Canada decision on Huawei in a few weeks: Trudeau

Two of Canada's three major telecommunication companies have already said they've decided not to use Huawei for their 5G networks

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Tuesday that Canada will decide within weeks whether to allow Chinese tech giant Huawei into the country's next-generation 5G wireless networks and noted that major telecommunication companies have already started to remove Huawei from their networks.

Canada and its security agencies have been studying whether to use equipment from Huawei as phone carriers prepare to roll out fifth-generation technology, which is designed to support a vast expansion of networks to facilitate medical devices, self-driving cars and other uses.

Two of Canada's three major telecommunication companies have already said they've decided not to use Huawei for their 5G networks. Bell Canada has said Sweden-based Ericsson will be its supplier and Telus Corp. has said it has selected Ericsson and Nokia. Rogers already has a longstanding partnership with Ericsson.