MWC used to be a show dominated by Huawei, from the sponsorship of the lanyards and badges that attendees wore, to announcing the buzziest product launches at the event. While Huawei has scaled back some of the glitzier aspects of its attendance, its stand remains very large as it shows off other parts of its business, in particular its telecommunications equipment which helped turn it into one of the world's biggest tech companies. In the consumer space, Huawei has maintained some presence outside of China with devices such as smartwatches but its smartphone business remains very limited. The firm is using 2025's MWC to show off the Mate XT, the first of its kind device with a screen that folds twice. However, its success in China is unlikely to be replicated with the biggest challenge being Huawei's lack of access to Google's Android software, analysts said. "I don't think they will be able to return to international markets without the full Google services," Francisco Jeronimo, vice president for data and analytics at International Data Corporation, told CNBC.