The U.S is considering to allow Huawei to hold business in the country for a short time. (Image via Suara.com)

Huawei could be back to the U.S "very shortly": Ross

Alfonsus Adi Putra
Business & Industry
Electronic Device
Nov 04, 2019
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The largest technological company in China, Huawei Technologies, “might” find the way out of the blacklist of the United States (U.S).

In an interview on Sunday with Bloomberg, U.S Commerce Secretary, Wilbur Ross, revealed that the licenses for the U.S companies to continue holding business with the Chinese tech giant might come out very shortly. Ross also stated that the U.S government had received at least 260 requests from U.S companies to be back in business with Huawei, and it is more than the amount he had expected.

The Commerce Secretary also stated his confidence that the U.S and China would soon sign the “Phase One” agreement this month despite the cancelation of APEC meeting in Chile, saying that there is “no natural reason” for the agreement not to be signed.

From around 260 requests received by the U.S government, one of which was believed to be Google’s. If Trump decides to soften toward Huawei, Google might also get Huawei back. Huawei can also install Android and all of its services on the phone, for a short period.

Since May, the President of U.S, Donald Trump, has required special licenses from the U.S companies if they want to cooperate with Huawei and 68 other Chinese companies. Trump said that Huawei had been a threat to the “national security” by providing a backdoor for Chinese companies to spy.

In late September, the CEO and founder of Huawei, Ren Zhengfei, stated that Huawei has begun building 5G base stations, and by 2020, the number will double. All these stations were built without any components from the U.S. Zhengfei also revealed that Huawei had received about 60 contracts globally.

Despite the confidence, Huawei struggled to sell its Mate 30 flagship. Due to the blacklist, the phone had to replace its Android OS.

Regarding the “Phase One” agreement, Huawei clammed up.

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