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FILE PHOTO: Visitors pass Huawei's booth at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain on February 27, 2017. REUTERS / Eric Gaillard / File Photo
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Google has suspended its activities with Huawei requiring the transfer of hardware and software, with the exception of those covered by open source licenses, a Reuters source told Reuters on Sunday. case, carrying a blow to the Chinese technology company that the US government has sought to blacklist around the world.
Huawei Technologies Co Ltd will immediately lose access to the Android operating system updates and the next version of its smartphones outside China will also lose access to popular applications and services, including Google Play Store and Gmail.
Specific service details were still being discussed internally at Google, according to the source. Huawei's lawyers are also studying the impact of the actions of the US Department of Commerce, said a spokesman for Huawei Friday. Huawei was not immediately reachable for any other comments.
Representatives of the US Department of Commerce did not comment immediately.
Huawei will continue to have access to the version of the Android operating system available through the open source license, which is freely accessible to anyone who wishes to use it.
But Google will stop providing Huawei with technical support and collaboration for Android and Google services, the source said.
On Thursday, the Trump administration officially added Huawei to a blacklist of trade, immediately stating restrictions that will make it extremely difficult for the technology giant to deal with US companies. [nL2N22S1RG]
Reportage by Angela Moon; Additional reports by Georgina Prodhan in London and David Shepardson and Karen Freifeld in Washington; Edited by Kenneth Li and Daniel Wallis
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