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FCC Bans the Import and Sale of Chinese Equipment Deemed to Pose a National Security Risk

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC or Commission) has adopted new rules prohibiting authorization for importation, marketing, or sale in the U.S. of certain Chinese telecommunications and video surveillance equipment...more

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FCC Bans Import of Chinese Technology

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) will categorically ban devices over national security concerns for the first time in history. Per a new order, the FCC will prohibit the import and sale of devices produced by...more

Kelley Drye & Warren LLP

FCC July Open Meeting Focuses on Supply Chain Reimbursement and Radar Operations in the 60 GHz Band

The FCC released a light agenda for its next Commission Open Meeting, scheduled for Tuesday, July 13, 2021. The meeting will kick off by first considering a Third Report and Order (“Order”) to amend the agency’s rules for the...more

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FCC Releases List of Communications Equipment and Services Raising National Security Risks

Bringing to a close the process initiated with the adoption of the Secure and Trusted Communications Act of 2019, the FCC’s Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau released its list of communications equipment and services...more

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Financial Daily Dose 2.10.2021 | Top Story: U.S. Drops Plans to Force TikTok Sale to Oracle and Walmart

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After months of drama that we dutifully catalogued right here, the U.S. plan to “force the sale of TikTok’s American operations” to Oracle and Walmart “has been shelved indefinitely.” The forced sale has “languished since...more

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FERC Opens Inquiry into Foreign Adversary-Provided Bulk Power System Telecommunications Equipment, Focusing on Huawei and ZTE...

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On September 17, 2020, FERC issued a Notice of Inquiry (“NOI”) seeking comments on strategies to mitigate any potential risks to the bulk electric system posed by telecommunications equipment and services produced or provided...more

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Huawei and ZTE Designated as Threats to National Security

On June 30, 2020, the Federal Communications Commission's (FCC) Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau (PSHSB) made final the Commission's prior proposed designation of Huawei Technologies Company (Huawei) and ZTE...more

Kelley Drye & Warren LLP

FCC Remains Focused on Communications Supply Chain Protection; Seeks Comment on Continued Implementation of Secure Networks Act

Protecting the U.S. communications supply chain from national security threats has become a priority for the Federal Communications Commission (“FCC” or “Commission”) and the agency’s recent Communications Supply Chain...more

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Supply Chain Threats and Cybersecurity Compliance Issues on the Horizon

New rules and developments continue to proliferate as the U.S. government seeks to minimize supply chain threats and cybersecurity risks. For contract awards issued after August 13, 2020, prime contractors must conduct a...more

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The U.S. Imposes New Export Control, Telecommunications and Other Measures in Response to China’s Actions in Hong Kong and...

Each day that passes seems to bring with it ever more rapid and significant changes to the U.S. relationship with China. As detailed in a Faegre Drinker client alert last month, on May 27, 2020, the State Department certified...more

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Financial Daily Dose 7.1.2020 | Top Story: Airbus to Cut 15,000 Jobs in Effort to Weather Pandemic-induced Drop in Air Travel

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French aircraft giant Airbus is cutting 15,000 jobs—the “largest downsizing in the company’s history”—as it prepares for a “lasting decline” in airline demand in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic....more

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CFIUS Continues Active 2020 With Proposed Rule Modifying Mandatory Declarations

Since the beginning of 2020, the U.S. Department of the Treasury (Treasury) has issued numerous regulations to implement fully the Foreign Risk Review Modernization Act of 2018 (FIRRMA) on behalf of the Committee on Foreign...more

Kelley Drye & Warren LLP

FCC Continues Supply Chain Protection Efforts; ETCs to Report on Huawei and ZTE Use by April 22, 2020

The Federal Communications Commission (“FCC”) is acting swiftly on efforts to protect the communications supply chain from entities posing a national security threat. In a Public Notice (“Public Notice”) released yesterday,...more

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FCC Bans Use of USF Funds for Covered Equipment and Services From Designated Companies - Huawei and ZTE Targeted First

In its recent Report and Order (Order), the Federal Communication Commission (FCC) adopted a rule prohibiting the use of Universal Service Fund (USF) funds by USF recipients that are eligible telecommunications carriers...more

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FCC Signals It May Be Prepared to Greatly Expand Its Proposed Ban on Huawei and ZTE Equipment

As previously reported, the FCC’s ban of Huawei and ZTE equipment and services from projects subsidized by the FCC’s Universal Service Fund (USF) became effective on January 3, 2020, following the publication of its December...more

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FCC Prohibits Carriers Receiving USF Support from Using Providers Deemed to Pose a National Security Risk; Further Notice to...

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In a strongly worded Report and Order, Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, and Order (the “Order”) released on November 26, 2019, the FCC adopted several measures to protect U.S. communications networks from potential...more

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Current “Whole of Government” Approach to Perceived National Security Risks from Chinese Technology Reflected in the FCC’s Latest...

On November 26, 2019, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) voted unanimously to ban Huawei Technologies Company and ZTE Corporation equipment and services from all projects subsidized by funding from the FCC’s...more

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US Government Actions Greatly Increase Oversight of US Supply Chains

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The U.S. government undertook several recent actions that will greatly increase its oversight of U.S. supply chains in a number of key business sectors, including technology, telecommunications, digital and data services and...more

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Tensions Over Huawei Escalate With Commerce Department Trade Restrictions

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The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is working quickly to facilitate the deployment of fifth-generation (5G) wireless infrastructure, as formalized in the agency’s 5G Fast Plan (“Facilitate America’s Superiority in 5G...more

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Financial Daily Dose 6.7.2019 | Top Story: Markets Keep Eye on US Jobs Report

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Jobs Report Friday again! Lots to look for in the numbers this month, especially considering the economic uncertainty that’s defined the past few weeks....more

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Financial Daily Dose 5.21.2019 | Top Story: FCC Approves T-Mobile/Sprint Merger

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FCC Chair Ajit Pai gave his agency’s stamp of approval to the pending $26 billion T-Mobile/Sprint merger on Monday, helping move the deal towards completion based on pledges from the companies to develop “a robust 5G network...more

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AT&T has dropped plans to sell the Mate 10—the newest smartphone from China’s Huawei Technologies—just before the partnership was to be announced. AT&T gave no reasons for its abrupt reversal, but lawmakers have recently...more

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