By Pascal Oparada
Social Media/Tech Reporter
After being dumped by Google, owners of Android Operating System, due to the trade war between China and the U.S., Chinese tech giant, Huawei, is reportedly developing its own Operating System (OS).
The OS tentatively known as Hongmeng is set to be launched soon.
Data from UN World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) says Huawei has filed for Hongmeng trademark in a number of countries including Cambodia, New Zealand, Canada, and South Korea. The reports also said trademark application was also filed in Peru in May.
According to UN data, Huawei Technologies is aiming to trademark its own OS in at least nine countries and Europe.
“Huawei is in the process of potentially launching a replacement,” Williamson told Reuters, adding, “Presumably we’ll be trying to put trademarks.”
Huawei was blacklisted last month by US President Donald Trump’s administration which accused the company of spying for the Chinese government.
The world’s biggest maker of telecoms network gear was barred from doing business with US tech companies, including Google, whose Android OS is used in Huawei’s phones.
US State Department director for international communications policy Jonathan Fritz said that only time would show if Huawei could diversify.
He was meeting with officials in Europe to warn against buying Huawei equipment for next-generation mobile networks.
“It is a fair question to ask if one decides to go with Huawei and Huawei continues to be on our entity list, will Huawei be able to actually deliver what it promises any particular client,” said Fritz.
Huawei has not yet revealed the details about its OS but the applications to trademark the operating system show that it wants to use Hongmeng for gadgets ranging from smartphones and portable computers to robots and car televisions.
