Yesterday, Republican FCC Commissioner Brendan Carr called for adding DJI, a Chinese drone company, to the FCC’s Covered List [https://www.fcc.gov/supplychain/coveredlist], which would prohibit federal money from being used to purchase its equipment. This list identifies "communications equipment and services ... that are deemed to

As we reported [https://www.chinatrademonitor.com/fcc-program-for-removal-and-replacement-of-chinese-telecoms-equipment-moves-forward/] in July, the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has moved ahead with a plan for reimbursing telecoms companies for the cost of removing, replacing, and disposing of communications equipment that "poses an unacceptable risk to national security," targeting equipment

On July 13, the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) adopted [https://www.fcc.gov/document/fcc-acts-protect-national-security-communications-supply-chain-0] an order [https://docs.fcc.gov/public/attachments/FCC-21-86A1.pdf] that updates the rules on reimbursing telecoms companies for the cost of removing, replacing, and disposing of communications equipment that "poses an