AT&T not selling Huawei smartphones in US over lawmakers' concern

Lawmakers cited longstanding concerns about what they said were Huawei's ties to the Chinese government

The newest smartphone from Huawei was meant to show Americans what China can do with technology. Instead, Huawei’s push to sell the phone in the US has suddenly lost a powerful backer — and the push has attracted some unwanted scrutiny from Washington.

AT&T walked away from a deal to sell the Huawei smartphone, the Mate 10, to customers in the US just before the partnership was set to be unveiled, two people familiar with the plans said on Tuesday. The Wall Street Journal reported earlier that AT&T had changed plans. The reasons that led to AT&T’s shift were not entirely