Can Ericsson survive after being shut out of China? When it comes to 5G, a post-China future may not be as bleak as imagined.
Illustration by Luis Grañena
It is a rare event for a well-resourced multinational to struggle to find a lawyer to represent it. It is an even rarer event when its main competitor lends a helping hand in the search.
But chasing corporate ambitions in China can make even the sharpest executives do strange things.
In late 2020, when Swedish Post and Telecom Authority banned Chinese telecoms firms from supplying equipment to Sweden’s fifth-generation (5G) mobile networks on security grounds, Ericsson’s bo
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