Stefan Mileschin

You mean our networks are going to grind to a halt? We didn’t think of that.

The red-faced underlings under Donald (Prince of Orange) Trump have just discovered that they can’t ban Huawei with the sudden drama that their boss wants.

Apparently, the US government has temporarily eased trade restrictions imposed last week on China’s Huawei, after discovering that the countries rural networks would start to grind to a halt if they suddenly pulled the plug.

Now the US Commerce Department is left with the embarrassing situation where they made a dramatic move and now have to pull back a bit. It is the equivalent of storming out of the house after a row with your girlfriend only to discover that you have left the keys on the table and need to sheepishly knock on the door to be let back in.

It appears that after last weeks dramatic announcement the US Commerce Department just thought to ask the important question “what have Huawei ever done for us?” and discovered much like Monty Python’s Judean People’s Front the list is rather longer than it thought.

Now the Commerce Department will now allow Huawei Technologies to purchase American-made goods in order to maintain existing networks and provide software updates to existing Huawei handsets.

The new authorisation is intended to give telecommunications operators that rely on Huawei equipment time to make other arrangements, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross said in a statement on Monday.

“In short, this license will allow operations to continue for existing Huawei mobile phone users and rural broadband networks,” Ross added.

The license, which is in effect until 19 August suggests changes to Huawei’s supply chain may have immediate, far-reaching, and unintended consequences for its customers.

In short, the move is designed to stop US networks going tits up. The temporary license also allows disclosures of security vulnerabilities and for Huawei to engage in the development of standards for future 5G networks.

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