Serving 45 of the top 50 global telecom operators,
f you look at Alcatel Lucent or Nokia Siemens Networks, their growth rate is flat or shrinking, and even market leader Ericsson has a slow growth
world's leading telecom infrastructure vendor,
ricsson is in a better position than its European- American and Japanese rivals to resist the Chinese led onslaught, as its economies of scale give it higher sales and better profit margins.
hey must compete on technology, product quality and innovation.
ly three players- Ericsson, Huawei and ZTE- will be the only dominant telecom
iggest blow to Huawei (IMHO) is that they didn't win the Sprint infrastructure upgrade contract.
U.S. concerns about Huawei go back several years, and focus on the opacity of its books (finances are not transparent) and ownership structure (Chinese government?)
despite these gains, both OEMs have continued to be locked out of the lucrative Tier 1 LTE market in the United States with Alcatel-Lucent and Ericsson winning the Sprint Nextel tende
1 Region for 2010: Asia Pacific (167 contracts)
#1 Country for 2010: India (37 contracts)
#1 OEM for 2010: ZTE (159 contracts)
#1 Mobile Operator for 2010: China Mobile (16 contracts)