Light Reading – ZTE’s Future at Stake as Venezuela Deal Attracts US Scrutiny
While ZTE’s run-in with US government authorities has created uncertainty in the market, the Chinese vendor could also lack the R&D might to challenge its bigger rivals in future, says Bengt Nordström, the CEO of analyst firm Northstream.
“You can’t just rip them out of the network, but the long-term direction is that they may be in a sub-scale position,” he said in a recent conversation with Light Reading. “They will obviously be strong in China and to a certain extent in the Asia-Pacific, but their problem is the R&D budget.”
