Huawei is facing a major obstacle in promoting its upcoming flagship phone Huawei Mate 30, which will not be able to launch using Google applications and services due to the White House ban on US companies from doing business with China Telecom, according to Reuters.
Huawei received a three-month extension from the US Department of Commerce in May to allow it to receive service and support from US companies, including software or modifications, and was extended for another 90 days, ending on November 19, but This applies only to previously released phones.
This means that the new Huawei Mate 30, due to be unveiled on September 18 in Munich, will not be able to use Google applications such as the application of maps or editing tools from the US company.
Designed to operate on new 5G networks, the Mate 30 is Huawei's first new phone since the US administration of President Donald Trump blacklisted the Chinese company.
Huawei will launch the phone without Google
Huawei plans to press ahead with the launch of new high-end smartphones in Europe, although it may not be able to offer Google's official Android operating system and its widely used applications, company executives told Reuters.
A Google spokesman told Reuters the Mate 30 could not be sold with Google's licensed applications and services because of the US ban on Huawei sales, and said the interim government deadline announced last week did not apply to new products such as the Mate 30.
Google did not say whether it had applied for a license to provide its applications and services, known as Google Mobile Services, although it has said in the past that it wants to continue to provide services to Huawei, and US companies can obtain a license to exempt their products from the ban.
Reuters reported this week that the US Department of Commerce has received more than 130 applications from companies for licenses to sell US goods to Huawei, but has not yet been granted permission for any request.
"Huawei will continue to use the Android operating system if the US government allows us to do so, otherwise we will continue to develop our operating system," Huawei spokesman Joe Kelly told Reuters.