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ZTE and US Government Reach Agreement That Includes a $1 Billion Fine

Kellen June 7, 2018

It's now official - the US has reached an agreement with ZTE to allow the Chinese company to continue doing business as usual. After the US government banned US companies from supplying components to ZTE, causing the company to temporarily pause operations,...

Report: ZTE’s US Ban is Almost Over After They Pay Heavy Fine, Replace Board

Kellen June 5, 2018

A month ago, we reported that ZTE was on life support and had decided to mostly pause operations after being given a hefty ban from the US government over lies it told as a part of a previous agreement stemming from related illegal shipments of products to...

ZTE Ceases Operations After US Government Ban

Kellen May 9, 2018 16

ZTE has mostly shut down its main business operations, according to Reuters, after the US government banned US companies from supplying it with components. ZTE did say that it is trying to get a modification or reversal to the ban, though. Because ZTE makes a...

US Government Crushes ZTE With Ban on US Companies Providing It Components

Kellen April 16, 2018 29

The US government's assault in Chinese electronics makers continued today with news that the US had slapped ZTE with a 7-year ban for violating an agreement between the two. That ban stops US companies from supplying ZTE with components, which could be...

$80 ZTE Tempo GO is an Android Go Device Ready for the US

Tim February 26, 2018 9

ZTE announced the Tempo GO at MWC this week, an $80 Android Go device, meaning it comes out of the box running a slimmed version of Android "Oreo." That also means buyers should expect timely updates for security, too. After all, just because you get an...

US Government Recommends That You Avoid Huawei and ZTE Products

Kellen February 14, 2018 89

Yikes for Huawei and ZTE. You know all that talk recently about how AT&T and Verizon were distancing themselves from Huawei because the US government was worried that their products could be used to spy on Americans? Six top intelligence chiefs sat in...

ZTE Looking for Axon 7 Owners to Beta Test Oreo

Tim February 14, 2018 6

Own an Axon 7 from ZTE? Want Oreo? Then you best hurry on over to the ZTE forums and sign up for the closed Oreo beta group, currently accepting applications from those with real Android know-how. As ZTE explains, "Since these builds are in the early stages,...

ZTE Plans to Launch 5G-Ready Device in US by Early 2019

Tim January 12, 2018 8

We were expecting a bit of hubbub around 5G at CES this year, but it didn't make as quite an impact as we expected. Samsung talked about it during its keynote, Qualcomm did as well, of course, and Verizon held a panel discussion about it, too. 5G was certainly...