The US accusations against the Chinese technology giant of alleged espionage in favor of the government of the Asian country meant an unprecedented veto against the company that made them fall from the top positions in the smartphone market by not being able to count on Google services or the latest mobile technologies like 5G.
Until now, the company has sought as a solution the development of its own version of Android “Harmony OS” together with a complete suite of its own services so as not to depend on Google. However, its latest flagships could not count on 5G technology and were limited to offering 4G due to US vetoes, which They did allow certain companies, like Qualcomm, to ship 4G chips that couldn’t be used for 5G.
Now the situation is even more complicated for Huawei, since, as they say in Reutersthe US has extended the veto and has prohibited US companies (and from other countries but that use their technologies) send 4G, WiFi6 and Wifi 7 chips, which would directly eliminate Huawei from any attempt to compete in the Smartphone sector.
If they already had the Handicap of having smartphones with high-end features (and prices), but without 5G, now they will not be able to have 4G either, which would leave them virtually out of the market. Additionally, not being able to count on WiFi 6 or WiFi 7 in new terminals would be another blow that would end up finishing off Huawei’s smartphone division, and would even seriously affect other devices such as routers or laptops.
The ban will also apply to chips for Artificial Intelligence, high-performance processors and chips for cloud systems.
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Anthony Delgado
Computer Engineer by training, writer and hardware analyst at Geeknetic since 2011. I love gutting everything that comes my way, especially the latest hardware that we receive here for reviews. In my free time I mess around with 3d printers, drones and other gadgets. For anything here you have me.
