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Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd.’s current license extension to access U.S. technology is set to expire Monday amid rumors previously circulating that it would be granted another 90-day extension — but in a surprise twist, a new report claims the extension will be for only two weeks.

Reuters, quoting two sources familiar with the matter Friday, said the two-week extension is far shorter than expected but may be the result of plans in the works for a longer extension that has yet to be finalized because of regulatory hurdles. Update: The Commerce Department extended the license to 90 days Monday morning.

Those hurdles would primarily consist of regulations around Huawei being mostly banned from doing business with U.S. companies in May. Two extensions of Huwei’s license to do business with U.S. have been given since the ban came in, the most recent in August for 90 days.

Part of the thinking behind a longer extension is said to be concerns over rural telecommunications companies that rely on Huawei technology in their existing 3G and 4G networks. Huawei needs an extension to provide support to those companies as long as they continue to use the company’s equipment.

The possible longer extension may also be related to a seeming thaw in the U.S.-China trade war. A so-called “phase one” trade agreement that will see a rolling back of some tariffs was being discussed positively on Saturday. Huawei has been at the center of the trade war and although ostensibly the company was blacklisted over national security concerns, President Donald Trump has previously said that Huawei’s access to U.S. markets and technology could be on the table as part of negotiations.

Regardless of any ongoing ban denying it access to U.S. technology, one that has already seen Huawei launch smartphones without licensed versions of Android, the world’s second largest phone maker continues to forge ahead.

Its long-awaited Mate X foldable phone finally went on sale Friday in China after being delayed on technical issues, and sold out in seconds. The Huawei Mate X 5G retails for 16,999 RMB ($2,426). Chinese site VMall indicated it won’t be available for sale again until Nov. 22, presumably after further stock is made available.

With the licensed version of Android no longer available for Huawei, the company is also pushing ahead with its HarmonyOS alternative. Vincent Pang, Huawei’s senior vice president, told Business Insider last week that it will decide on whether it will move forward with bringing HarmonyOS to its smartphones within the next six to nine months.

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