SHENZHEN, China--(BUSINESS WIRE)--ZTE Corporation (“ZTE”), a leading mobile handsets maker and Electronic Arts, Inc. (EA), a leading entertainment software company, today announced an innovative partnership to bring the best mobile gaming experience to ZTE’s smartphone users.

“We’re excited to extend our collaboration with ZTE,” said Glenn Roland, Vice President of New Platforms and OEMs. “More than 285 million registered users worldwide already play our games. This partnership will accelerate our ability to provide more users with a high quality mobile gaming experience via ZTE handsets.”

Consumers enjoy playing games on their mobile devices. Based on third party analysis, U.S. consumers spend an average of 2 hours and 38 minutes per day on smartphones and tablets. Thirty two percent of that time is spent on games.

“We want to deliver the best mobile game experience by partnering with the best mobile game publishers and developers,” said George Hou, VP of ZTE Handsets Division. “Consumers know and love EA games and we believe that preloading EA games will give consumers the confidence to purchase ZTE devices and enhance their experience with ZTE smartphones.”

ZTE is one of the top five mobile handset and smartphone manufacturers in the world, according to global industry analyst IDC. “ZTE’s objective is to reach a global top-3 position within three years, and build a world top-5 brand,” Mr. Hou said.

About ZTE Mobile Devices

ZTE Mobile Devices is a division of ZTE Corporation, a global telecommunications equipment, networks and mobile devices company headquartered in Shenzhen, China. ZTE is a publicly traded company listed on the Hong Kong and Shenzhen stock exchanges.

ZTE is one of the Top 5 mobile handset and smartphone manufacturers in the world, according to global industry analyst IDC. The company produces a complete range of mobile devices, including mobile phones, tablets, mobile broadband modems and hotspots and family desktop integration terminals.

A global leader, ZTE has partnerships with more than 230 major carriers and distributors in over 160 countries and regions around the globe. It also has strategic partnerships with 47 of the world’s top 50 carriers. In 2012, ZTE applied for more international patents than any other company in the world.

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