The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit ruled this week that the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) acted properly when it banned video equipment from Chinese companies Hikvision and Dahua from being sold in the U.S.

Legislation that would prohibit drones from Chinese company Da-Jiang Innovations (DJI) has been discussed at a Congressional hearing and passed by the relevant Subcommittee, clearing the way for sending it to the full House Committee responsible.

In an opinion issued yesterday, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit upheld the decision by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to revoke the authority of Pacific Networks Corp. and ComNet (USA) LLC to provide domestic interstate and international telecommunications services within the United States.

In an opinion issued in late December, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit upheld the decision by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to revoke the authority of China Telecom (Americas) Corp. to operate domestic and international transmission lines.

At a press conference today, a MOFCOM spokesperson offered comments on the new U.S. rules banning Chinese telecoms equipment as well as on the U.S. Inflation Reduction Act.

The U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) took action last week to further crack down on the use of Chinese-tied telecoms equipment in American communications networks, issuing new rules that will cover the products of five well-known Chinese companies.

Invited by Taiwan's National Communications Commission (NCC), FCC Commissioner Brendan Carr paid a three-day visit to Taiwan, during which time he discussed cybersecurity and telecoms with Taiwan officials. This is the first time that an FCC Commissioner has visited Taiwan.