Huawei Makes End-Run Around U.S. Ban by Using Its Own Chips
- China’s largest tech company taps its HiSilicon division
- Huawei now shipping U.S.-component-free mobile base stations
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Huawei Technologies Co., the Chinese technology giant barred from doing business with U.S. suppliers, is finding a way around the strict limits imposed by the Trump administration.
The Commerce Department, citing national security concerns, has largely forbidden American companies from selling Huawei the computer chips it needs to make a piece of equipment integral to newly introduced high-speed wireless networks. In response, China’s largest technology company ramped up its own capabilities to manufacture the gear, which is known as a base station.