US tightens sanctions against Huawei and bans 4G and Wi-Fi 6 technology

OUR Huawei included in the list of Chinese companies, US apply economic sanctions since 2019. Initially, the bans were for some technologies, such as 5G networkbut the new information indicates that the block is starting expanded to more connectivity technologies and old licenses may be revoked.

Huawei banned from using American technology

According to sources from ReutersInitially, the Biden administration continued to issue licenses for goods that were outside the blockade. But new releases quickly ended. This indicates that the United States is beginning to expand sanctions by a few more points.

The portal indicates that the government will now add 4G, WiFi 6 and 7 and technologies related to artificial intelligence high performance and cloud computing in its blockade against Huawei. The government no longer allows the issuance of new licenses for 4G network elements.

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But in addition to the ban on new licenses for these technologies, the expert said Reuters that the US Department of Commerce trying to revoke the old licenses of the Chinese manufacturer with US companies. But even if you can’t, they will expire over time.

With this new blocking of the use of 4G technologies, the smartphone sector will be hit hard. This is due to the fact that after the loss of 5G, the company circumvented the sanctions by releasing devices using chip versions from Qualcomm only with 4G. Even when using special versions of SoC Snapdragon on the highest level.

Recently, the Biden government also blocked the sale of advanced semiconductor technology, less than 14nm, to the manufacturer and other Chinese companies. Seeking to stifle China’s chip manufacturing growth. But after that Huawei filed patents for the EUV scanner, which will allow the creation of Chinese chips with a process technology of less than 7 nm.

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Source: GSMArena Source: Reuters

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