The US Department of Commerce announced on June 15 that it would modify the export ban. It allows U.S. companies to share information about the establishment of fifth-generation mobile communication (5G) standards with Huawei through standard formulation agencies without having to obtain any permit from the Department of Commerce.
　　As interpreted by the market, the revised measures indicate that US companies can jointly develop standards with Huawei to accelerate the pace of interoperability with a broader range of 5G equipment. On the other hand, since Foxconn Group has accounted for the greatest market share on hardware manufacturing among global 5G production lines, it is expected to benefit from the finalization of global standards.
　　3GPP, the international standard setting organization, has already completed the first-stage standards based on the technical characteristics of 5G as ultra-high speed, low latency, and extensive link as well as the development to formulate standard setting timelines. As for the second-stage standards, it was planned to be furnished by the end June; however, it has not yet been determined up to this moment. 
　　Based on disclosures from trade insiders, the Covid-19 pandemic has disrupted the timeline for 5G standards set by 3GPPP. Whereas, the contradictory relationship between the United States and China has also prevented US companies, Huawei, and other Chinese companies to advance their dialogue and communication on setting standards. This will impact the pace of overall standard setting. For standard setting of mobile communications, they will include heavy-weight players of the trade such as these key manufacturers: Qualcomm, Nokia, Ericsson, and Huawei.
　　According to trade analysis, the loosening of the trade ban by the US Department of Commerce allows US companies to share information on standard setting of 5G with Huawei. And it is believed that the standard setting of 5G will restore normal communication channels and speed up technology development of 5G as well as related business opportunities for terminal devices. As a matter of fact, Foxconn Group has extensively monopolized the fields of application for 5G manufacturing. That should take care of its manufacturing advantages, alongside a clearer picture of related standards and launching of business opportunities for terminal networking devices. Consequently, Foxconn Group will definitely be the Taiwanese manufacturing plant that benefits the most from it.
　　Foxconn Group is well equipped with 5G hardware manufacturing technology that spans across the core and network layers of 5G.
　　In fact, its technology has stretched to include: small base stations, micro-base stations, wireless broadband head-end equipment (RRH) for base stations and millimeter wave technology, MIMO (multiple-input and multiple- output) antenna systems, mobile edge network computing equipment (MEC), and cloud wireless network (Cloud RAN). 
　　On top of this, its customers are comprised of first-line telecom equipment vendors. This gives it a market share of more than 20% worldwide.
　　In addition, Sharp (a subsidiary of Foxconn Group) has also been actively developing essential patents for 5G in the EU. As indicated from ETSI figures, the number of approved applications by Sharp for new 5G-related patents has ranked third in the first quarter of 2018. The developments by Sharp will inherit the complementary benefits of Foxconn. (News source: Economic Daily News)