The Trump administration, distracted by others Important things, Apparently forgot that he is mad at Huawei. If this sounds weird to you, it’s probably because we’ve all got into the habit of listening to the government and what the Chinese telecommunications company is like. Threat For us National security. But alas, these comments obviously don’t matter much anymore, as the U.S. government allows American companies to sell certain items to Huawei again.
According to Reuters Reportedly, Qualcomm on Friday agreed to sell 4G mobile phone chips to Huawei in the U.S. Licensed by the Commerce Department. In August, the Trump administration delivered what some were saying “Deadly Strike” Not just American companies, U.S. Huawei, developed or manufactured with technology and software, by Chinese tech companies, prohibiting them from selling to any company without a license. U.S. on chips manufacturing and chip design manufacturing software. Given the dominance of companies, the move was to cut back on Huawei’s chips.
However, in recent months, the Trump administration has reportedly begun allowing a number of companies to sell shares to Huawei. Financial Times, Unless this is used for its 5G business. In addition to Qualcomm, the list includes Samsung (OLED displays) and Intel (processors for its cloud computing business). The Times reported that it intentionally included Sony (smartphone camera chips).
Qualcomm told Reuters it had received a license to sell various Huawei products. The company said it had other license applications pending with the US government.
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“We have received licenses for a number of products, including some 4G products,” a company spokesman told Reuters.
Gizmodo has reached out to Qualcomm to confirm the report. We’ll make sure to update this blog if we hear back.
According to Reuters, the company declined to comment on whether it had the right to sell exclusive 4G products, but said it was related to mobile devices. Huawei a Significant customer For Qualcomm until last year, when the Trump administration added it to the government’s blacklist, known as the Entity List, it banned the Chinese company from exporting without a license.
Qualcomm said this made Huawei more focused on its domestic market and sales of devices that do not show Qualcomm chips. The Wall Street Journal Report.
Huawei’s mobile division is one of the company Hard hit In August, due to US sanctions, Richard Yu, chairman of the company’s consumer unit, said Huawei had “no chips and no supply” for smartphone production. U.S. sanctions have also barred Huawei from producing its own high-end chips, or Kirin chips, which it designs indoors.
License approvals recently granted by the Trump administration, which is currently under siege Fictional voter fraud, Could signal a shift in destiny for the company’s smartphone arm. According to the Times, Huawei’s consumer business accounts for half of its revenue.
The US government has long argued that Huawei is a threat to the country’s national security because its products could be used to spy on Americans at the behest of the Chinese government, but it has never provided any evidence. (That Sounds familiar). Huawei has denied that its products could be used for espionage.
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