Qualcomm gets US nod to sell 4G chips to Huawei in exception to ban

Qualcomm gets US nod to sell 4G chips to Huawei in exception to ban

Photographer: Krisztian Bocsi/Bloomberg

Qualcomm Inc on Friday received a license from the U.S. government to sell 4G mobile phone chips to China’s Huawei Technologies Co Ltd, an exemption to U.S. trade restrictions imposed amid rising tensions with China.