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ZTE makes heavy use of Qualcomm chips for its smartphones and other products. Even worse, the export ban included Google's suite of standard Android apps.
- monitoring cellphone calls Samsung Galaxy M20.
- tracker mobile.
- mobile phone number track.
- Xiaomi Mi Note 10 spy cam.
While the Android operating system itself is open source, Google has maintained control over apps like Google Maps and, most importantly, the Play Store. Outside of China, it's difficult to sell an Android phone without access to Google's app store.
Now it appears that ZTE is on the verge of going out of business altogether. ZTE says it is "actively communicating with the relevant US government departments" to negotiate a reversal of the export ban.
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But it's hard to imagine the Trump administration reversing course at this point. And ZTE would need to redesign many of its products from scratch to manufacture them without US-made chips or software.
ZTE's demise is the latest sign of a deepening trade rift between the United States and China, with information technology being a particular flashpoint. China's other leading smartphone maker, Huawei, has struggled to make deals with US wireless carriers due to pressure from US regulators worried about national security. And in the last year, the Trump administration has blocked at least two deals that would have put US semiconductor firms under the control of Chinese companies.
The Trump administration just forced smartphone maker ZTE to shut down
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