Things are finally looking up for Huawei’s smartphone wing.
The report says that the US Department of Commerce is willing to approve components shipments to Huawei as long as the ‘technology does not support 5G.’
This has been interpreted by many as a green signal for vendors to resume business with the consumer unit of Huawei, which also includes smartphones, and accounts for over half of its revenue.
What’s not abundantly clear is whether chip makers would be allowed to sell their 5G-capable SoCs to the Chinese company.
Samsung and Sony have already resumed business with Huawei
Over 300 companies have applied for licenses so that they can continue doing business with Huawei. A third of them, including Intel and AMD, have apparently been granted approval.
Samsung Display also resumed business with Huawei recently. Sony and image sensor maker OmniVision have seemingly also obtained licenses to supply smartphone camera components to Huawei.
