Dumb question: why is Huawei the only available provider of 5G technology? Are all other companies too far away?
>Yet Europe is home to two of the world’s leading vendors, Ericsson and Nokia; Samsung offers yet another alternative from a trustworthy democracy.
It is rare to see a cutting-edge sector without the US.
So it's also about price. Huawei is just cheaper than Nokia and Ericsson. I don't know how the technology of the different providers compare but it probably won't be that much of a difference. It probably also depends on your existing 4G infrastructure since 5G can sometimes be rolled out as a software upgrade using existing antennas. So if your existing infrastructure uses Huawei you don't want to switch.
Some rumors say that Huawei has 4,000 software engineers that they can throw at a problem, like their current goal to replace Google services.
If an average software engineer in China makes $10,000 USD, vs. an average software engineer at Google making $160,000 USD. Then Huawei will spend $40 million USD, vs. Google spending $640 million USD.
That’s a pretty significant difference. Huawei’s operating cost is 6% of Google’s.
Huawei can afford to throw a lot of human brain power at solving an engineering problem. And especially when a lot of Chinese companies are operating in start-up mode and working 60+ hours a week.
Average software engineer at Google makes well over $200K USD.