Ericsson argues against Huawei's ban in Sweden

20 November 2020
Company CEO says the decision deviates from initial EU guidelines on 5G networks.

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  • Lancewood
  • bJb
  • 20 Nov 2020

China should ban Ericsson products in China as well, make it fair no? It's called an eye for an eye.

    His comment is just to secured Ericsson place in China, as Ericsson telecom equipment is used by telecom carriers there. No sane company would want a tough competition.

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      • AnonD-641645
      • tA$
      • 20 Nov 2020

      Does this fall into WTO purview? It's not exactly trade per se.

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        • basilicum
        • aXg
        • 20 Nov 2020

        Ashu, 20 Nov 2020Its not about trade freedom and competetion, its about loos... moreyep, you said it! :)
        https://www.ericsson.com/en/news/2020/5/china-telecom-and-china-unicom-select-ericsson-5g

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          • szk
          • M@x
          • 20 Nov 2020

          It's basic math. If X companies need Y years to build the 5G network in the world, than X-2 companies need probably Y+2 or Y+3 or even Y+5 years to build the same network. Not mentioning that Huawei has maybe the highest technical level on 5G right now.

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            • AnonD-955101
            • 0sB
            • 20 Nov 2020

            lewein, 20 Nov 2020oh no, no 5G... honestly not a great loss. As it is now, 5G... moreWith killing the competition and banning the companies here and there its not gonna get any better.

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              • Ashu
              • 7kk
              • 20 Nov 2020

              Its not about trade freedom and competetion, its about loosing big markets like China in case Ericsson gets banned there like Huawei. Ericsson will not be affected much in case Huawei also competes with it in Sweden but ban on Ericsson in China will have much bigger impact. For Huawei Sweden is not much that big market than some African Countries but for Ericsson it is huge.

                Free trade unless if its huawei since they have connection to CCP because we are pretty sure that only chinese companies spy on us right? Hypocrites everywhere.

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                  • basilicum
                  • aXg
                  • 20 Nov 2020

                  lewein, 20 Nov 2020This is a weird flex from a competitor. I mean, they wouldn... moreyou may want to check this - it's a "quid pro quo", there's no such a thing as a free lunch :)
                  The explanation is pretty simple ... Ericsson sells big in China, on the other hand the Chinese government asks for support overseas.
                  https://www.ericsson.com/en/news/2020/5/china-telecom-and-china-unicom-select-ericsson-5g

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                    • Adul Al Salami Kebab
                    • nrX
                    • 20 Nov 2020

                    Anonymous, 20 Nov 2020yeah and China is innocent 🤯I would not go that far but I would argue it can be labeled as the lesser of the two evil.

                      5G feels more and more like a stop-gap before 6G. Not until then will we have enough bandwidth for future iot implementations.

                        Anonymous, 20 Nov 2020Not everyone want to be the bully. He just think for his c... moreoh no, no 5G... honestly not a great loss. As it is now, 5G is not even that fast and has a high latency so is nowhere close to what it has been promised.

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                          • Carol
                          • mgK
                          • 20 Nov 2020

                          [deleted post]China does not respect European and USA patents, nor owner rights. Their huaway (like all other china bread companies) grew on others back and innovation, that is not comoetition, that is steal the idea, do for cheap sell cheapper. If that is for you ok, well, for the western world, companies and life, it is not.

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                            • Anonymous
                            • TLP
                            • 20 Nov 2020

                            [deleted post]yeah and China is innocent 🤯

                              [deleted post]I agree with you but Biden is another spineless corporatist who has the interest of the rich in mind. He appointed US Rep. Cedric Richmond who received lobbying only from the fossil fuel corporations and no other Rep. has received so much lobbying as he did, he ranks no.1 so please. USA will keep bullying China, they will not stop because Trump is not president anymore. China is technological threat for them and they need and want to address this. They cannot fall from the 1st place in the world as a super power.

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                                • Anonymous
                                • TLP
                                • 20 Nov 2020

                                [deleted post]stoo believing in the Chinese regime's "we're the good guys getting beaten up by the big bad bully West"

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                                  • Anonymous
                                  • XUv
                                  • 20 Nov 2020

                                  lewein, 20 Nov 2020This is a weird flex from a competitor. I mean, they wouldn... moreNot everyone want to be the bully.
                                  He just think for his country.
                                  If sweeden bans huawei, then Sweden 5G will not be great

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                                    • Anonymous
                                    • 39b
                                    • 20 Nov 2020

                                    He's 100% been subject of threats from China. No one should listen to his words.

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                                      • Anonymous
                                      • vmI
                                      • 20 Nov 2020

                                      There free trade argument falls apart completely when you consider China never have open market and heavily disadvantages foreign companies inside China. To expect other countries to then open markets for China is hypocrisy.

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                                        • AnonD-940827
                                        • 8pQ
                                        • 20 Nov 2020

                                        AnonD-940827, 20 Nov 2020Biden should open the world for huawei again.! Or stop nsa ... more*world