Executive-branch review of foreign participation in U.S. telecom licences.
The FCC denies Digitalsystem Technology Inc.’s application for global facilities-based and global resale international section 214 authority because the record shows substantial national-security and law-enforcement risks that cannot be mitigated.
The FCC Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau adds Digitalsystem Technology Inc.’s section 214 international telecommunications services to the FCC Covered List based on a national-security determination by the Committee for the Assessment of Foreign Participation in the U.S. Telecommunications Services Sector.
The FCC directs HKT and four wholly owned subsidiaries to show cause why their domestic and international section 214 authority should not be revoked or terminated based on national-security, law-enforcement, Covered List, compliance, and character concerns.
The FCC’s Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau adds Kaspersky-branded information-security products and specified China Mobile and China Telecom services to the Communications Act Section 2 Covered List, including the named entities’ subsidiaries and affiliates.
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