SHANGHAI - Intel Corp has received licenses from US authorities to continue supplying certain products to Huawei Technologies, an Intel spokesman said on Tuesday.

With US-China ties at their worst in decades, Washington has been pushing governments around to world to squeeze out Huawei citing national security grounds.

From Sept 15, new curbs have barred US companies from supplying or servicing Huawei

From Sept 15, new curbs have barred US companies from supplying or servicing Huawei.

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This week the Beijing-based China Securities Journal said Intel had received permission to supply Huawei.

Last week, China’s Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation (SMIC) confirmed it had also sought permission to continue servicing Huawei. SMIC uses US-origin equipment to make chips for Huawei and other companies.

South Korean chipmaker SK Hynix also applied for US licence for Huawei sales, but it has not gained approval, a person familiar with the matter said.

The person, declining to be identified as they were not authorized to speak to media, said non-US firms may not have a high chance of getting US approval, and chipmakers are drafting contingency plans to increase supplies to other customers.

SK Hynix declined to comment.

Huawei has repeatedly denied that it could install spyware in its 5G network and act on behalf of China's government, saying that the United States is trying to smear it because Western firms are falling behind in 5G technology.

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In what some observers have compared to the Cold War arms race, the United States worries that 5G dominance would give China an advantage Washington is not ready to accept.