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Investing.com -- The Federal Communications Commission announced Wednesday it intends to adopt rules prohibiting companies from connecting undersea submarine communication cables to the United States if they contain Chinese technology or equipment.
FCC (BME:FCC) Chair Brendan Carr stated, "We have seen submarine cable infrastructure threatened in recent years by foreign adversaries, like China. We are therefore taking action here to guard our submarine cables against foreign adversary ownership, and access as well as cyber and physical threats."
The United States has expressed concerns for years about China’s involvement in handling network traffic and potential espionage risks. U.S. regulators have broader data security concerns regarding the network of more than 400 subsea cables that carry 99% of international internet traffic.
Since 2020, U.S. regulators have played a key role in canceling four cables whose backers had sought to connect the United States with Hong Kong.
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