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ZTE: Partnership
ZTE partnered with XLSMART on Indonesia's landmark dual-network convergence project, integrating 20,000+ 4G base stations and deploying 7,000+ new 5G sites in 8 months to create nationwide 5G coverage for 73 million subscribers.
Source: The Register
The leadership read
Alliances like this can broaden the sector commercial leadership bench strength.
Market context: The wider read — a Talent Market Index of 105.9 (Hot), down 2.3 month-on-month — shows Asia signal flow steady (+0.5pts).
ZTE: 1 signal in the last 90 days; 0.1% of MitchelLake's Asia signal flow; 2 tracked across 41 days.
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