Cybersecurity
U.S. FCC Bars China Mobile, Reviewing Other Chinese Carriers
- FCC votes against allowing China Mobile direct connections
- Decision comes amid growing U.S.-China trade friction
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The U.S. Federal Communications Commission barred China Mobile Ltd. from the U.S. market over national security concerns and said it was opening a review of other Chinese companies amid friction between the world’s biggest economies.
The FCC voted 5-0 to deny China Mobile’s request to enter the U.S. market, after being urged to do so by the Trump administration. FCC Chairman Ajit Pai after the vote said the agency is “looking at” authorizations granted earlier to China Telecom and China Unicom. He declined to say what that process entails.