A 5G Network Cheaper Than Huawei

Author: Ricardo Tavares
Published: 2019-05-20

The Trump Administration’s recent telecom networks security executive order, which has the practical effect of a comprehensive ban on Chinese companies such as Huawei and ZTE, is just one of the significant challenges China is facing as a center of telecom manufacturing.  Less obvious is the fact that China is facing another headwind: its primary source of competitiveness—low-cost industrial production—is eroding …

Who’s Winning the 5G Race?

Author: Ricardo Tavares
Published: 2019-05-06

The fifth generation of mobile technologies comes in a very different international environment than previous ones: 2G emerged in the late 1980s when the Cold War was ending; 3G in the early 2000s as China entered the world trade system, becoming a member of the World Trade Organization (WTO); By 2010, these events enabled 4G to be (for the first …

China places big bet on 5G

Author: Adam Rosenberg
Published: 2017-09-08

China’s leaders believe 5G will help drive its economy into the future. While both the commercial potential of 5G and the huge costs required to build 5G networks have been well publicized, the economic policies Beijing is employing to make China the first truly 5G country are not widely reported. In China’s 13th five-year plan the central government labeled the …