Unknown to many, the Chinese telecommunication
equipment company ZTE, formerly known as Zhongxing Telecommunications Equipment Corporation, was also developing its own flagship tablet for...
But side skirmishes such as Washington's decision to ban American companies from providing components to Chinese telecoms
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Not exact matches
U.S. pressure on Chinese telecom
equipment giants Huawei and
ZTE is causing immediate challenges for the
companies in financial markets.
WASHINGTON, May 2 (Reuters)- The Trump administration is considering executive action to restrict some Chinese
companies» ability to sell telecommunications
equipment in the United States, the Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday, an action likely aimed at Huawei Technologies Co Ltd and
ZTE Corp.
The Federal Communications Commission is considering more steps in the wake of growing concerns in Washington that Huawei Technologies Co Ltd and
ZTE Corp, which make networking
equipment and handsets, could act as conduits for espionage, something the two
companies have denied.
The ban on supplying
ZTE comes two months after two Republican senators introduced legislation to block the U.S. government from buying or leasing telecommunications
equipment from
ZTE or Huawei, citing concern the
companies would use their access to spy on U.S. officials.
The U.S. action could be catastrophic for
ZTE since American
companies are estimated to provide 25 percent to 30 percent of the components used in
ZTE's
equipment, which includes smartphones and gear to build telecommunications networks.
The latest threat: a ban on government agencies and their contractors buying
equipment from
companies like Huawei and
ZTE.
WASHINGTON (Reuters)-- The Trump administration is considering issuing an executive order that would restrict some Chinese
companies» ability to sell telecommunications
equipment in the United States, two industry officials said, an action likely aimed at Huawei Technologies Co Ltd and
ZTE Corp.
China and the U.S. may be facing a «looming tech war,» commentators have argued, after the fallout following the U.S. government's decision to ban American
companies from selling components to
ZTE, China's second - largest telecom
equipment manufacturer.
BEIJING (Reuters)- China has asked the United States to amend a seven - year ban on American
companies selling components and software to Chinese telecom
equipment firm
ZTE Corp, two sources with knowledge of the matter said on Friday.
The order, if it's adopted, would effectively cut off federal funding from communications providers such as cable and phone
companies that use
equipment from Huawei and
ZTE.
Suggestions that Huawei and
ZTE equipment was relaying sensitive information back to China were also raised earlier this year and denied by both
companies.
ZTE Mobile Devices is a division of
ZTE Corporation, a global telecommunications
equipment, networks and mobile devices
company headquartered in Shenzhen, China.
To combat fears of Chinese spying through devices from Huawei and
ZTE, another Chinese phone maker, Rep. Mike Conaway (R - TX) introduced a bill called the Defending US Government Communications Act, which would ban US government agencies from using phones and
equipment from the two
companies.
While the average person isn't going to notice a big difference in headphone output quality between the Axon 7 and, say, a Galaxy S7 or iPhone 6s,
ZTE has included some very high - quality components from AKM, a
company that sells its audio conversion
equipment primarily to very manufacturers of very expensive audiophile
equipment.
Huawei and
ZTE are familiar around these parts because they make some pretty good Android phones, but the bulk of their business comes from the networking
equipment the two
companies manufacture and sell.
Their gear is popular, with Huawei being the top seller of networking
equipment and
ZTE coming in at number five — both
companies are very important to China's economy.