MIT Ends its Collaboration with Chinese Telecom Companies Huawei and ZTE

MIT Ends its Collaboration with Chinese Telecom Companies Huawei and ZTE
A logo outside the Huawei booth at the GSMA Mobile World Congress 2019 in Barcelona, Spain on Feb. 26, 2019. David Ramos/Getty Images
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A major U.S. university has announced it is taking a step back from partnering with Chinese telecom companies, a move influenced by current federal legislation. Meanwhile, another university has closed the Confucius Institute at one of its campuses.

The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) announced April 3 that it will not be renewing or pursuing partnerships with major Chinese telecom companies Huawei Technologies and ZTE, or their respective subsidiaries.