The Trump administration issued last Monday, a new order extending the 90-day "grace period" (now through February 2020) which allows US companies to do business with the Chinese company Huawei Technologies. The media said that, in parallel, US regulators are working on the development of new regulatory provisions for telecommunications companies that pose national security risks.
This permission is derived from the extreme measures and unprecedented against Huawei that took the government of the United States last May by putting the Chinese company under a commercial veto. These measures included adding the Chinese telecommunications giant to a blacklist (such as Russian cybersecurity firm Kaspersky previously) that forces American companies to stop doing business with Huawei unless they have prior official authorization.
This decision had pushed many US technology companies (Microsoft, Intel, ARM, Google…) to end their business relationship with the world's second largest smartphone manufacturer, which represents almost a quarter of the market in EMEA.
Subsequently, the United States Department of Commerce it had temporarily allowed Huawei to continue doing business with US companies.
The initial period was set at 90 days, of which were met as a first term, to which later, another 90 days would be given additionalThis is in order for companies to continue working with Huawei and not leave users without support.
It should be noted that until now the White House has left it to be understood that it would only grant the Chinese giant an additional stay of two weeks after the first deadline.
Although the latter was not so, since again another term of 90 days has been granted to Huawei to continue its activities.
"The extension of the temporary general license will allow operators to continue serving customers in some of the most remote areas of the United States that would otherwise be left behind," said US Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross.
However, the latter will specify: "The Department will continue to rigorously monitor exports of sensitive technologies to ensure that our innovations are not exploited by those who could threaten our national security."
The Commerce Department is also examining the possibility of granting individual licenses. to US companies that wish to continue doing business with blacklisted entities such as Huawei, even though this possibility is awaiting the US publishing the implementation plan demanded by President Trump.
In addition to these announcements, Huawei said that the extension will not have any substantial impact on the group's business and said that "this decision does not change the fact that Huawei continues to be treated unfairly."
On the other hand, according to media reports, the turnover of the Chinese company increased by 23% in the first half of 2019.
The company that I would already be in conversations with a number of telecommunications operators in the US. about the license of your 5G network technology, It argues that the decision to include it on this notorious blacklist has caused more harm to the United States than Huawei, including significant economic harm to American companies with which the Chinese do business.
With regard to smartphones, for example, Huawei could do without equipment from the US.
This in order to design its devices, but to do so without US software.The company has already delivered its Mate 30 Pro in Europe without the traditional Google applications, making it one of the few Android smartphones. on the market that ships without Google Maps, Gmail, YouTube, and Play Store (offering 2,8 million Android apps).
The company is still trying to highlight different alternatives to compensate - Huawei Mobile Services and HarmonyOS are perfect examples. But it will take time for the group to ensure that these solutions are fully developed and are better known to consumers.