Huawei’s rivals should be happy they’re not American
American tech giants have enjoyed incomparable growth over the past decade. But when it comes to network equipment, there’s an advantage to geopolitical neutrality.
Ericsson, Nokia say ready to step in after U.K. bans Huawei 5G
As the U.K. pivots away from the Chinese telecom giant, competitors, including Japan's NEC Corp., stand to benefit.
Huawei to build first European 5G factory in France to soothe Western nerves
Huawei will build its first European manufacturing plant in France, the chairman said on Thursday, as the Chinese telecom giant seeks to ease worldwide concerns stoked by U.S. charges that Beijing could use its equipment for spying. Liang Hua said Huawei, the world's biggest producer ...
Amazon pulls out of major Barcelona telecom conference over coronavirus concerns
Amazon.com Inc. has pulled out of this month's Mobile World Congress because of the coronavirus outbreak, in another blow to one of the telecom industry's biggest gatherings, which attracts over 100,000 visitors to Barcelona, Spain. "Due to the outbreak and continued concerns about the new ...
U.S. should buy control of Nokia and Ericsson to fight Huawei, attorney general says
The United States and its allies should take controlling stakes in Nokia, Ericsson or both to battle Chinese telecoms giant Huawei's dominance of the 5G market, U.S. Attorney general Bill Barr said Thursday. "There are only two companies that can compete with Huawei right now: ...
EU countries could ban telecom operators deemed a security risk from critical parts of 5G infrastructure under guidelines issued Wednesday, amid U.S. pressure to shut out Chinese giant Huawei. The EU plan, which closely mirrors rules set out Tuesday by Britain allowing a limited role ...
KDDI picks Nokia and Ericsson as 5G equipment providers, excluding China's Huawei
Carrier KDDI Corp. has selected Nokia Corp. of Finland and Sweden's Ericsson to be equipment providers for its new fifth-generation, or 5G, high-speed network, the two northern European companies announced. Amid intensifying U.S.-China competition for dominance in the technology industry, KDDI chose to exclude equipment ...
In latest snub for Huawei, Japan's SoftBank chooses Nokia and Ericsson for 5G network
Huawei Technologies Co., which together with ZTE Corp. was a 4G vendor for the Japanese company, wasn’t selected despite participating in earlier 5G trials.
Ericsson boss apologizes for 'faulty software' behind huge SoftBank service disruption
Swedish communications giant Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson said a problem with its software caused Thursday's massive telecommunication disruption that affected SoftBank users across Japan. People were unable to make emergency calls to report a fire or request an ambulance as the phone and data connection trouble ...
