In pictures: The emergence of Huawei as a strong tech competitor

SUMMARY

Facing a ban on access to US technology, Chinese telecom equipment maker Huawei is showing it increasingly can do without American components and compete with Western industry leaders in pioneering research.

By APSept 25, 2019 11:24:11 AM IST (Published)

A Huawei research engineer holds up a coated screw designed to reduce signal interference at the Huawei Materials lab in Dongguan in Southern China's Guangdong province. Facing a ban on access to US technology, Chinese telecom equipment maker Huawei is showing it increasingly can do without American components and compete with Western industry leaders in pioneering research. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

Huawei is a pioneer in the emerging field of next-generation, or 5G, telecoms. It promises not just faster internet but support for self-driving cars and other futuristic applications. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

An active cooling solution produces ice crystals during a demonstration at the Huawei Thermal design lab in Dongguan in Southern China's Guangdong province. Huawei's founder says instead of crippling the company, the export curbs are making it a tougher competitor by forcing managers to focus resources on their most important products. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

The US claims the company might aid Chinese spying, though Huawei denies that and American officials have provided no evidence. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

Huawei needs some American innovations, especially Google services used on Android phones, but industry experts say the company is increasingly self-sufficient after spending 485 billion yuan ($65 billion) on research and development over the past decade. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

A chef looks as vendors test an autonomous sweeping robot that uses 5G technologies at the Huawei Campus in Shenzhen. The biggest potential American blow to Huawei would be the loss of Google services that are standard features on Android-based phones. Huawei could use Android, which is open-source, but would lose Google's music, maps and other applications, making it harder to compete with Samsung, the No. 1 smartphone brand. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

A Huawei employee introduces the work done at a lab specializing in the use of Artificial Intelligence at the Huawei Campus in Shenzhen. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

A Huawei research engineer describes the work done at the Huawei Thermal design lab in Dongguan in Southern China's Guangdong province. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)