We might call going to Huawei for 5G a terrible mistake, but on the other hand, China was so ahead in the competition that the only realistic option would have

We might call going to Huawei for 5G a terrible mistake, but on the other hand, China was so ahead in the competition that the only realistic option would have been "no 5G for Europe". That combined with Covid-19... there were only bad choices. Not sure how and why Nokia and Ericsson fucked up so colossally in this area, but they sure did -- and nobody else seemed to have even tried.