isn’t going to be significant, and it will only pick up once the country finalises 5G deployment plans.