>The waters are being muddied deliberately by telcos.
And the waters are being deliberately muddled by politicians with vested interests throwing FUD around: Just what aspect of US sanctions actually impact the “reliability” of Huawei equipment? Remember Huawei use ARM processors that are “UK-origin technologies”...
Also I would not be surprised if the ARM-Huawei licence agreements have been rewritten to show that all ARM is supplying Huawei going forward is "support" from ARM China...