Last Friday, Chinese investigators raided Ericsson’s offices in Beijing after receiving complaints about the licensing fees that Ericsson charges phone makers.
Amid the background of increased global tension over Chinese vendors’ 5G technology being banned by the U.S. and other countries, officials from China’s State Administration for Market Regulation (SAMR) are looking into Ericsson’s patent licensing practices after receiving complaints, according to The Wall Street Journal.
In an email to FierceTelecom, an Ericsson spokesman confirmed that the company was under investigation by SAMR.
