By Kate Yuan

(JW Insights) Apr 23 -- DIAS Automotive Electronic Systems (联创汽车电子), a subsidiary of Shanghai's largest automotive maker SAIC Motor, and Chinese telecoms equipment provider ZTE established a joint innovation center on April 22, JW Insights learned.

It released its T-BOX solution, which is based on ZTE's 4G module using self-developed vehicle-grade chips. It can connect global networks with exclusive network optimization and diagnosis solutions, which meet OEMs’ requirements of reducing costs and increasing efficiency.

This is another major cooperation between the two parties following the signing of the innovation center in 2021, according to ZTE. With the joint innovation center as the basic platform, they will jointly define and develop T-BOX products, and cooperate in-depth in supply chains based on ZTE's 4G/5G modules.