Facebook announced on Friday that it would ban Huawei from its parent application, as well as its popular social networking applications (Instagram and WatSAP), further isolating the giant Chinese group of technology that Washington sees as a threat National security.
Friday´s Facebook hit hard on China´s Huawei by joining multiple technology companies that have cut, in whole or in part, their ties to the giant communications group, meaning that any smart phone will henceforth be released from Asian giants. Social movement in the world.
The social networking giant said it took the step after US President Donald Trump ordered the ban on US technology exports to Huawei over concerns that it was cooperating with Chinese intelligence.
"We are considering the recent decision of the Ministry of Commerce and the recent general temporary license and we are taking steps to ensure compliance," a Facebook spokeswoman said. The company, based in California, said people who already own Huawei phones with Facebook applications could continue to use the application and download updates.
Facebook´s move is the latest in a series of steps aimed at isolating Huawei, which has become the second-largest smartphone vendor in the world despite security concerns expressed by Washington.
Google announced last month it would cut ties with Huawei, making it harder to get key applications from the giant American group. Google´s decision will ban Huawei´s phones from accessing Google Play - the virtual store for most Android applications - and other elements of the mobile operating system.
The Facebook site, banned in China despite having 2 million users around the world, said its decision would affect the basic social network and its applications, such as Instagram, Messinger and Watsab, each with at least 1 billion users.
US sanctions were imposed on May 15 but the US administration allowed a 90-day compliance period to give Huawei users time to download updates and prevent any major economic disruptions in the smart phone sector.
Huawei insulation
Huawei said it would set up its own operating system to replace Google´s Android system. But will also have to develop their own virtual market to sell applications if they want to keep their users out of China.
To be able to keep pace with the smart phone market, Huawei will also need to find a new source of chipsets and related equipment without US suppliers like Intel, Qualcomm and Broadcom, and Huawei is likely to be denied access to ARM Holdings´ British semiconductor design that uses its technology in most mobile phone chips.
Trump´s move came amid concerns that Huawei, the leader in fifth-generation Internet networks, would allow China to spy on high-speed Internet. His administration has long been trying to persuade Washington´s allies to stop using Huawei´s equipment.
Trump told reporters last month that the company posed a "significant risk" in terms of security, but later suggested the sanctions could be dropped as part of a trade deal. The dispute over Huawei comes at the heart of a wider trade war between the world´s two biggest economic powers and the sanctions imposed by Trump, which accuses China of unfair practices and subsidizing its domestic firms financially.
Source: (AFP)
