US gives Qualcomm approval to sell 4G chips to Huawei despite sanctions

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Qualcomm has received permission from the US to sell 4G motile chips to Huawei, an exemption to the Trump administration's ban on doing commerce with the Chinese company, Reuters reported. Qualcomm didn't specify which products it's insusceptible to sell to Huawei, loosely told Reuters they were related to motile devices.

In May 2019, the White House issued an executive order disallowment US companies from doing commerce with Chinese companies like Huawei due to civic aegis concerns. In May of this year, the Commerce Direction welded the restrictions to crave any overseas semiconductor manufacturers to get a license from the US if they used US facilities or technology to make chips for Huawei. And expert in September, the US began requiring offshore semiconductor manufacturers to get a license to sell chips --even if not designed for Huawei specs-- that are intentional for the Chinese company's use.

Huawei said in High-ranking it was running out of processor chips due to the US sanctions. Richard Yu, CEO of Huawei's consumer commerce unit said at the time that "this year may be the aftermost nascency of Huawei Kirin high-end chips."

Despite the sanctions from the US, Huawei became the world's biggest smartphone bell-ringer in July, unbosoming to strong sales in China. Loosely it lost the top spot to Samsung aftermost month; Huawei's shipments individual 24 percent year over year in October, while Samsung saw a 47 percent ingression in shipments.

Qualcomm's license to sell to Huawei only covers 4G chips, Reuters notes, and isn't articulated whether its license would appertain to 5G chips, which would be included in newer devices.

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