The IT Nerd

It seems that the executive order signed by Trump to keep Huawei out of the US seems to be moving forward. Word on the street is that Google has cut ties with the Chinese phone maker:

Alphabet Inc’s Google has suspended business with Huawei that requires the transfer of hardware and software products except those covered by open source licenses, a source close to the matter told Reuters on Sunday, in a blow to the Chinese technology company that the U.S. government has sought to blacklist around the world.

Huawei Technologies Co Ltd will immediately lose access to updates to the Android operating system, and the next version of its smartphones outside of China will also lose access to popular applications and services including the Google Play Store and Gmail app… Huawei will continue to have access to the version of the Android operating system available through the open source license that is freely open to anyone who wishes to use it. But Google will stop providing any technical support and collaboration for Android and Google services to Huawei going forward, the source said.

Well, the US gave ZTE similar treatment a year or two ago. And that only lasted a short time before a deal was cut to keep them alive. Is that what’s in the cards this time around? Who knows. But it’s clearly message sending time to Huawei.

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