Chinesesmartphone maker Huawei Technologies is working on its own proprietary mobile
operating system (OS) since 2012 after a US
Thecompany, which is also the world’s biggest telecommunications equipment
manufacturer, would ditch Google’s Android platform amid reports that it is
under investigation by the US
for breaching sanctions against Iran
“The
company started building its own OS after a US
According
to media report, the US House Intelligence Committee found after a year-long
investigation that the Chinese businesses, Huawei Technologies and ZTE Inc,
were a “national security threat because of their attempts to extract sensitive
information from American companies and their loyalties to the Chinese
government”.
Google’s
Android OS and Apple’s proprietary iOS have a stronghold on smartphone OS,
accounting for 99.9 percent of the global market, according to Gartner.
“The plan
to build a proprietary OS was started by Huawei’s founder, Ren Zhengfei, and
the company has never given up on it as it is seen as a strategic investment to
prepare for ‘worst-case scenarios’,” the report added.
Huawei’s
alternative to Android has not been released as it is not “as good” as Android
and the system does not have many third-party apps developed for it.
The
company is currently under investigation. If the the US Department of Justice
finds it guilty of violating sanctions, it could impose criminal penalties on
the smartphone maker.
Another
Chinese player, ZTE, paid $892 million in fines for exporting US tech to Iran
The USDepartment of Commerce has activated a denial of export privileges against ZTE
for alleged violations of the US Export Administration Regulations.
ZTE is
currently taking steps to comply with the US
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