Huawei cancels the launch of a MateBook laptop due to an export ban in the United States

Huawei was planning to announce a new MateBook laptop this week, but a leader confirmed that the company had canceled the launch because of US sanctions against the Chinese company. It is unclear when and if the laptop will be released.

The United States has banned the sale of technology to Huawei, which uses Intel chips and the Windows operating system of its PC MateBook. Huawei "planned to unveil the new Windows laptop at the CES Asia 2019 show in Shanghai this week" but "postponed indefinitely" the launch due to the US-imposed export ban, reported The information yesterday.

Huawei Chief Executive Officer Richard Yu confirmed the cancellation to CNBC. "We can not provide the PC," Yu said, calling him "unfortunate," according to CNBC.

Huawei also "suspended the production of its personal computer business due to restrictions on the purchase of US components," the Wall Street Journal reported. We contacted Huawei today, but a company spokesperson had no other information to share.

Huawei on the list of entities

Last month, the United States added Huawei to its list of entities, which prevented it from buying parts and components from US companies without US government approval . The United States argues that the Chinese government could use Huawei to spy on the United States, but Huawei denied these accusations and called on the United States to provide evidence.

"When asked if the laptop could be launched at a later date, Yu replied that it" depends on the duration of the list of entities, "said CNBC. acknowledged that, if Huawei was blacklisted for a long time, the laptop could not be launched. "

Huawei is best known for smartphones and network equipment, but has seduced laptop users with laptops such as the MateBook 13 and the MateBook X Pro.

Chinese state media offers a different version

The Global Times, which is part of the Chinese state media, has published an article contesting some of the reports on the launch of a laptop. "Huawei will launch a new notebook product in July, with different models and configurations compared to previous series such as MateBook and HonorBook, a source close to the record confirmed by the Global Times," the press channel said.

"The new laptop will be equipped with the Windows operating system, said the source, contrary to rumors that Microsoft would stop cooperating with Huawei," the report adds. The laptop will use an ARM processor instead of Intel, the report says.

State-run media do not mention the fact that a Huawei executive confirmed the cancellation of the launch of the notebook this week. The Global Times also said that its source "refutes information that Huawei would have stopped the production of laptops because of export controls imposed by the Trump administration in the context of a trade war. growing. " The Global Times wrote that "industry insiders" had described Huawei's plan as the "inspirational movement" notebook publication.

Intel reportedly prevented its employees from having informal conversations with Huawei, but an Intel executive also denounced Huawei's ban on Trump's administration on Monday.

ARM – which transfers its intellectual property rights to other suppliers – recently told its employees that the US-imposed export ban meant it could no longer work. with Huawei. Microsoft has recently removed Huawei laptops from its website.

In other news from Huawei today, the Wall Street Journal reported that Huawei had told Verizon that he should pay license fees for more than 200 patents covering "equipment central network, wired network infrastructure and technology of the Internet of Things ".