The FCC’s Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau announces that the Department of War’s Conditional Approval requires exclusion of ANSCER Robotics’ AR250, AR650, and AR1250 robotic platforms from the FCC Covered List.
The FCC issued a Citation to Derycom Certification Services, Inc., finding that the company apparently misrepresented its U.S. presence and certified radiofrequency devices beyond its authorized technical scope.
The FCC’s Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau announces that specified ASUS and Comtrend routers and Husqvarna robotic platforms are exempt from the FCC Covered List because the Department of War granted them Conditional Approvals.
The Letter of Agreement (LOA) establishes Paramount Global’s binding national-security and law-enforcement mitigation commitments in connection with its request for FCC approval of foreign ownership above Section 310(b)(4)’s 25% benchmarks.
The FCC imposes a $25,000 monetary forfeiture on Cogito Tech Company Limited for willfully or repeatedly failing to respond to an Enforcement Bureau Letter of Inquiry concerning possible U.S. marketing of radiofrequency equipment on the Covered List, specifically foreign-produced drones (UAS or UAS critical components).
The FCC proposes a $188,491 forfeiture against each of Hytera Communications Corporation Limited and ZTE Corporation and orders each company to publicly update its Covered List affiliate disclosures after finding apparent willful and repeated violations of 47 CFR § 2.903(d).
The FCC Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau adds foreign-produced power inverters and advanced robotic devices to the FCC Covered List based on Executive Branch national-security determinations.
The FCC Office of Engineering and Technology waives, through at least January 1, 2029, specified prohibitions on Class I and Class II permissive changes for previously authorized covered foreign-produced advanced robotic devices and power inverters.
The FCC’s Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau announces that Department of War Conditional Approval exempts SpaceX Services, Inc.’s Starlink routers from the FCC Covered List, subject to a February 1, 2028 termination date.
The FCC Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau excludes specified uncrewed aircraft systems and router classes from the Covered List because the Department of War granted Conditional Approvals for those devices.
The FCC adopts new equipment-authorization and marketing restrictions to address national-security risks in the communications supply chain, while seeking comment on additional Covered List and equipment-authorization measures.
The FCC’s Office of Engineering and Technology institutes a proceeding to withdraw Shenzhen STS Test Services Co. Ltd.’s recognition as an accredited test laboratory based on its tentative determination that the laboratory willfully submitted false or inaccurate equipment test results.
The FCC’s Office of Engineering and Technology (OET) and Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau (PSHSB) initiate a proceeding requiring Odyssey Robot LLC to show cause why the Commission should not revoke two equipment authorizations that the bureaus tentatively find were obtained through false representations concerning Covered List equipment.
PSHSB announces that two routers received Department of War Conditional Approval and therefore are exempt from the FCC Covered List.
The FCC’s Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau and Office of Engineering and Technology propose limiting existing equipment authorizations to prohibit the continued importation and marketing of specified covered UAS, UAS critical components, and section 1709 communications and video-surveillance equipment.
The FCC’s Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau announces that the Department of War granted Conditional Approval for Gemtek Technology Co., Ltd.’s WRTQ-411BE and WNRFQQ-113BE routers, requiring their exclusion from the FCC Covered List through the approval period.
The FCC Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau announces that the Department of War conditionally approved Vantiva USA, LLC’s CWA438TX router and therefore exempts that device from the FCC Covered List.
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’s Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau and Office of Engineering and Technology prohibit the continued importation and marketing of previously authorized covered communications equipment added to the Covered List in 2024 or earlier, while preserving existing users’ ability to operate equipment they already possess.
The FCC requires entities that own or operate submarine line terminal equipment (SLTE) on submarine cables landing in the United States to hold a cable landing license, while adopting additional security requirements and a faster review pathway.
The FCC’s Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau (PSHSB) updates the Covered List to exclude specified uncrewed aircraft systems (UAS), UAS critical components, and routers that received Department of War (DoW) Conditional Approvals.
The FCC Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau removes foreign-produced “Toy Drones” and “Toy Drones that contain foreign-produced components” from the FCC Covered List based on a Department of War determination that they do not pose an unacceptable national-security or U.S.-person safety risk.
The FCC’s Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau announces that specified uncrewed aircraft systems (UAS), UAS critical components, and routers covered by Department of War Conditional Approvals are exempt from the FCC Covered List.
The FCC Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau updates the Covered List to exempt specified foreign-produced uncrewed aircraft systems (UAS), UAS critical components, and routers covered by Department of War Conditional Approvals.
The FCC institutes a proceeding to withdraw SLG-CPC Test Laboratory Co., Ltd.’s recognition as an accredited test laboratory based on OET’s tentative determination that the laboratory willfully submitted false or inaccurate equipment-test results.
The FCC’s Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau (PSHSB) updates the FCC Covered List to exclude devices covered by Department of War (DoW) Conditional Approvals, including Innovation First International’s VEX AIR uncrewed aircraft system and Sagemcom USA’s specified routers.
The FCC’s Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau announces that specified foreign-produced routers have received Department of War Conditional Approvals and are therefore exempt from the FCC Covered List.
