U.S. Ban on China Telecom Signals Broad Concern Over Beijing
- FCC cites national security concerns, government connections
- Follows effort to remove Chinese tech from U.S. networks
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A U.S. ban of China Telecom (Americas) Corp. by regulators shows that broad concerns about Beijing persist in Washington, even as the Biden administration takes steps to improve communications between the world’s biggest economies.
The U.S. Federal Communications Commission, an independent government agency overseen by Congress, on Tuesday voted 4-0 to cancel permission to operate in the U.S. for the unit of China Telecom, one of three leading communications providers in China.