China telecom equipment provider ZTE Corp has signed deals to supply 700 million dollars in telecommunications hardware to Indian conglomerate Reliance Industries, Chinese media reported on November 28.
Combined, the deals are believed to be the largest overseas order ever for a Chinese telecommunications firm, the Beijing News reported. They include equipment for more than 4,300 base stations and 2.5 million handsets, the paper said. ZTE is China's largest listed telecommunications equipment company.