Telecom companies begin dropping Huawei phones as US crackdown bites

Carriers in Japan, Taiwan and Britain stop taking early orders for newer smartphone models from Huawei.

Wireless operators are scrapping plans to sell Huawei mobile phones as the Chinese equipment giant reels from a supply ban imposed by U.S. President Donald Trump.

Carriers in Japan, Taiwan and Britain stopped taking early orders for newer smartphone models from Huawei Technologies Co. on Wednesday or shelved plans to offer its handsets equipped for new fifth-generation wireless networks.

Trump’s move last week to put Huawei on an export blacklist amid a trade war with Beijing threatens to cut the tech company off from U.S. software and component suppliers. Telecom operators fear that could affect the functioning of its newest