Alphabet Inc’s Google said Tuesday that it plans to work with China’s Huawei over the next 90 days, shortly after the U.S. temporarily eased some trade restrictions on the world’s second-largest smartphone maker.

The move marks a sudden and dramatic turnabout for the U.S. tech conglomerate. On Sunday, Google said it would cut ties with Huawei in order to comply with Washington’s decision to put China’s telecom giant on the so-called Entity List.

However, shortly thereafter, the U.S. Commerce Department announced it had granted a 90-day license for mobile phone companies and internet broadband providers to work with Huawei to keep existing networks online and protect users from security risks.

The exemption allows Google to send software updates to Huawei phones which use its Android operating system through to August 19.

“Keeping phones up to date and secure is in everyone’s best interests and this temporary license allows us to continue to provide software updates and security patches to existing models for the next 90 days,” a Google spokesperson told CNBC in an email on Tuesday.

Temporary general license
The U.S. Commerce Department said it would assess whether to extend the temporary exemptions beyond 90 days.

Late last week, the Commerce Department added Huawei and 68 other entities to an export blacklist, rendering it practically impossible for the Chinese company to purchase goods made in the U.S.

The companies placed on the Entity List are deemed to be engaged in activities that threaten the national security or the foreign policy interests of the U.S.

Monday’s announcement explained the latest authorization had been created as a temporary general license. It allows disclosures of security vulnerabilities and for Huawei to engage in the development of standards for future 5G networks — effectively prompting the firm to become more transparent.

A spokesperson for Huawei declined to comment when contacted by CNBC.

Huawei was the second-largest smartphone maker by global market share in the first quarter. The company has previously laid out its ambitions to become the top player in smartphones by 2020.

Out of the $70 billion Huawei spent buying components in 2018, some $11 billion went to U.S. firms including Qualcomm, Intel and Micron Technology.

Just over 49% of Huawei’s smartphone shipments went to international markets outside of mainland China in the first quarter of 2019, according to Canalys.

https://www.cnbc.com/2019/05/21/google-will-work-with-huawei-for-next-90-days-after-restrictions-eased.html

wow that's a big sign of relief to Huawei.

Google knows how their fmr decision could backfire with Huawei being the 2nd biggest manufacturer.

Its already had a negative effect on Huawei shares and sales, US codedly wants apple to come bk to the number 2 spot in terms of global sales

Lol. I knew decision will be reversed.
Google can't sideline Huawei. Period

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Expected. See figures of money this people are calling

90 days? Yada yada yada

That’s good especially for Huawei users

Investors would never feel relaxed anymore...

After making me to sell my huawei y6

Ok

It is just 90 days.
Huawei should maximise it, but in the long run they are fuxcked.

Little relief

America just wan shake China small make China remember say na dem still be dia oga.

yeman2012:
After making me to sell my huawei y6

Sorry o.

This Google na Zoneb dem be.

This policy could have killed google and not Huawei.


Imagine google losing its "second largest customer".

Am not supporting the US, but it takes many years of rigorous research and effort to invent softwares and general solutions. .

The Chinese are experts in stealing other people's properties and quickly enhance it to make it more appealing. . They quickly come back to compete and even take your market share from you.

They must be pegged at a point.

Time for Huawei to think of any other alternatives...

This is a warning sign

Google will suffer more. Huawei is a tech giant with products market is willing to buy into. Tech giant that can develop its own OS interphase and push it to ready market. If it catches the market eye as the new kid on bloc. Then boom! Android will die naturally!

No other company can pay Google like Huawei. It would be a big loss to America if Huawei pulled out.

Them no well, the fear of China...

If them no fight WW III, NO, they won't rest

It's time China swallowed humble pie and reduce its mercantilist policies especially the stealing of intellectual property and the massive subsidies on which the market distorting SOE's survive on.

They will be the bugger loser.

Sadly, Xi Jinping is the last man in the world to swallow any pie especially a humble one. He won't end his Made in China 2026 policy which is China's attempt to dominate some industries unfairly

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Huawei will survive without Google.

Only in China. Outside of China, it would have destroyed them. Huawei will be thanking their God now.

iHart:
This policy could have killed google and not Huawei.


Imagine google losing its "second largest customer".

How would it have killed Google? Within the context of the global mobile phone industry alone, If Android retired Blackberry, then who is Huawei to Google? That's like saying if Mercedes Benz stops using Michellin tyres it will fold up Impossicant. Google is even bigger than Apple as far as the mobile phone industry dominance percentage is concerned.

What kind of misleading caption is this..?

Apple using the US to fight dirty..
if this sanction pulls through this just gives Huawei to launch their OS they've been developing since 2012 ..


FYI nobody should tell me china is using Huawei to spy cause the US have been doing this since the day's of Abraham Facebook, Google e.t.c

Them warn themselves. Them for continue naa.

However, the damage has already been done. China and Huawei will not relent in developing its own OS. At least for it's local population, google android will be just like YouTube in China..... Killed by youku


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