<story><title>Bell, Telus to use Nokia and Ericsson, not Huawei, in building their 5G networks</title><url>https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/bce-5g-ericsson-1.5594601</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>jbay808</author><text>For a long period of time, these companies would not publicly commit to going ahead without Huawei for 5G, and despite pressure from the US (and warnings from CSIS), the Canadian government still has not made an announcement about whether Huawei would be restricted as a supplier.&lt;p&gt;Many Canadians were frustrated by this, feeling like they didn&amp;#x27;t want Huawei networks but that they weren&amp;#x27;t being heard.&lt;p&gt;It occurs to me now that had any of those steps been taken before reaching a deal with Ericsson, it would have given Ericsson a much stronger bargaining position and they probably could have charged a lot more.&lt;p&gt;This isn&amp;#x27;t the first time where I&amp;#x27;ve felt frustrated, unheard, and kept in the dark, only to later realize that there may have been important considerations that I just wasn&amp;#x27;t aware of.</text></comment>
<story><title>Bell, Telus to use Nokia and Ericsson, not Huawei, in building their 5G networks</title><url>https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/bce-5g-ericsson-1.5594601</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>rrrrrrrrrrrryan</author><text>I&amp;#x27;m as much a proponent of free trade as the next guy, but I do think there&amp;#x27;s a strong argument for trying to build and maintaining one&amp;#x27;s own infrastructure whenever possible, even if it&amp;#x27;s a bit more expensive. Not just for national security concerns, but because they&amp;#x27;re big domestic projects and it&amp;#x27;s nice to have to the talent and knowledge at home.</text></comment>