As highlighted in our opening article this week, Ericsson will be weighing up two big numbers and working out how, on balance, they affect its ongoing recovery and its position in the 5G market. One of those figures is a hefty $8.3bn, Ericsson’s largest ever single contract, which was awarded this month by Verizon for the next five-year phase of the US operator’s national 5G roll-out. The other figure is less definite, but relates to the amount of revenue Ericsson stands to lose from a sharp decline (possibly to zero) in new networks contracts from China. How far large deals like Verizon’s can offset the loss of presence in the world’s biggest 5G market will be a critical question for…