For the second time in a month, Nokia has been left out in the cold in major Chinese 5G networks contracts, while Ericsson has managed to retain a position alongside the home suppliers, Huawei and ZTE. Two weeks ago, it was revealed that China Mobile had awarded the second phase of its 5G RAN and core deals, a huge contract with a total value of around $5.2bn, which will help the leading MNO to increase its 5G base stations from 80,000 to 300,000 in number this year. Ericsson gained only over 11% of the total (though that still equates to almost $600m), but Nokia won nothing. More details have now been released of Ericsson’s win at China Mobile. It will…