The key strategic pillars of the five-year plan for 2021-2015 were published this week, following four days of private meetings between President Xi Jinping and the CCP’s top decision-making body, the Central Committee. Among other targets – such as ensuring sustainable economic growth – China will promote technological self-reliance and aim for “major breakthroughs in core technologies in key are

BT will use Ericsson’s 5G equipment to upgrade EE mobile networks BT has chosen Sweden's Ericsson to provide 5G Radio Access Network (RAN) connectivity in several major UK cities, including London, Cardiff, Edinburgh and Belfast. In a statement on its website, Ericsson said that it would be a ‘key BT partner for 5G deployment’ in Britain. The company is set to manage about 50 per cen

Nordic vendor will help manage 50 per cent of 5G traffic going through BT and its EE provider Ericsson has won a huge contract to provide technology for BT's 5G networks in major cities across the UK. The Swedish firm said it would eventually manage 50 per cent of traffic across BT’s network, as well as across its EE brand. 🇬🇧 @Ericsson has been selected as BT’s #5G partner for Lond

Huawei has been pushed to corner with U.S. export restrictions, blocking the Chinese telecom giant from using Android operating system in its phones. Furthermore, United States has made it very hard for company to develop new chips for its phones, as U.S. suppliers aren’t allowed to provide any technology for the company for now. According to Reuters report, company is now “resetting its prioriti

US delegates have dubbed it “madness” to use Huawei for 5G networks in Britain, but they need to offer an alternative, Prime Minister Boris Johnson has declared. American delegates are in the UK to discourage the government from using Huawei technology in 5G networks. The US said using Chinese products would be detrimental to security as it would leave networks at risk of espionage, though it als

The smartest insight and analysis, from all perspectives, rounded up from around the web: The U.S. moved last week to tighten the vise on China’s technology ambitions with a “one-two punch of industrial policy” said Ana Swanson at The New York Times. First, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., one of three companies in the world capable of making the most advanced microprocessors, announced it