American Companies Can Work With Huawei on 5G, Says US Govt

Jun. 17, 2020

The US is easing some of therestrictions imposed on Huaweito allow American companies to work with the Chinese telecom major on setting standards for 5G technology. In an official press release Monday, the US Dept. of Commerce said that the standards will serve“as the critical building blocks for technological development by enabling functionality, interoperability, and safety”.

According to the US government, the new announcement will ensure that theembargo on Huaweiwill not prevent technological collaborations between US tech firms and the Chinese telecom major. Prior to the amendment, US companies were unable to contribute to global standard-development bodies, given that Huawei is a major part of almost all such organizations. That inability to work with global bodies was hampering US firms both technologically and financially.

Despite the amendment, the US govt. hasn’t changed its overall stance against Huawei. Only last month, the Trump administrationimposed fresh restrictionson the company to isolate it further from global chipmakers. The amendment will only enable US companies to collaborate with Huawei in a limited way. And that too, only in terms of setting global 5G standards. So basically,don’t expect Huawei smartphones to run Google Play Servicesany time soon.

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