The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) of the United States has denied ZTE’s petition to reconsider an earlier decision designating it as a security risk. The FCC’s Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau reviewed ZTE’s record and found no basis to reconsider its assessment that the Chinese company is a threat to telecom networks and supply chain. In November 2019, the FCC barred companies it considered national security threats from receiving support from the universal service fund. Among these companies were ZTE and Huawei. The FCC cited the possibility that the Chinese government could force the two firms to cooperate with China’s intelligence services by spying or disrupting networks.

Source: Manila Times November 26, 2020 05:34 UTC