This is a great move. I welcome it. I would not blame China at all for the same moves. Something as critical as telecom infrastructure should not come from your biggest military adversary.
This is a very unfortunate and dangerous development in the ongoing battle between U.S. and China. Maybe banning these companies from receiving new equipment licenses will help keep the U.S. safe from cyber-attacks. But it also give another excuse for the CCP to isolate itself from the world's platform and acts as a hostile country like North Korea.
To be fair, all Huawei and ZTE "equipment" I've ever seen has been total garbage, and as much as I hate the spying by our own government in America, the Chinese literally run City 17
Is this measure effective? China exports many other brands, more to come. Also, although less relevant, nothing prevents them from rebranding Huawei and ZTE.<p>I would think banning equipment manufactured in China would be meaningful.