The Chandler blog comes during an uneasy week for Huawei and fellow Chinese telecom vendor ZTE. On Sunday night, the TV show as a company that some in the U.S. private and public sectors regard with suspicion and mistrust due to its alleged ties to the Chinese government.

On Monday, it was reported that with Chinese telecom vendor ZTE after an internal investigation uncovered sales of Cisco gear to an Iranian company, violating U.S. sanctions against such sales. A Cisco spokesperson confirmed that the company severed ties with ZTE "a few months ago."

Then later on Monday, a U.S. House of Representatives Intelligence Committee report as threats to U.S. national .

Jim Duffy has been covering technology for over 25 years, 21 at Network World. He also writes The Cisco Connection blog and can be reached on Twitter @Jim_Duffy.

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