MediaTek says that it won’t sell 5G chips to Huawei illegally

In January 2019, Huawei had planned on finishing the year as the top smartphone manufacturer in the world. The company had shipped 205 million handsets during the previous year and its P30 line and Mate 30 line were expected to be two big sellers for the company. But in the middle of May, the U.S. Commerce Department, for security purposes, placed Huawei on its Entity List. This prevented the outfit from accessing the U.S. supply chain it spent $18 billion on in 2018.

MediaTek says that it will not break the law to supply Huawei with chips

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