The Federal Communications Commission has launched a sweeping new investigation into firms aligned with the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) that may still be operating in the United States after being blacklisted due to national security concerns.
FCC Chairman Brendan Carr announced the initiative on March 21, calling it the first major action led by the agency’s newly formed Council on National Security, which he formally unveiled last week. The council’s mission includes preventing cyber attacks on critical U.S. infrastructure and rooting out foreign espionage threats.
The probe focuses on whether firms like Huawei, ZTE, China Telecom, and others—previously placed on the FCC’s “Covered List” due to their equipment and services posing unacceptable risks—continue to operate in the United States through regulatory loopholes or informal channels….