This could be why Huawei has been more innovative than Apple

Despite being considered a national security threat in the U.S., Huawei remains the largest supplier of networking equipment in the world. ...

Despite being considered a national security threat in the U.S., Huawei remains the largest supplier of networking equipment in the world. In the U.S., Australia, Japan and New Zealand, wireless providers are not allowed to use the company's gear for building out their 5G networks. That's because the company could be forced to gather intelligence (in other words, spy) on behalf of the communist Chinese government if requested to do so.

With countries making up 40% of global GDP fine with their carriers employing Huawei's networking equipment for the next generation ...

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