U.S. phone network equipment imports climbed 14% in the three months to November 30 on a year earlier. That meant they reached $12.94 billion, the highest since at least 2009. China accounted for 43% of the shipments. While this may attract the attention of the incoming U.S. administration, America also exported $5.3 billion of equipment over the same period. Ericsson appears to have been the most successful of the exporters to the U.S., with seaborne shipments in the fourth quarter rising 54% on a year earlier. That beat Huawei, which saw a 28% contraction, while Cisco’s exports in the ...