Ericsson CEO criticises Swedish Huawei ban
Börje Ekholm, CEO of Swedish kit vendor Ericsson, has spoken out against Sweden’s decision to ban Chinese vendors from being used in the country’s 5G networks.
Börje Ekholm, CEO of Swedish kit vendor Ericsson, has spoken out against Sweden’s decision to ban Chinese vendors from being used in the country’s 5G networks.
Sweden is already reviewing its Huawei ban, but the Chinese vendor is still reportedly looking to raise billions by flogging its Honor smartphone unit to the Chinese state.
Chinese vendor Huawei has continued its fight back against its exclusion from European markets by launching a legal challenge to the Swedish decision.
With Sweden having recently banned Chinese kit vendors, the only surprise in Telia’s announcement was Nokia getting all is 5G standalone core work.
A new front has opened up in the Trump administration’s ongoing trade war with China, while China has made its feelings clear about Sweden’s recent ban.
Sweden has named the telcos that will participate in its 5G spectrum auction, but the real headline-grabber is that it has also barred Huawei and ZTE from supplying the winners with equipment.
Swedish telco group Telia has bowed out of the international carrier services market.
Anders Nilsson, CEO of Swedish telco group Tele2, has decided there’s more to life than hanging out in board rooms and bossing people about.
Swedish telco group is having a bit of a strategic rethink, so it has decided for a changing of the guard at the top table too.
The Swedish Post and Telecom Authority (PTS) has announced it will delay the allocation of spectrum in the 3.5 GHz and 2.3 GHz bands due to a security review.
While the investment climate for connectivity infrastructure has certainly been improving in recent years, a proactive and prioritised government is critical to ensure rapid evolution to the digital economy.
The German government will not prevent any networking vendor from being used in the country’s 5G network but the Swedes may not be so accommodating.
Anonymous insiders have told Swedish financial paper DI that Ericsson plans to replace Ekholm with the departing Saab CEO sometime next year.
Finnish network vendor Nokia has decided its strategy should be directed by Gabriela Styf Sjöman, formerly of Swedish operator group Telia.
Johan Dennelind, CEO of Swedish telco group Telia Company, had decided to call it a day after six years at the helm.
Swedish telecoms group Telia wants to buy Bonnier Broadcasting but the European Commission reckons that might be bad for telly in Sweden and Finland.
Swedish operator Telia is going to connect nearly a million smart meters using narrowband IoT technology.
Telecoms companies did not feature in the top employers’ lists chosen by the current and potential young employees in a recent multi-country survey.
Telia and Ericsson jointly switched on the first 5G network at KTH the Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm, with plans for a commercial launch across Sweden in 2020.
Swedish kit vendor Ericsson has got a nice lot of fresh 5G work from Swedish operator group Telenor.
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