https://www.techradar.com/news/zte-apologies-for-disastrous-us-scandal > ZTE has apologized to its staff and customers after it reached an agreement to pay $1 billion to the US Government so it can resume trading with American firms. > The company had been banned from obtaining products and services from US suppliers after it breached an agreement reached for illegally shipping products to North Korea and Iran. This led it to suspend operations and admit that its survival was at risk.