Huawei turns to mobile chip rivals to beat US pressure

Chinese tech giant's position in global smartphone market at risk

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Huawei is activating contingency plans to source chips from rivals MediaTek and UNISOC. (Nikkei montage/Getty Images/Reuters)

CHENG TING-FANG and LAULY LI, Nikkei staff writers

TAIPEI -- Huawei Technologies is seeking help from rival mobile-chip makers to withstand a U.S. clampdown aimed at crippling the Chinese company, sources familiar with the matter told the Nikkei Asian Review.

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