The American DOC gives Huawei a 90-day window to support existing devices
The Trump Administration is working to ban Huawei products from the US market and forbid US companies to supply the Chinese company with software and components. The move will have a major impact on Huawei's smartphone, portable and telecom equipment business. In the next 90 days, however, Huawei will be allowed to support these products. The US Department of Commerce (DOC) has granted temporary general export license for 90 days, so while the company is still excluded from doing business with most US companies, it is allowed to continue critical product support.
Minister of Commerce Wilbur Ross explains the new exemption, saying: "The temporary general license allows certain activities necessary for the continued operation of existing networks and to support existing mobile services, including forensic research critical to maintaining integrity and the reliability of existing and fully operational networks and equipment. "
The blockade of Huawei in the United States was fast and sudden, and companies and people who rely on a Huawei product were undoubtedly scrambling in the aftermath. Ross says this 90-day exception gives operators time to make other arrangements and departmental space to determine appropriate long-term action for Americans and foreign telecommunications providers currently relying on critical services Huawei equipment. "
DOC's focus with this announcement seems to be mobile operators. Huawei does not have a large presence in US telecoms, but some carriers in rural states like Wyoming and Oregon have adopted Huawei equipment. The Foundation's recommendation to" make other arrangements " meaning it expects the carriers to replace the Huawei equipment over the next 90 days.
Google and Huawei can work with security updates again
90-day license means Google can work with Huawei again on smartphone updates. A Google spokesperson told CNBC, "Keeping the phones up to date and secure is in the best of all, and this temporary license allows us to continue providing software updates and security updates to existing models for the next 90 days."
Google Doesn't Do Me does not develop OS security updates for other companies, but Google and manufacturers work together to report and fix any security issues in Android, which can then be rolled out to everyone. Google gives manufacturers access to security updates one month ahead of time, giving them time to develop security updates for their devices before the bug information becomes public.
After 90 days, companies have to stop working together and everyone seems to be preparing for this future. Huawei phones have been removed from the Android Q Beta page, so the company has probably been kicked out of the Android Q early access program for manufacturers.
Life by Google
As far as Google's life for Huawei company is apparently working with its own operating system. Huawei Consumer Electronics Manager Richard Yu spoke to The Information recently and said the company would be "forced to launch our own operating system and ecosystem" after the US export ban. The information says the code name is "Project Z", but we have also seen reports calling it "HongMeng OS", and many years ago it was "Kirin OS."
Whatever Huaweis OS is called, the report says it is "far from clear." The information claims that the operating system was always focused on China and was not intended as a general worldwide Android replacement. The Chinese media is painting another story. A report from the Chinese website Caijing says Yu claimed that the operating system will be out in the fall or next spring and will start with some Android compatibility. The translated report concludes with a demand that Android apps that are "compiled" for this operating system will be 60 percent faster than they are on Android. We will believe this when we see it.
The whole situation sounds like a night with Yu admit that the company is facing "really a very tough time". The report says that Huawei is not even sure whether US citizens are allowed to work at the company, saying: "The Legal Department is still considering the employees & # 39; knowledge and expertise can be considered US technology subject to sanctions." [1[ads1]9659016]
