U.S. Commerce Department scales back restrictions on Huawei – Reuters

Having barred the Chinese telecom giant from doing business with the US firms, the US Commerce Department says it is creating a 90-day temporary general license till August 19 for Huawei and 68 entities, Reuters news report said on early Tuesday.

The license, which was posted for public inspection, scale back the restrictions imposed by the U.S. government last week on Huawei Technologies Co Ltd’s buying U.S. goods in order to help existing customers, the report further mentioned.

It was also said in the news report that the present announcement allows Huawei to provide service and support, including software updates or patches to existing Huawei handsets.