China again threatens to ‘handle’ Ericsson if Sweden bans Huawei. According to the Global Times, affiliated to the People’s Daily of the Communist Party of China, whether Ericsson has a chance to participate in the next round of China’s massive 5G network construction plan has nothing to do with whether whether or not Stockholm will change its stance on Huawei. Previously, in October 2020, the Postal and Telecommunications Administration of Sweden (PTS) announced a ban on the use of equipment from Huawei and ZTE in the development of 5G networks in the country. This ban did not surprise observers because Sweden has repeatedly bluntly called China a threat to national security. According to the Global Times, Huawei has appealed the decision in a Swedish court and a ruling is expected in the coming weeks. In the event that the appeal is unsuccessful, China will close the door to Ericsson from supplying goods to China. Representatives for Ericsson and the Swedish Ministry of Foreign Trade declined to comment. Meanwhile, shares of Ericsson fell nearly 4% on May 11. After Swedish regulators banned Huawei in October last year, Chinese officials and state media outlets judged the decision unfair, saying Huawei poses no security risk. and Sweden is trying to protect the domestic telecommunications company Ericsson. They threatened to retaliate against Swedish companies doing business in China, including Ericsson and its largest shareholder, Investor AB, the investment company of the highly influential Wallenberg family in Sweden, which has shares mostly at a few large European companies. Earlier, Chinese media outlets reported that the country’s Ministry of Commerce was said to be considering export control measures to prevent Ericsson from sending products and components made in China abroad. The prospect of retaliation prompted Ericsson CEO Börje Ekholm to launch a lobbying campaign on Huawei’s behalf. He criticized Swedish politicians and solicited lawyers to help Huawei fight the Swedish ban. He said Ericsson gets only 1% of its revenue from Sweden while China is Ericsson’s second-biggest market after the US, contributing 8% of the company’s revenue. Currently, Ericsson is providing equipment and terminal services to China’s state-owned carriers including China Mobile, China Unicom and China Telecom, serving more than 350 million 5G mobile subscribers in China in total. CEO Ekholm even stated: “If the ban on Huawei remains, Ericsson will leave Sweden.”

However, a Huawei PR officer told the Global Times on Saturday that he has not received such information. China Mobile declined to answer the Global Times when asked. Ma Jihua, a senior analyst in the tech industry in Beijing, told the Global Times that the move to use satellites is natural as Huawei pushes up the layout of 6G networks, 50 times faster than 5G. Compared to building 5G networks that rely on base stations to transmit signals, 6G networks transmit higher frequencies, needing to use satellites for communication instead of base stations where there will be low penetration capacity, Ma explain. Illustration. Huawei’s rotating chairman, Xu Zhijun, announced at Huawei’s global analysts conference earlier this month that the Chinese tech giant will launch its 6G network by 2030 at the same time soon. Release of 6G white paper to explain what is 6G industry. In fact, in 2019, Huawei proposed launching more than 10,000 small satellites to provide 6G services worldwide, during the global 6G summit. China has made the biggest 5G footprint worldwide and is likely to go further in 6G development with efforts from giant Huawei, which has 5G technology outperformed. rivals and also leads in research and development 6G despite the US causing difficulties. According to Ma Jihua, the potential of 6G technologies is something no government or company can ignore despite the fact that it is still in the early stages of research and development. Satellite communication has shown increasing importance since last year with the proposal of new infrastructure. Ma Jihua also noted: “We need to know how to communicate in a satellite constellation as the country pushes forward with technology development along with Huawei’s new 6G satellite moves even though both use satellites.” China’s satellite constellation, such as the current projects in which Hongyun and Hongyan have been involved, aims to make online access available to residents and businesses in remote and remote areas in China. While the 6G satellite is used more widely for testing and data availability in popular metropolitan areas, Ma added. It is known that at the end of last year, China launched the world’s first 6G test satellite from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in Shanxi Province, North China, marking a breakthrough in public discovery. terahertz space communication technology of China.