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American Giants Get 90 Days To Wrap Up Deals With 'Dangerous' Huawei

posted by janrinok on Tuesday November 19 2019, @09:25PM   Printer-friendly
from the art-of-the-deal dept.

MrPlow writes:

Submitted via IRC for AndyTheAbsurd

The U.S. government is letting American businesses work with Chinese tech giant Huawei for an additional three months, in a third delay to a ban enacted in May for national security reasons.

It is the third time the U.S. has extended a reprieve, which is meant to help ease disruption for Huawei customers. Many Internet and cellphone carriers in rural parts of the U.S. buy networking equipment from Huawei, and the temporary extension means they can keep their networks up to date.

"The Temporary General License extension will allow carriers to continue to service customers in some of the most remote areas of the United States who would otherwise be left in the dark," said Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross in a statement.

Source: https://www.npr.org/2019/11/18/780473704/u-s-firms-get-90-day-extension-to-work-with-huawei-on-rural-networks

Arthur T Knackerbracket has found the following story:

The TGL order, first posted in May of this year, had already been extended once back in August and, had it not been re-issued, would have expired at the end of the day on Monday.

According to Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross, the stay was necessary because a number of small, regional telcos still rely on Huawei kit for their day-to day-operations, making it necessary for some suppliers to continue to work with the Chinese company.

"The Temporary General License extension will allow carriers to continue to service customers in some of the most remote areas of the United States who would otherwise be left in the dark," Ross declared.

"The Department will continue to rigorously monitor sensitive technology exports to ensure that our innovations are not harnessed by those who would threaten our national security."

The new order will allow companies operating under the TGL to keep working with Huawei through February 16, 2020, or until the US and China can strike a trade deal to get the telecoms giant back in Uncle Sam's good graces.

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  • (Score: 5, Insightful) by All Your Lawn Are Belong To Us on Tuesday November 19 2019, @11:00PM (2 children)

    by All Your Lawn Are Belong To Us (6553) on Tuesday November 19 2019, @11:00PM (#922132) Journal

    NSA strong arming tech companies? That has been proven unequivocally [wikipedia.org], in more than one instance [wikipedia.org], even if the companies involved were not directly complicit [schneier.com]. Proven far more thoroughly than these allegations against Huawei.

    Just sayin'.

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  • (Score: 5, Interesting) by c0lo on Tuesday November 19 2019, @11:03PM

    by c0lo (156) Subscriber Badge on Tuesday November 19 2019, @11:03PM (#922133) Journal

    The problem US govt has with Huawei equipment may be the TLAs can't actually backdoor it without notice.

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  • (Score: 2) by Freeman on Tuesday November 19 2019, @11:45PM

    by Freeman (732) on Tuesday November 19 2019, @11:45PM (#922153) Journal

    AT&T, is an ISP, not a router manufacturer. Huawei is a Hardware company, like Intel, etc.

    Service Company:

    AT&T Inc. is an American multinational conglomerate holding company headquartered at Whitacre Tower in Downtown Dallas, Texas.[5] It is the world's largest telecommunications company, the largest provider of mobile telephone services, and the largest provider of fixed telephone services in the United States through AT&T Communications

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AT&T [wikipedia.org]

    Hardware Company:

    Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. (/ˈhwɑːˌweɪ/; Chinese: 华为; pinyin: About this soundHuáwéi) is a Chinese multinational technology company that provides telecommunications equipment and sells consumer electronics, including smartphones[3] and is headquartered in Shenzhen, Guangdong province.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Huawei [wikipedia.org]

    You proved my point that it's much easier to bring to light improper actions in the USA than China. The Patriot Act is definitely being abused and should never have seen the light of day. Good luck, getting anywhere near transparency from the current Chinese Government.

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