FCC Confirms Public Comment Deadline Near End Of Huawei Reprieve

The Federal Communications Commission has recently announced the latest cutoff date for receiving public comments about the Huawei ban. These comments could potentially tip the scales in future talks in allowing Huawei business back in U.S. soil. However, the deadline announced is near the end of company’s reprieve.

The FCC’s deadline to accept the public comments is confirmed to be this coming February 3 according to Reuters. The public comments received before that date will be used on its hearing about considering Chinese tech companies such as Huawei and ZTE to be national security threats. The Entity List bans that started last year has already affected Huawei’s businesses enough that the company put many of its 2019 efforts to trying to replace its lost income.

In the same month, the Huawei reprieve is also expected to end on February 16, 2020. The reprieve is designed to help Huawei’s US partners to transition as the company leaves the region. Any hearings for any extension or even to reverse the ban have yet to be announced.

As of now, the U.S. government still hounds Huawei’s business deals as it urged allies to reconsider working with Huawei. The Chinese company’s 5G technology is seen to have some security risks according to the government. While the allegation has yet to be proved, many countries considering to work with Huawei has also held their decision at the moment.

For now, Huawei can hope that the public comments works in their favor to have the ban lifted. In the previous year, Huawei is still interested in working with its partners in the U.S. such as Google.