US FCC to vote to tighten restrictions on Chinese equipment

China Unicom Hong Kong

06/10/2025 21:34

WASHINGTON, Oct 6 (Reuters) - The Federal Communications Commission will vote this month to tighten restrictions on equipment made by Chinese companies deemed national security risks, the latest in a series of U.S. actions targeting Beijing.

The U.S. telecom regulator previously named companies including Huawei Technologies, ZTE 000063.SZ, Hangzhou Hikvision 002415.SZ, China Mobile 600941.SS and China Telecom 601728.SS to the so-called "Covered List," which bars the FCC from authorizing for import or sale new equipment from those companies. FCC Chair Brendan Carr said the agency will vote to prohibit authorization of devices containing component parts that are on the Covered List and authorize the FCC to prohibit sale of previously-authorized Covered List equipment in specific cases.

 (Reporting by David Shepardson)

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