THE US federal Communications Commission (FCC) has ordered China Telecom Americas to stop supplying telecoms services in the US due to national security concerns, reports Hong Kong's South China Morning Post.
The move gives China Telecom Americas 60 days to end its domestic and international service in the US. The order required the company to explain why the US government's concerns were unfounded or risk losing its operating licence.
'China Telecom Americas' ownership and control raised significant national security and law enforcement risks, providing opportunities for China Telecom Americas, its parent entities and the Chinese government to access, store, disrupt and/or ?? misroute US communications, allowing espionage and other harmful activities against the United States,' said Gabrielle Kim, a legal adviser in the telecommunications and analysis division of the FCC's international bureau.
Acting FCC chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel, who Joe Biden nominated, said in the hearing that the Chinese company 'has not been forthright in its representations' to the agency.
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The move gives China Telecom Americas 60 days to end its domestic and international service in the US. The order required the company to explain why the US government's concerns were unfounded or risk losing its operating licence.
'China Telecom Americas' ownership and control raised significant national security and law enforcement risks, providing opportunities for China Telecom Americas, its parent entities and the Chinese government to access, store, disrupt and/or ?? misroute US communications, allowing espionage and other harmful activities against the United States,' said Gabrielle Kim, a legal adviser in the telecommunications and analysis division of the FCC's international bureau.
Acting FCC chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel, who Joe Biden nominated, said in the hearing that the Chinese company 'has not been forthright in its representations' to the agency.
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