The pressures continue to mount on Huawei. The latest blows are a decision by the UK government to toughen its stance, announcing a complete ban on Huawei equipment in 5G networks rather than the previously agreed 35% cap in 5G and fiber access networks. There are rumors that Italy will adopt a similar approach, while TSMC, the world’s largest chip foundry, has confirmed that it will not longer supply chips to Huawei after September 14. The last of these setbacks was revealed last month. The USA had stepped up its campaign to exclude Huawei from 5G networks in allied countries, and barred component makers which use US software from selling to the Chinese vendor – US software is ubiquitous in…