The FCC Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau (PSHSB) updates the Covered List to exempt UAS and UAS critical components receiving Department of War (DoW) Conditional Approvals, while publishing the current Covered List and related approval lists.
The FCC’s Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau (PSHSB) updates the FCC Covered List to exclude specified routers that received Department of War (DoW) Conditional Approvals, including Nokia Corporation’s Beacons, Open Network Terminal (ONT) Based Beacons, and Fastmile Gateway routers.
The Letter of Agreement conditions FCC approval of the proposed transfer of control of certain Crown Castle Operating Company subsidiaries to Fiber FinCo, LLC on extensive national-security and law-enforcement safeguards.
The FCC’s Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau announces that Department of War Conditional Approvals require exclusion of specified uncrewed aircraft systems (UAS), UAS critical components, and routers from the FCC Covered List.
The FCC’s Office of Engineering and Technology extends through at least January 1, 2029, and expands waivers allowing certain already-authorized covered UAS, UAS critical components, and routers to receive consumer-protective software and firmware updates.
The FCC Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau announces that specified uncrewed aircraft systems (UAS), UAS critical components, and routers have received Department of War Conditional Approvals and are therefore exempt from the FCC Covered List.
The FCC proposes to exclude entities identified on the Covered List, including their current and future affiliates and subsidiaries, from blanket domestic section 214 authority and seeks comment on related national-security restrictions.
The FCC adopts new equipment-authorization integrity rules, grants Garmin’s reconsideration petition in part, and seeks comment on further limits involving non-Reciprocal Economy testing and FCC data systems.
PSHSB announces that the Department of War’s conditional approval of specified eero and Amazon Leo routers requires their exclusion from the FCC Covered List until October 31, 2027.
The FCC’s Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau (PSHSB) updates the Covered List to exempt specified routers and uncrewed aircraft systems (UAS) and UAS critical components covered by Department of War (DoW) Conditional Approvals.
The Committee for the Assessment of Foreign Participation in the U.S. Telecommunications Services Sector recommends that the FCC deny Digitalsystem Technology Inc.’s application for international Section 214 authority because the national-security and law-enforcement risks presented by the proposed operations cannot be adequately mitigated.
The FCC’s PSHSB and OET propose limiting existing equipment authorizations to prohibit the continued importation and marketing of communications equipment added to the Covered List in 2024 or earlier, while preserving the use and operation of equipment already purchased.
The FCC’s Office of Engineering and Technology (OET) temporarily waives prohibitions on certain Class I permissive changes for covered routers authorized before the March 23, 2026, Covered List addition, allowing specified software and firmware updates through March 1, 2027.
The FCC’s Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau adds routers produced in a foreign country to the FCC Covered List, subject to Conditional Approvals from the Department of War (DoW) or Department of Homeland Security (DHS).
The FCC’s Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau announces that four specified UAS or UAS-related product sets received Department of War conditional approvals and are therefore excluded from the FCC Covered List through December 31, 2026.
The FCC adopts a risk-based framework requiring specified holders of Commission licenses, authorizations, permits, leases, grants, and other approvals to attest to and disclose whether they are subject to Foreign Adversary Control.
The FCC Office of Engineering and Technology (OET) temporarily waives prohibitions on certain Class I permissive changes for previously authorized covered uncrewed aircraft systems (UAS) and UAS critical components.
The FCC Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau updates the Covered List to exempt specified uncrewed aircraft systems (UAS) and UAS critical components based on a January 7, 2026 Department of War national security determination.
The FCC Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau adds foreign-produced uncrewed aircraft systems (UAS), UAS critical components, and the communications and video surveillance equipment and services identified in section 1709(a)(1) of the FY2025 NDAA to the FCC Covered List.
The FCC strengthens its Covered List equipment-authorization regime by barring authorization of covered modular transmitters and devices containing them, creating a prospective process to stop importation and marketing of previously authorized covered equipment, and seeking further comment on related controls.
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 reiterates that equipment and services on its Covered List have been determined to pose unacceptable risks to U.S. national security and urges organizations and individuals to review the List and consider those risks.
The FCC modernizes and streamlines submarine cable landing-license rules while adopting new presumptions, certifications, reporting duties, and restrictions aimed at foreign-adversary and national-security risks.
The Agreement establishes national-security and law-enforcement mitigation conditions for SES’s proposed acquisition of control of Intelsat’s FCC-licensed subsidiaries and replaces the parties’ prior mitigation agreements.
T-Mobile and United States Cellular Corporation acknowledge that the wireless businesses involved in their proposed transaction will be subject to T-Mobile’s amended national-security agreement with CFIUS after the referenced applications are granted and the transaction closes.
The FCC adopts rules barring untrusted or national-security-risk entities from participating in, or being relied upon for, the telecommunications equipment authorization program, while seeking comment on further safeguards.
The FCC seeks public input on whether and how to add certain connected-vehicle equipment and services subject to a Commerce Department determination to the Covered List.
The Letter of Agreement (LOA) establishes binding national-security and law-enforcement mitigation commitments for Metronet-related Section 214 transfers and assignments involving MetroNet Systems, KKR Metro Parent, and T-Mobile.
