On CES2018, Yu Chengdong, Huawei's senior vice president, who was going to announce cooperation with AT&T, received a notice that the cooperation was cancelled and Huawei could not sell Mate 10 Pro through AT&T's operator channels. On January 30, Bloomberg reported that Verizon, the largest operator in the United States, had also terminated all Huawei mobile phone sales, citing sources familiar with the matter.

The environment of mobile phone sales markets at home and abroad is different. The majority of domestic users purchase their phones by bare metal, while the U.S. market is bundled with carrier packages. The four major U.S. carriers Verizon, AT&T, Sprint and T-Mobile control 80% of the U.S. smartphone sales market. AT&T's market share is about 27%, while Verizon's is higher. Huawei, which cannot cooperate with operators, can only sell Mate 10 Pro in the United States in the form of bare metal. For the U.S. market, which is dominated by operators, Huawei's Mate 10 Pro is blocked out.

Bloomberg believes that American operators are currently deploying the upcoming 5G network. Huawei's cooperation with Verizon and AT&T is not only about mobile phone sales, but more importantly, Huawei wants to participate in the construction of the 5G network in the United States, which is naturally not allowed by the U.S. government.