Chinese communications equipment giant ZTE said in an internal document today that it will set up an automotive electronics product line to be responsible for unified business planning and operations in the field, Tencent News said, citing sources familiar with the matter.

Judging from the document, ZTE's involvement in the automotive sector is quite similar to Huawei's goal of being a tier-one supplier to car companies, the report said.

At the World Smart Car Conference held last December, ZTE released the Xinzhidian smart car operating system solution.

According to ZTE's plan, the future will be defined by software to achieve this change, the underlying software platform layer - the operating system plays a crucial role, the report said.

Xinzhidian industrial operating system can meet both real-time, security, and openness, providing important support for building the entire smart car and application scenarios, the report said.

Notably, a ZTE patent was made public on Feb. 19 for vehicle-related wireless charging technology.

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