U.S. holds off on Huawei licenses, Huawei builds own Operating System6
By Bloomberg
09 August 2019 |
3:34 pm
The White House is holding off on a decision about licenses for U.S. companies to restart a business with Huawei Technologies Co. after Beijing said it was halting purchases of U.S. farming goods, according to people familiar with the matter. Huawei is also offering the first glimpse of in-house software that may someday replace Google’s Android. Bloomberg's Selina Wang has the story.
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