I saw this link on XDA (thanks to user "izzyfanto") and thought I'd share it with those of us who are using this phone on Verizon - looks like ZTE has quietly stopped pursuing Verizon and Sprint approval for this device.

This really is very disappointing...but in any case I do hope ZTE fixes some of the CDMA-related bugs regardless of approval on Sprint and Verizon...my Axon 7 works very well on Verizon but it's annoying and inane to have to mod the SystemUI to get rid of the roaming icon and "123456" carrier label - can we just get an official fix on these kinds of bugs please? Or at least some confirmation as to whether or not ZTE is going to keep the CDMA functionality neutered going forward?

Here's the article:

"Nougat will arrive as an over-the-air update for Axon 7 users, [ZTE VP Jeff] Yee said. There's a little bit of bad news, though. Yee said that official Verizon and Sprint support for the Axon 7, which has compatible CDMA radios on board but could never quite get certified, isn't going to happen. While there's a community of people making the Axon 7 work on Verizon, "at this point we have to move on to the next generation," he said."