Saturday, January 2, 2021

Sweden Dagens Nyheter: Ericsson CEO threatens to leave Sweden if Huawei’s gate ban remains in place

 The company fears problems in important Chinese markets.


For the Chinese The ban on network companies from participating in the construction of 5g networks in Sweden has raised concerns among the network company Ericsson. The company fears sanctions in the important Chinese market and has launched a pressure campaign against the government, writes Dagens Nyheter.


According to the magazine, he is the CEO of Ericsson Börje Ekholm sent by the Minister of Commerce Anna Hallberg text messages in which he threatened the company to leave Sweden unless the port ban on Huawei and ZTE was lifted.


“I still hope for help from Sweden and that our presence in the country will be appreciated,” Ekholm wrote in one of his messages.

Sweden Dagens Nyheter: Ericsson CEO threatens to leave Sweden if Huawei’s gate ban remains in place

1 comment:

Peter Pan said...

Alternatively, Sweden could deport the CEO to China while retaining the business and its employees. No one is indispensible.