Coverage dated October 25, 2021 to October 26, 2021
US government orders Chinese phone carrier to leave the United States
Headline from KTVB Boise, on the newest of 2 developments
The FCC cited the danger that Beijing might use the company to eavesdrop or disrupt U.S. communications and "engage in espionage and other harmful activities."
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Developments in this update
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The FCC revokes authorization for China's largest telecoms company to operate in the US, citing national security concerns
Headline from Insider ·
Newest
US government orders Chinese phone carrier to leave the United States
The FCC cited the danger that Beijing might use the company to eavesdrop or disrupt U.S. communications and "engage in espionage and other harmful activities."
BEIJING (AP) — U.S. regulators are expelling a unit of China Telecom Ltd., one of the country's three major state-owned carriers, from the American market as a national security threat
By Jill Disis, CNN Business Washington is barring a major Chinese state-owned telecommunications firm from operating in the United States over national security concerns — an action that threatens to once again increase tensions between the world’s two largest economies.
