(Telecompaper) Chinese telecommunications equipment manufacturer ZTE expects to ship more than 80 million smartphones globally next year and nearly 60 million this year, Reuters reports, citing ZTE's executive VP Zeng Xuezong. According to the report, the Chinese firm shipped nearly 40 million smartphones in 2013. For 2016, ZTE expects total smartphone shipments to reach about 100 million. The executive aso said that 60 percent of total smartphones to be shipped in 2015 would be handsets compatible with 4G networks.