The carriers had every plan to use Huawei, the cost savings would drive far better profit margins and faster rollout for the same capital investment. However,

The carriers had every plan to use Huawei, the cost savings would drive far better profit margins and faster rollout for the same capital investment. However, with the extradition situation with Meng and the threats from the CCP, it is clear that it isn't possible to do business with the company. The risk of a future need to tear out and replace Huawei product due to geo-political/ cyber-warfare in the future outweighs the savings from dealing with Ericsson or Nokia.