Huawei will renew its attempt to establish a larger business in the US with plans for a strengthened range of branded handsets in the country, even as it remains excluded from the US infrastructure market owing to security concerns.

Talking at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Eric Xu, one of the three rotating chief executives of the Chinese telecoms equipment maker, said the company had suffered last year in the US due to a lack of new products. It would launch further devices this year, he said, to expand the business after focusing on other markets last year.

However, Mr Xu said Huawei would still not “actively pursue” deals to provide infrastructure in the US, where politicians have warned companies against doing business with the group owing to security concerns over its links to the Chinese state.