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Cisco cuts ties with ZTE

Cisco Systems has washed its hands of Chinese telecom equipment maker ZTE, Reuters reports, after Cisco determined that ZTE was selling Cisco-branded networking equipment to Iran. This year, the China-based firm had been reported as selling restricted and banned computer equipment developed by Cisco and other U.S. companies to Iran’s telecom firms. According to the publication, ZTE agreed to ship …

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Huawei, ZTE face new hurdles to their U.S. phone ambitions

Congress just made Huawei and ZTE’s goal of winning over U.S. consumers a whole lot tougher. A report released by the House Intelligence Committee today claimed the two Chinese telecommunications manufacturers pose a risk to national security and urged U.S. companies to avoid working with them. While the report deals mostly with the companies’ large-scale networking equipment and corporate customers, …

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