Borje Ekholm, CEO Ericsson, kubonakala ukuba uphembelele ukususwa kwesithintelo seHuawei eSweden, nto leyo eyathintela inkampani ukuba ithathe inxaxheba ekukhutshweni kweenethiwekhi ze-5G elizweni.
Ngokwengxelo Bloomberg, Umphathi we-Ericsson wacinezela umphathiswa waseSweden ukuba asuse isithintelo kwiHuawei kunye neZTE. U-Ekholm uxelwe ukuba uphembelele uMphathiswa wezoRhwebo lwaNgaphandle u-Anna Hallberg ngothotho lwemiyalezo yomnxeba emcela ukuba ajonge kwakhona lo myalelo ovela kwi-Swedish Post and Telecommunications Authority (PTS).
Kulabo abangaziyo, lo myalelo wawujoliswe kubaqhubi ababefuneka ukuba basuse izixhobo zenethiwekhi ezithengiweyo kwiinkampani zaseTshayina kwaye zifake endaweni yazo kwiziseko zabo ngoJanuwari 2025.
Isithethi sika-Ericsson siqinisekisile iindaba zokuba u-Ekholm ebenxibelelana nomphathiswa. Ukongeza, ezi ndaba zeza emva kokuba uHallberg ethe akananxibelelwano ne-PTS kwaye akanakuze aphazamise njengomphathiswa kwaye abe nefuthe kwizigqibo ezenziwe ngabasemagunyeni. UHalberg wongezelela ukuba akazange adibane no-Ekholm malunga nalo mbandela. Ngokufanayo, uJakob Wallenberg, usekela-sihlalo we-Ericsson, ngaphambili wathi "ukumisa iHuawei ngokuqinisekileyo ayisiyonto ilungileyo."
U-Ericsson okwangoku uvelisa ipesenti ezili-10 zentengiso yakhe evela e-China, kunye ne-Huawei enye yezona zinto zikhuphisana nazo njengomthengisi wezixhobo ze-telecom. Ngokucacileyo, i-China yade yalumkisa ukuba iinkampani zaseSweden nazo ziya kujongana "neziphumo ezibi" kukuvalwa komsebenzi ukuba isigqibo asiphikiswanga. Nangona kunjalo, iNkulumbuso yaseSweden uStefan Lofven uyasixhasa isigqibo sabasemagunyeni.