By Chathushka Perera
New York, USA (CWBN)_ According to recent reports, the Trump administration has authorised Qualcomm (San Diego, USA) sell its 4G mobile chips to Huawei (Guangdong, China), which has been alleged to have connections to the China’s Communist Party, despite the ban imposed by in May 2019, as part of the ongoing trade war with China.
It is unclear at this time whether the license granted to Qualcomm includes 5G tech.
The ban was imposed on grounds of “national security concerns” pertaining to espionage and later this year in May, the restrictions against Huawei were extended, requiring overseas semi-conductor manufactures to obtain a license in order to sell chips that use technology or manufactured using machinery originating from the US.
The noose was further tightened in September by demanding a license for chips that aren’t designed to Huawei’s specifications, even though the company was running out of chips in August.
Nonetheless the trade bars have had little effect in stealing the company’s mantle as the world’s largest smartphone vendor, however, this was largely accounted for significant sales within China and has since lost its spot to Samsung.
