Huawei cuts 600 jobs from its US research wing after being blacklisted –
Summary
Huawei this week cut 600 positions from its Futurewei Technologies U.S. research arm, which operates out of Silicon Valley, Chicago, Washington State and Dallas. Reuters initially reported the news via a source from the company who noted that work has been more or less nonexistent for the branch for more than two months. “After that basically Futurewei has stopped doing any work — almost stopped everything.” Huawei has since acknowledged the move, writing, “Futurewei Technologies announces a reduction in force, directly impacting over 600 US positions.” The research wing has played a keyl role in filing thousands of patents for Huawei, including ones relating to 5G. Huawei’s addition to the U.S. Commerce Department’s “entity list” has already had wide ranging impacts on the company that could ultimately prove hugely detrimental, banning access to essential technologies from American companies like Google and international component makers like ARM. Earlier this week, another report surface tying Huawei to North Korea’s 3G network, a move that could potentially be in violation of U.S. sanctions against the country.