The Chinese tech giant lost access to the software in 2020 due to sanctions imposed by the US and saw its smartphone sales tank as a result

Washington cut off Huawei's US supply of chips and access to tech to design its own chips and has also banned the sale of new Huawei equipment in the US

The ban could include components already built into the networks, requiring operators to remove and replace them

Huawei emerged after three years of Covid restrictions with a grand return to the global stage, Nikkei said

A US official also told a Congressional hearing that some tech shipments to China’s blacklisted telecom equipment maker Huawei were “under assessment”