Google pauses decision to cut ties with Huawei, as US grants 90-day extension
Google on Tuesday announced that is pausing plans to
sever ties with Chinese telecommunications giant Huawei after the US
temporarily eased some trade restrictions on the company, the Hill reported.
On Sunday, Google said it would cut ties with Huawei
to comply with the Trump administration's decision to put Huawei on the
so-called Entity List.
A day later, the US Commerce Department granted a
90-day license for mobile phone companies to keep working with the Chinese tech
company to keep existing networks online and protect users from security risks.
“Keeping phones up to date and secure is in
everyone’s best interests and this temporary license allows us to continue to
provide software updates and security patches to existing models for the next
90 days,” a Google spokesperson told The Hill.
The Commerce Department last week added Huawei and
68 other entities to the trade blacklist.
Groups on the Entity List are deemed to be threats
to US national security.
