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Huawei makes smartphone technology deals to skip US sanctions

John Montgallo
Smartphone technology - Huawei phone

The Chinese tech giant aims to license its designs to third parties to gain component access. Huawei Technologies Co is building a new strategy in which it will license its smartphone technology designs to third parties in order to find a way to slip past the Trump era sanctions keeping to from accessing critical components. The company plans to license its designs to China Postal and Telecommunications Appliances Co. Huawei is planning to license its smartphone technology designs to a unit of China Postal and Telecommunications Appliances Co (PTAC), which…

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Huawei blacklisting in the US hurts the company on a global scale

Jorge Gonzalez
Huawei blacklisting - Huawei smartphone

Google has removed Huawei from the Android partner program. As part of the Huawei blacklisting order by the US government, Google was required to remove the Chinese tech company from the Android Partner program. Such a move implies that Huawei will no longer be privy to proprietary apps and services from Google. This restriction could hurt Huawei’s prominence in the market. For now, Google will continue to send software updates to Huawei phones until mid-August. On Tuesday, the US Commerce Department decided to grant mobile phone companies a 90-day license…

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