Huawei is exhibiting stoic resilience in the face of US sanctions, economic downturns, and the slow pace of 5G investments. There is a narrative that the company has been propped up by the Chinese government, but the key to Huawei's resilience is multifaceted. Through pre-emptive stockpiling and...

With the COVID-19 pandemic accelerating digital transformation, demand for 5G networks is soaring. 5G networks are an indispensable part of infrastructure supporting immersive content, self-driving technologies, the Internet of Things (IOT), remote services, and smart manufacturing....

We study the trade-offs faced by Internet Service Providers (ISPs) that serve as platforms through which consumers access both television and internet services. As online streaming video improves, these providers may respond by attempting to steer consumers away from streaming video toward their...

This paper aims at empirically analyzing Huawei’s employee shareholding scheme behind its rapid growth to make it the leading Chinese communication manufacturer, with a particular focus on its governance aspect, which the literature has not revealed in depth. With a research question as “Who...

In this article we study the impact of taxation in the telecommunications sector. In order to do so, we develop a model considering the taxes and fees imposed directly or indirectly along the telecommunications value chain. Overall, we find evidence of a negative impact on investment from an...

Technological change and deregulation have caused a major restructuring of the telecommunications equipment industry over the last two decades. We estimate the parameters of a production function for the equipment industry and then use those estimates to analyze the evolution of plant level...