Verizon has picked Samsung and Ericsson for 5G Trials. Why isn't Nokia in these trials? Is it because Nokia's 5G equipment doesn't meet Verizon's standard? If the development of 5G was done by former ALU folks in MH NJ (who have build a top notch product for Verizon for so many years), I think Verizon would be interested in the Nokia product. Sure, it cost more to have the development done in USA by MH NJ folks but at least the customer would be more willing to award a contract cause it knows it's been build by folks who have build their 2G/3G/4G networks and not by some fresh college graduate in Poland, China, or India. The big question is, "Is Nokia going to loss market share because of high level "Nokia" executives making all the wrong decisions?"
Just remember Nokia - once you layoff these valuable (very experienced wireless personal), it will be very difficult to get those expertise back. Just look at Nokia's stock after 3rd quarter 2017 reporting. Is has been flat around $4.7x while Ericsson's has gone up due to just being able to be selected to do 5G trials. I sometimes wonder if Nokia executives are setting up Nokia for failure going forward. What seems to be common sense to everyone else doesn't seem to be for Nokia execs. If Nokia losses Verizon/ATT, then the 5G game is pretty much over for Nokia. No longer a steady stream of revenue.