An appeals court has upheld a decision made by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to prevent market access to China Unicom (Americas) Operations Ltd. (CUA) from the U.S. telecom sector.
CUA is a California corporation owned by the Chinese communist regime.
In 2022, the FCC voted to block CUA from the American market. FCC Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel said at the time that there was “mounting evidence—and with it, a growing concern—that Chinese state-owned carriers pose a real threat to the security of our telecommunications networks.”
The agency issued a revocation order in February 2022, blocking CUA’s operational authority under Section 214 of the Communications Act of 1934….