Allies are under U.S. pressure to shun Huawei. But the company's prevalence in existing telecom networks and dominance in 5G technology make that nearly impossible. Illustration: Crystal TaiThe Trump administration’s decision to put Huawei Technologies Co. on a trade blacklist is likely to hinder the company’s efforts to dominate the next-generation 5G wireless industry by denying it vital U.S. technology, analysts say. A Commerce Department order aimed at Huawei and dozens of its affiliates will block the Shenzhen-based telecom giant from obtaining U.S.-made goods and software, such as chips from Intel Corp. and the Android mobile operating system produced by Alphabet Inc.’s Google unit.

Source: Wall Street Journal May 17, 2019 20:03 UTC