The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has blocked a California-based telecom firm from providing international services and added its proposed operations to a national security risk list over its links to Chinese telecom companies.
In a July 7 order, the FCC blocked Digitalsystem Technology Inc.’s application to provide international telecommunications services in the United States, saying the corporation is controlled and majority-owned by a citizen of China and that its proposed operations pose “substantial and unacceptable national security and law enforcement risks.”
In a separate action the same day, the FCC also added Digitalsystem’s proposed international telecom services to its Covered List of services that are deemed to pose an unacceptable risk to the national security of the United States. As a result, they are barred from receiving federal subsidies, from being used by federal contractors, and from further imports and sales….