As a Chinese technology giant, Huawei's rise in the field of 5G communications has brought a certain "shadow" to the US technology industry. In the 5G competition, Huawei defeated Qualcomm and other American companies, making the United States lose the advantage of demanding a large number of patent fees from the world, and also get rid of the snooping on the secrets of other countries through the backdoor of American equipment. However, the United States regards Huawei as a threat, not only frequently revising semiconductor rules and cutting off the supply of Huawei chips and systems, but also spreading international rumors that Huawei's 5G is not safe, trying to reshape the 5G landscape. Huawei has been greatly affected by such an environment, with the high-end mobile phone business almost stagnating, HiSilicon's Kirin chips unable to produce, and the share of 5G in overseas markets being surpassed by Nokia and Ericsson. However, Huawei has always adhered to the face of strength and is committed to self-help. After three years of hibernation, Huawei released the Mate60 mobile phone with Kirin chip and 5G function at the end of August this year, which detonated the market, and compared to Huawei's products, the iPhone 15 series has almost become overshadowed. At the same time, Huawei's 5G business has also begun to recover in overseas markets, and many countries that previously refused to use Huawei's 5G, such as Germany, France, Italy, etc., have abandoned the pressure of the United States and chose to move closer to Huawei. All this once again proves the importance of strength, Huawei has the world's most advanced 5G technology, more than 3,200 5G core patents, and the most cost-effective equipment. Not using Huawei's 5G will put 5G construction in a backward position, which has been acknowledged by the UK, and the rejection of Huawei has been confirmed to be instigated by the US.
However, despite Huawei's global recognition, Sweden has insisted on banning it. After Huawei's repeated requests were rejected by Swedish courts, Sweden decided to require local telecom operators to completely dismantle Huawei's communications equipment by January 2025. This decision is very important for 5G communications, because it is related to the height of a country's economic and technological development in the next decade. However, Sweden is following in the footsteps of the United States, losing sight of the importance of its own development and unfair and unjust discrimination against Chinese companies such as Huawei. This move made people angry, however, they did not expect such "sanctions" to come so quickly. As Sweden's largest communications company and the "face" of the technology industry, Ericsson has been one of the main partners of China's three major communication operators and has maintained a good momentum of development by relying on years of deep cultivation in the Chinese market. However, since Sweden's decision to exclude Huawei, Ericsson's share of the Chinese communications market has declined rapidly, from a stable of more than 10% to less than 5%, almost halved!This also directly led to Ericsson's revenue in the second quarter of 2023 increasing by 63% year-on-year, and in the third quarter, it was 74%, which was a heavy loss. As early as Sweden's first rejection of Huawei's 5G, Ericsson warned that such a move would not outweigh the losses, and said that it would "move out of Sweden". However, Ericsson also failed to wake up the Swedish authorities, who were "pretending to be asleep". Now, Ericsson's development has been hampered, and Sweden's economic and technological development has suffered huge losses. Although Sweden has excluded Huawei from the 5G tender, it still cannot avoid paying Huawei a large amount of patent fees if they want to build a comprehensive 5G network. Huawei's pace of globalization will not be affected by Sweden, because they are on the commanding heights of technology, and Sweden will suffer backlash. Sweden's behavior has caused widespread concern and dissatisfaction, what do you think of the situation?
As a self-editor, I follow the development and competition of the international technology industry. Huawei, as a representative of China's 5G technology, is undoubtedly remarkable in the world. However, the U.S. crackdown on Huawei and some countries' rejection of Huawei are clearly motivated by economic and political considerations, rather than on real technical security concerns. In order to prove its innocence, Huawei even handed over the equipment to a foreign authority for anatomy-level testing, and the results confirmed that there were no security issues. This is undoubtedly a complete debunking of the lies of the United States. However, Sweden's ban is disappointing, as it has chosen to follow in the footsteps of the United States and ostracize Huawei when it faces a difficult situation, despite its good relationship with Chinese technology companies. This is undoubtedly short-sighted, and Sweden will miss out on the opportunity to cooperate with Huawei, and at the same time face huge losses in economic and technological development. For Huawei, although it has suffered some blows in the Swedish market, with the world's most advanced 5G technology and strong strength, they will not be affected too much. The focus now should be on how Huawei can respond to U.S. sanctions and changes in the international market while continuing to promote globalization. Huawei needs to maintain its leading position in technological innovation and marketing, while actively building partnerships with other countries and enterprises to stabilize and expand its own business. As ordinary people, we can pay more attention to Huawei's development, support the rise of Chinese technology companies on the international stage, promote technological innovation and cooperation, and contribute to our own development and the country's development.