Some big tech firms cut employees' access to Huawei, muddying 5G rollout
[Chipmakers Intel Corp and Qualcomm Inc, mobile research
firm InterDigital Wireless Inc and South Korean
carrier LG Uplus have restricted employees from
informal conversations with Huawei,
the world’s largest telecommunications equipment maker,
the sources said.
Such discussions are a routine part of
international meetings where engineers
gather to set technical standards for
communications technologies,
including the next generation of
mobile networks known as 5G.
The U.S. Department of Commerce
has not banned contact between companies
and Huawei.
On May 16, the agency put Huawei on a blacklist,
barring it from doing business with U.S. companies
without government approval,
then a few days later it authorized U.S. companies
to interact with Huawei in standards bodies
through August “as necessary for the development of 5G standards.”
The Commerce Department reiterated that
position on Friday in response to a question from Reuters. ]
[Nevertheless, at least a handful of major U.S. and overseas tech companies are telling their
employees to limit some forms of direct interaction,
the people said, as they seek to avoid any potential
issues with the U.S. government.
Intel and Qualcomm said they have provided compliance
instructions to employees, but declined to comment on them further.]
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