According to foreign media Lightwave, the US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) stated that it will issue a revocation and termination order to revoke China Telecom Americas Corp.’s power to provide telecommunications services in the United States. The FCC found that the company failed to refute allegations that its operations pose a threat to the national security of the United States. Therefore, after the order is issued, the Chinese service provider will have 60 days to stop its operations in the United States.

FCC stated that it acted on the recommendation of the administration. In December last year, when Donald Trump was still president, the committee initiated a process that allowed relevant parties, including the executive branch and China Telecom’s US branch, to make arguments about the impact of the company’s activities in the United States.

The reasons for this concern are similar to those of Chinese technology suppliers such as Huawei and ZTE: in the case of tensions between China and the United States, the so-called government owns or influences the company’s activities and therefore poses a security risk, including allowing the Chinese government to have eavesdropping Or the ability to interfere with communication. In addition, the FCC stated that China Telecom Americas has demonstrated what the committee said “lack of frankness, credibility and reliability, which has weakened the basic level of trust the committee and other U.S. government agencies have in telecom operators”. The FCC further stated that China Telecom Americas violated two of the five provisions stipulated in the letter of guarantee with the administrative agency in 2007, and the administrative agency provided confidential information supporting the committee’s decision.

For some time, especially during the Trump administration, the FCC has been reviewing the operations of several Chinese telecom service providers in the United States. For example, the committee issued a “show cause” notice to four such companies, including China Telecom Americas, in April 2020, requiring them to provide evidence to persuade the FCC not to start withdrawing its services in the United States and procedures authorized by the domestic and international authorities.