Ericsson CEO Meets Pai on 5G, Net Neutrality

Ericsson CEO Borje Ekholm, Ericsson North America CEO Niklas Heuveldop and other top executives met last week with FCC Chairman Ajit Pai to express support for many of his policies. “Given the need for hundreds of thousands of new base stations expected in the U.S., reducing the time involved in tower siting is critical for maintaining the lead in 5G,” said a filing posted Wednesday in docket 14-177. The company said an order scuttling 2015 net neutrality rules “clears away a cloud of uncertainty over network slicing, a key component of 5G.”