US telecoms agency votes to expand tech crackdown on China
The FCC advanced a proposal to bar all Chinese labs from testing electronics, including phones, cameras and computers, for use in the US
The Federal Communications Commission on Thursday voted unanimously to advance a proposal to bar all Chinese labs from testing electronic devices such as smartphones, cameras and computers for use in the United States.
The agency says about 75 per cent of all US electronics are tested in China and plans to adopt a streamlined approval process for devices tested in US labs or labs from countries not posing national security risks.
In a separate 3-0 vote, the commission advanced a proposal to bar China Mobile, China Telecom and China Unicom from operating data centres in the US and could ban telecoms carriers from interconnecting with companies on its national security “Covered List”.
Previously, the FCC barred the three companies from operating in the US.