Probe appears similar to the ZTE probe, with the US looking into whether Huawei sold products using American components in Cuba, Iran, Sudan and Syria.

Dan Jones, Mobile Editor

April 26, 2017

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Huawei Faces US Govt. Probe Into Cuba, Syria & More – Report

Chinese networking equipment and smartphone vendor Huawei is reportedly facing a US Government probe into its dealings with Cuba, Iran, Sudan and Syria.The New York Times reports -- citing a subpoena the paper has seen -- that the US Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control is looking into whether Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd. broke American trade controls on Cuba, Iran, Sudan and Syria. Huawei's Chinese rival ZTE Corp. (Shenzhen: 000063; Hong Kong: 0763) was fined $892 million by the government this March for breaking American trade rules by selling products that use US components in Iran. (See ZTE to Pay $892M Fine to Settle US Trade Dispute.)Huawei has not been accused of any misdemeanors yet, but an ongoing probe into its business is not good news for the vendor.Huawei does not have a significant infrastructure business in the US, having been cited in October 2012 as a security risk by the US House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence. Operators looking to win government contracts, therefore, avoid using the vendor's infrastructure. (See Surprise! Sprint Still Has Huawei in Its Network.)Huawei, however, is now the world's third-largest handset vendor, even growing in the US with a Google Nexus device, which is sold as an unlocked device not tied to any carrier. If -- as the NY Times reports -- the US government could stop Huawei using US components such as modems in its devices, that could really cramp Huawei's smartphone style. (See Google Gives Huawei a US Device Boost .)— Dan Jones, Mobile Editor, Light Reading

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Dan Jones

Mobile Editor

Dan is to hats what Will.I.Am is to ridiculous eyewear. Fedora, trilby, tam-o-shanter -- all have graced the Jones pate during his career as the go-to purveyor of mobile essentials.

But hey, Dan is so much more than 4G maps and state-of-the-art headgear. Before joining the Light Reading team in 2002 he was an award-winning cult hit on Broadway (with four 'Toni' awards, two 'Emma' gongs and a 'Brian' to his name) with his one-man show, "Dan Sings the Show Tunes."

His perfectly crafted blogs, falling under the "Jonestown" banner, have been compared to the works of Chekhov. But only by Dan.

He lives in Brooklyn with cats.

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