Despite Ericsson CEO Börje Ekholm’s rather scathing remarks about European 5G (see separate item), it will be essential that Ericsson leverages its current advantage in its home region, over both Huawei and Nokia, in order to establish a 5G installed base that is hard for old or new challengers to assail. Its strongest card is to be the ‘safe choice’ for operators which are concerned about Nokia’s 5G teething troubles and architecture changes, and which are nervous of relying on Huawei (even in countries where there is no outright ban – the UK’s change of heart, from a cap on Huawei 5G and fiber equipment, to a complete block, shows how situations can change rapidly for operators). Deutsche Telekom is…