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Sony Mobile Communications (formerly Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications) is a wholly owned unit of Sony Corporation. Founded in October 2001 as a joint venture between Sony and the Swedish telecommunications equipment company Ericsson, under the name Sony Ericsson, Sony acquired Ericsson's share in the venture in February 2012.
Zhao said China’s application of 5G in industries remains at preliminary stage, with most traction for 5G traffic emanating from short-video platforms.
The ruling is Huawei’s second loss on appeal after authorities in Stockholm barred the company from its network in October, citing national security.
Open Radio Access Network, known as O-RAN, is virtual and software-based, and it has emerged as a potential option.
The annual MWC Barcelona event was decimated by the pull-out of major exhibitors, including telecoms gear suppliers Nokia and Ericsson, as well as mobile network operators Vodafone, Deutsche Telekom, AT&T, BT, Orange and NTT Docomo.
Ericsson said the US investigation covers a period ending in the first quarter of 2017 and involves breaches in China, Djibouti, Indonesia, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia and Vietnam.
Alexandra Feytis, a consultant at Roskill Information Services, says the US and Europe will keep close watch on China’s dominance of the critical material as new promising applications are developed.
The US has found itself without a telecommunications hardware champion that can compete with major 5G players such as China’s Huawei Technologies, Finland’s Nokia and Sweden’s Ericsson.