FCC affirms ZTE poses US national security threat
25 November, 2020
The Government Communications Commission (FCC) said on Tuesday it had rejected a petition from ZTE Corp asking the agency to reconsider its decision designating the Chinese company as a U.S. national reliability threat to communications systems.
The Government Communications Commission (FCC) said on Tuesday it had rejected a petition from ZTE Corp asking the agency to reconsider its decision designating the Chinese company as a U.S. national secureness threat to communications networks.
The FCC announced in June it had formally designated Chinese's Huawei Technologies Co and ZTE as threats, a declaration that bars U.S. organizations from tapping an US$8.3 billion government fund to get equipment from the companies.
ZTE did not immediately respond to a obtain comment.
The other day, the FCC reported it was extending timeframe to react to Huawei's petition until Dec. 11 "to totally and adequately consider the voluminous record."
In May 2019, President Donald Trump signed an executive order barring U.S. companies from using telecommunications equipment made by companies posing national secureness risks and the administration added Huawei to its trade blacklist.
The FCC on Dec. 10 will vote on rules to greatly help carriers remove and replace equipment from companies posing security risks from networks.
FCC Chairman Ajit Pai said the other day the commission will need up two unspecified countrywide security things at its Dec. 10 meeting.
In April, the FCC disclosed it could shut down the U.S. operations of three state-managed Chinese telecommunications companies: China Telecom, China Unicom and Pacific Systems Corp and its own subsidiary ComNet (USA).
The practically 20-year-old authorizations allow Chinese telecom companies to provide interconnection services for calls between the USA and other countries.
The other day, the FCC said it was reclaiming Foreign Signaling Point Codes assigned to China Telecom (Americas), saying it had motivated "the three codes are no more used." China Telecom did not immediately comment.
Previous month, the FCC asked the Justice Department to weigh in found on whether China Unicom’s U.S procedures pose security risks.
In May 2019, the FCC voted unanimously to deny another state-owned Chinese telecommunications company, China Mobile, the proper to supply U.S. offerings, citing concerns China might use the approval to carry out espionage against the U.S. government.
Source: www.channelnewsasia.com
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