Expands list of equipment and services from companies posing a risk to national security
25 Mar 2022
On 25 March, the Federal Communications Commission's Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau of the United States (FCC) announced the new additions to its "Covered List", targeting equipment and services that pose a risk to national security to the United States.
As a result, equipment and services from three companies (AO Kaspersky Lab, China Telecom (Americas) Corp, China Mobile International USA Inc.) and their subsidiaries and affiliates will be added to the Covered List. The inclusion in the Covered List means that US telecommunication providers must remove all equipment and services provided by such companies from their operating telecom networks and are now banned from using FCC funds to acquire equipment or services from these three companies and its subsidiaries.
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Treatment and operation (Other)
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Services (Telecommunications)
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