I hope you&#x27;re also assuming Ericsson isn&#x27;t stupid either. Ericsson have several (compounding) advantages: since it&#x27;s their core-competence, they have more people working on RF tech, they also have been in the game for longer[1] which allowed them to get the low hanging fruits and time to get their tech into more standards. I&#x27;d guess Ericson has more cellular patents by at least an order of magnitude; likely more.<p>1. Ericsson has been in the telecoms business since 1876