WASHINGTON- U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Tuesday said he is confident there will be effective 5G competitors to Huawei from Western vendors at comparable costs, adding that he believes Western technologies will come to dominate telecommunications.

"I am confident that there will be a cost effective deliverables from Western trusted vendors that can deliver the same services or better services at comparative cost," Pompeo said during an Atlantic Council event.

(Reporting by Arshad Mohammed, Humeyra Pamuk, David Brunnstrom and Daphne Psaledakis ) ((Daphne.Psaledakis@thomsonreuters.com;))