I'm not in the telco space anymore, but Motorola, Cisco, Alcatel Lucent (or whatever they are now) are all a mix aren't they, Euro/US
I think it’s Ericsson and Nokia (which bought Alcatel Lucent I think) that are the main competitors.
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ojl commented on The thing about Europe: it's the actual land of the free now economist.com/europe/2025... · Posted by u/cruzcampo
The sad thing is I've always seen (and still do see) the US as a friend, despite the fact that the current government is trying really hard to turn the US into a dictatorship(shutting down medias that criticize them, cozying up with literal criminals, murderers and worse and so on and calling it "freedom" - the exact same approach lenin had). I know things will turn around eventually since this is not the first such instance in the history of the US. Coming from eastern Europe, the US was the place to be when I was growing up and this carried on into the first half of my 20's. I immigrated into western Europe in my teens and continued my education there but as soon as my country entered the EU, somehow the appeal of going to the US slowly started to vanish. The idea of dealing with immigration offices and endless bureaucracy was really not pleasant. And surprisingly after I completed my studies, I moved back home and all things considered, this was probably the best decision I've ever made.
Now let's set something straight: Europe is bureaucratic hellhole, which is the reason why entrepreneurship is fairly uncommon. Here we are taught to go through the procedures, get whatever licenses and paperwork is required, make sure we follow all steps and cover everything up and then and only then start building a product. The US philosophy is the complete opposite approach: start building and figure it out along the way, which is the reason why Europe is always behind the curve.
This however ended up being both a curse and blessing in disguise for us: the digitalization of everyday life took longer, whereas everyone and their dog in the US had a smartphone and social networks from day 0. In addition, here in Europe we've been exposed to bad actors such as russia for centuries and many of us can navigate through their tactics, whereas the US instantly swallowed everything that was thrown at them with the oldest trick in their book: "media is lying to you, see this picture/video only here". A decade and a half of actively trying to discredit establishments and it ended where it's at. And as much as GDPR is a pain in the ass, companies here are very well aware how badly things can go for them if things are not kept in check. Which, as a citizen, is a great thing.
The other problem with the quick rise of digitization in the US in conjunction with practically non-existent regulations around privacy are grifters, which truly swarmed the internet. Business strategy: make a dumb video "owning someone", share it around so people learn who you are, get them roiled up against one another, having half of them become your worshipers, release a book, merchandise or courses and you are set for life. From practical nobodies all the way up to presidents - it's a guaranteed success. But you have to have 0 moral values to do that and at some point you will need people around you. Thing is that it's only a question of time before everyone around you starts realizing that no one has moral values and start screwing each other up. The US is currently in that stage.
All things considered, the US has fallen really far behind in terms of freedom in single digit months.
Edit: Some time ago my mum was watching some interview with an analyst who really summed it up: "I used to believe the US was about 100 years ahead of China in terms of innovation. I was wrong, it's probably closer to 50. And if you ask me where we are in Europe? Preoccupied with coming up with more inconvenient bottle caps to solve a problem we don't have".
> the digitalization of everyday life took longer, whereas everyone and their dog in the US had a smartphone and social networks from day 0.
This very much depends on where in Europe you were living. In parts of the Nordics (at least Sweden and I think Finland as well) cell phones were very common already in the 90s, and a few years later smart phones as well. I don’t even remember when it wasn’t possible to handle taxes, banking and similar stuff with an app or online. We also had social networks but I guess most died when Facebook arrived here. The US are usually ahead of us in consumer products, but to say that all European countries are bad at all kinds of innovation is quite exaggerated.
>Sounds like you want a completely isolationist trade policy
No. You made this up.
>The EU doesn't spend 0% on defense.
They don't spend their full NATO commitments. And they are only increasing their spending because the current POTUS is bullying them into it.
>soft power/geopolitical benefits
People love talking about this but hard power is better.
> They don't spend their full NATO commitments.
Some do and some don’t. EU is not one country. But in general it’s a bit strange that we didn’t start increase spending already around 2014.
No this is wrong. Europe has nuclear power, weapons, and navies. And Europe has an obligation to spend on its own defense (which they have not fulfilled in some time).
Two countries in Europe have nuclear weapons (several have nuclear power though). Sweden for example had a nuclear weapons program that was shut down in the late 60s (guess which country strongly wanted us to shut it down).
I think most European countries cut down too much on the defence after the Cold War, but it seems we are about to fix that. But it’s not like the US gave away fighter jets and other weapon systems for free. Several European countries spent lots of money buying US planes and other stuff.
>The US paid by far the most for defense and so had by far the most influence and power in the world
That's the thing, Americans have become very skeptical of our own influence and power, for good reason. Look what we did to the Middle East. Look at the shenanigans we were funding with USAID. There isn't actually a constituency for this imperialism stuff in the US. US voters don't like it.
In any case -- if we had so much influence, why were previous presidents like Bush and Obama unsuccessful in influencing the EU to fund its own defense?
>forcing the EU to become a competing military power
It's not about competition, it's about Europe taking responsibility for itself.
You want a global cop? How about you do it yourself for a bit? It's a terrible job. Maybe you should take a turn at it.
> unsuccessful in influencing the EU to fund its own defense
We did cut down too much on our defence, especially after the Cold war (not all European countries though, like Finland). But, many European countries have bought plenty of expensive US military equipment like fighter aircraft, helicopters, anti aircraft systems, etc. It’s not like those were a gift.
ojl commented on France rejects backdoor mandate eff.org/deeplinks/2025/03... · Posted by u/hn_acker
Plus apparently there are things that only USA can currently do, awacs radar support and other recon I think
I believe there are several non-US awacs systems out there, although the American ones are probably the most common.
ojl commented on US stops sharing intelligence on Russia with Ukraine theguardian.com/world/202... · Posted by u/c-oreills
Says the troll getting paid a few rubles parroting russian propaganda on western forums..
ojl commented on US stops sharing intelligence on Russia with Ukraine theguardian.com/world/202... · Posted by u/c-oreills
Wait, is Russia so weakened that it's unable to win this war or is it so strong that if it wins, Europe and eventually even the USA would be next? Pick one, you can't have both.
I personally am not afraid of russia successfully invading my country, especially considering how much men and equipment they lost in Ukraine. But if the war in Ukraine would end on Russian terms, they might get more stupid ideas later after rebuilding their military.
ojl commented on US stops sharing intelligence on Russia with Ukraine theguardian.com/world/202... · Posted by u/c-oreills
> or your -- I suspect -- other account ossobuco
Calling anyone who wants peace a bot or troll or foreign agent won't change things. It will only show that you are very displased at the idea that we won't get WWIII. Not a great look, trust me.
Or russia could maybe just leave? Quickest and smoothest way to get peace.
ojl commented on US stops sharing intelligence on Russia with Ukraine theguardian.com/world/202... · Posted by u/c-oreills
So you mean we should be happy with peace on russian terms and rewarding them for invading their neighbour? Russia is very much weakened and probably would like this though.