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In the development of the Huawei-US trade tensions, the US Department of Commerce will begin issuing special licenses to companies that wish to keep their business ties with the Chinese tech giant. The news was confirmed by the head of the Commerce of Department Wilbur Ross at the Annual Security Conference on Export Controls and Security. Late last month at the G20 summit, US president Donald Trump  confirmed  American companies will continue to sell components to Huawei granted that they doesn’t pose a threat to national security. Later on it became  clear  that US companies would be allowed to sell widely available components which are sold in other markets while more sensitive equipment would remain off limits. Commerce Secretary Ross stated that the new licenses will still have to oblige the previously issued component availability confinements. Furthermore, he restated that the Commerce Department will only issue licenses after evaluating the ...

Huawei is facing scrutiny in many countries over its ties with the Chinese government and allegations that Beijing could use its technology for spying. It denies those allegations. France is stepping up controls of telecoms infrastructure used in next-generation networks, a finance ministry official said, amid growing security concerns over Chinese group Huawei. The increased vetting is not intended to target any particular equipment maker, the official said, after the measures were unveiled on Friday in a new amendment to draft business legislation backed by the government. Huawei is facing scrutiny in many countries over its ties with the Chinese government and allegations that Beijing could use its technology for spying. It denies those allegations. The United States and some allies, including Australia and New Zealand, have banned Huawei from 5G networks. Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian said on Wednesday that Paris was aware of the risks of Huawei's access...

Huawei's aggressive pursuit of becoming top vendor globally continues as the company aims to match each and every step by current leader Samsung. The company's Mate 20 series are the most direct competitors to Samsung's Galaxy Note9, we know Huawei is bending over backwards to  beat Samsung to the first foldable smartphone  and now the company has confirmed that it will launch a smartphone with an Infinity-O display in December. The confirmation comes in the form of a teaser image, posted to one of Huawei's Weibo accounts and shows the outline of a smartphone with a hole in the upper left corner of the screen. The image also shows the month - December. Huawei's teaser for the Infinity-O device Samsung also has an a phone with  a hole in the screen  coming soon. But whether the Galaxy A8s will be able to launch before Huawei's competitor remains to be seen.

While Samsung's Galaxy S9 and S9+ are set to dominate Mobile World Congress this year, Huawei has decided to sit this one out and instead launch its P20 family at its own special event on March 27. This means we're still in for quite a wait before handsets such as the P20, P20 Plus, and P20 Lite become official. In the meantime, however, to help get your mind off Samsung's wares, here are the upcoming Huawei P20 and P20 Plus standing side by side, in a couple of leaked press renders that showcase their screen notches up top. The timing of this leak is incredibly convenient for Huawei, and doesn't seem coincidental at all. With hours to go until its biggest competitor reveals its flagships for 2018, here's a look at two P20 family members... with small bezels and futuristic looks of their own. As you can see, the P20 will have the fingerprint button on its front, while the P20 Plus moves it to the back in order to cut the bottom screen bezel ever so slightly more. Th...