Bell Canada and Telus Pick European 5G suppliers

Yesterday, two of Canada's three largest telecoms said they would source 5G equipment from European suppliers instead of China’s Huawei.

• Bell Canada picked Ericsson as its second supplier of 5G network equipment. In February, the telecom said it would buy parts from Nokia.
• Telus also said it was going with Ericsson and Nokia. The decision is notable because Telus has a significant amount of Huawei gear in its 4G network.

Rogers Communications, the other top Canadian carrier, is a longtime customer of Ericsson.

Behind the scenes, the U.S. has heavily pressured its "Five Eyes" intelligence-sharing partners—the U.K., Canada, New Zealand, and Australia—to rip up and replace Huawei gear from their wireless networks.

Probably related: The relationship between Canada and Huawei has sharply deteriorated since December 2018, when the Royal Canadian Mounted Police arrested Huawei CFO Meng Wanzhou at the request of the U.S. Justice Department.

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