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The US is threatening to block all technology exports to Huawei, potentially forcing the Chinese company to switch to semiconductors and intellectual property from non-US sources. -
Nokia has paused its activities with the industry’s leading open RAN organisation because of threats that Washington could impose the same penalties to those on Huawei.
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The US government has granted Huawei licences to buy microchips for car components, in the first sign of easing in the battle with the Chinese vendor.
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Huawei has lost two court appeals within a few days that together set back its desire to return to supplying European and US telcos with its equipment.
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The new US commerce secretary, Gina Raimondo, met leaders from the semiconductor industry yesterday to discuss the global shortage of chips and the effect on industry.
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The new US president is suspending actions started by the former Trump administration against Chinese apps TikTok and WeChat.
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Gina Raimondo, nominated by President Joe Biden as Secretary of Commerce, appears likely to keep the Trump administration’s ban on Huawei, ZTE and other Chinese companies.
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Outgoing US president Donald Trump has taken action to ban the use in the country of Chinese e-commerce services including Alipay and WeChat.
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No US telco or internet provider can provide services to WeChat from Sunday, or to TikTok from 12 November, commerce secretary Wilbur Ross said this morning.
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American policy towards Chinese vendors Huawei and ZTE has been shaped by politics and by the US president’s desire to make “personal gestures” to his Chinese counterpart, according to a new book.
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The US is pushing Brazil to ban Huawei and instead insist its telecoms companies use Scandinavian suppliers Ericsson and Nokia for their 5G networks, with US financial help.
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US government action against Huawei threatens to undermine the entire telecoms industry worldwide, the company said this morning.
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The US has extended its ban on US telcos from using Huawei and ZTE equipment and software for another year.
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The US government has given a six-week extension to the licence that allows companies to trade with Huawei.
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Huawei is hoping to hear this week whether it can supply the UK’s four mobile companies with the equipment they need for their planned 5G networks.
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Members of the US House of Representatives will take the first steps tomorrow to subsidising rural operators to replace Huawei and ZTE equipment in their networks.
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Huawei’s CFO, Meng Wanzhou is due to begin what’s expected to be an eight-day extradition trial in Vancouver later today, nearly 10 months after she was arrested.
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Huawei has dropped a court action against the US after US authorities returned equipment that was seized two years ago.
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The US has given another 90 days’ partial relaxation of its embargo on Huawei’s dealings with US companies, deferring a ban that was due to come into force today.
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Huawei is staying on the US list of embargoed companies, but the government will give US companies limited approval to do business with the Chinese vendor.
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The US embargo on Huawei is making the Chinese company less reliant on American suppliers, the company’s founder and CEO has said.
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Huawei has stepped up its fight back against the embargo imposed by President Donald Trump by challenging the legal basis under the US constitution.
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Industry organisations and trade associations are consulting their lawyers about the long-term implications of the US Huawei embargo on their activities and events.
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The US government has relaxed its embargo on Huawei until 18 August, easing the restrictions on US-based companies – including rural operators plus Google and chip maker..
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A number of software and hardware vendors have stopped supplying Huawei following the US government’s embargo imposed on the company last week.
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Huawei will be unable to buy technology from any US company without a licence from the US government, following a pair of remarkable orders from Washington DC.
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The US government has taken the first steps in a move to increase the amount of radio spectrum available for satellite communications and other space applications.
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The US may lay further criminal charges against Huawei, following yesterday’s indictments covering an alleged 23 crimes.
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The US Commerce Department has appointed a lawyer, Roscoe Howard, to monitor Chinese vendor ZTE and ensure it is not smuggling to Iran and other embargoed countries.
