U.S. FCC Proposes Ban on Direct Access to U.S. Number Resources for Three Major Chinese Carriers
On October 29, the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) announced it will vote on November 19 on a proposal to bar China Mobile, China Telecom, China Unicom, and other related VoIP service providers from directly obtaining U.S. phone number resources, citing national security and the need to combat fraud and robocalls. The proposal currently does not affect existing standard international calls. The FCC also plans to prohibit service providers using equipment from companies on its risk…
U.S. FCC Proposes to Ban Three Major Chinese Carriers from Directly Accessing U.S. Phone Number Resources
The U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) announced on October 29 that it will vote on a proposal on November 19 to prohibit China Mobile, China Telecom, China Unicom, and other related VoIP service providers from directly accessing U.S. telephone number resources, citing national security concerns and the need to combat fraudulent and harassing calls. The proposal targets only the direct access rights to U.S. telephone number resources and will not currently affect the making or receiving of existing standard international calls.
The FCC also proposes to bar service providers that use equipment from companies on its risk list, such as Huawei and ZTE, from directly accessing U.S. telephone number resources. Previously, the U.S. entities of these three carriers had already had their authorizations for international telecommunications services in the U.S. denied or revoked.