nemo wrote:

It's still, "Apple, Huawei.. it doesn't matter a flying flock who made it - i just want it!"

Nearly two years after the United States launched a broad attack on Chinese tech giant Huawei, the campaign is starting to work.

Huawei’s smartphone sales have collapsed outside of China, hurt by a U.S. export ban that prevents new Huawei phones from carrying the Google Play store or popular Android apps.

Huawei’s sales of telecommunications equipment in overseas markets also have suffered from a years-long U.S. campaign to persuade allied nations to abandon the gear over security concerns.

The U.S. effort has reduced Huawei’s global footprint and left it more reliant on the Chinese market, where much of its business is still growing, according to 2020 financial results the company released at its Shenzhen headquarters on Wednesday. Huawei’s sales in China grew 15 percent last year as revenue in many other markets, including Europe and North America, fell by double-digit percentages.

Last year was “a really tough year for Huawei,” a Huawei executive told U.S.-based journalists on Tuesday, speaking on the condition of anonymity because the official results had not yet been released. U.S. export controls have had “a huge impact to Huawei, especially for Huawei’s consumer business,” he said.

The company hasn’t seen any signs yet that the Biden administration will ease up on Huawei, the executive added, though he said it was early days.

Biden likely to remain tough on Chinese tech like Huawei, but with more help from allies

In Europe:
Countries that have either banned Huawei 5G network equipment or created obstacles for its use include Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Belgium, France and Estonia, according to Roslyn Layton, a telecom consultant in Denmark for Strand Consult who also publishes the website China Tech Threat.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/technolo ... st-huawei/