The executed Letter of Agreement (LOA) establishes national-security and law-enforcement mitigation commitments for Windstream and Uniti in connection with their proposed ownership and authorization transfers, clearing the way for FCC approval subject to the agreement’s conditions.
The Letter of Agreement establishes binding national-security and law-enforcement mitigation commitments for the proposed transfer of domestic and international Section 214 authority from MTN Infrastructure TopCo LP’s subsidiaries to Trailblazer Holdco, LLC.
This Letter of Agreement establishes binding national-security and law-enforcement mitigation commitments for CBTS in connection with the proposed transfer of indirect control of CBTS Technology Solutions LLC to CBTS Borrower LLC and states that, after execution, the FCC will be notified that there is no objection to granting the applications.
The FCC’s Office of Engineering and Technology and Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau confirm that equipment integrating Kaspersky cybersecurity or anti-virus software is prohibited from obtaining FCC equipment authorization.
The Letter of Agreement requires Searchlight WCM Holdco LLC and Wecom LLC to implement national-security and law-enforcement safeguards as a condition supporting FCC consideration of their petition for approval of foreign ownership and wireless-license transfers.
The Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau adds Kaspersky Lab, Inc.’s cybersecurity and anti-virus software to the FCC’s Covered List based on a Department of Commerce ICTS Final Determination finding unacceptable national-security and U.S.-person security risks.
Element8 Technology Investment Group, Inc. and AtLink Services, LLC executed a Team Telecom mitigation agreement with the U.S. Department of Justice, including the FBI, addressing national-security and law-enforcement risks associated with Element8’s proposed foreign investment in and control transfer of AtLink.
The signed Letter of Agreement requires All West Communications and its affiliated companies, together with Novacap entities, to implement national-security and law-enforcement safeguards as a condition associated with their proposed transfer of control and foreign-ownership request.
The Letter of Agreement (LOA) establishes national-security and law-enforcement commitments by MTN and Gridiron Fiber Corporation (identified in the agreement as Lumos) in connection with applications to transfer indirect control of Section 214 authorization holders, including the authorizations associated with North State and Lumos Network, and supersedes the parties’ earlier mitigation agreements.
The Letter of Agreement conditions Team Telecom’s non-objection to the proposed transfer of control and foreign-ownership authorization requests for OneSource on extensive national-security and law-enforcement mitigation commitments.
The Letter of Agreement requires Lightspeed Networks and PocketiNet Communications to implement mitigation measures addressing national-security and law-enforcement risks associated with Lightspeed’s proposed increase in foreign ownership and voting interests in PocketiNet.
This Letter of Agreement (LOA) establishes Mashell Telecom’s binding national-security and law-enforcement commitments as a condition supporting FCC approval of the proposed transfer of control to Alphaboost Purchaser.
The executed Letter of Agreement requires Meriplex Telecom, LLC to implement extensive national-security and law-enforcement safeguards as a condition associated with the proposed transfer of control from The Clairvest Group, Inc. to Vitruvian Partners LLP.
The Letter of Agreement conditions Team Telecom’s non-objection to the FCC’s approval of Windstream Holdings II, LLC’s proposed increase in indirect foreign equity and voting interests on extensive national-security and law-enforcement safeguards.
The signed Letter of Agreement (LOA) commits the Fusion Licensees and North Haven Entities to safeguards addressing national-security and law-enforcement risks from their proposed change of control of Section 214 licensees.
The Letter of Agreement (LOA) records Spanish Broadcasting System, Inc.’s commitments to the U.S. Department of Justice to address national-security and law-enforcement risks associated with its request for FCC authorization to exceed the 25 percent foreign-investment benchmark.
The FCC adopts rules barring authorization, marketing, and importation of communications equipment identified on the Commission’s Covered List and adopts related procedures, an interim freeze, and further proposed changes.
The FCC adopts rules barring authorization, marketing, and importation of communications equipment identified on the FCC Covered List, while seeking further comment on additional equipment-authorization and competitive-bidding safeguards.
The Letter of Agreement (LOA) records Everfast Fiber Networks LLC’s commitments to the U.S. Department of Justice, including the FBI, to mitigate national-security and law-enforcement risks associated with its pending Section 214 transaction and authorization applications.
The FCC Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau adds the international section 214 services of Pacific Networks Corp. (PacNet), ComNet (USA) LLC, and China Unicom (Americas) Operations Limited to the Covered List.
The executed Letter of Agreement (LOA) requires Connect Holding, LLC and AP (Connect) VoteCo, LLC to implement national-security and law-enforcement safeguards as a condition associated with FCC review of Connect’s proposed acquisition of Lumen affiliates and related license, authorization, and foreign-ownership applications.
The executed Letter of Agreement conditions the proposed transfer of control of FLAG Telecom and the FLAG Atlantic-1 (FA-1) submarine cable license on national-security and law-enforcement commitments by FLAG, GCX Holdings, and 3i Infrastructure.
The executed Letter of Agreement conditions national-security and law-enforcement clearance for the proposed transfer of control of GCX Companies and their domestic and international Section 214 authorizations to Reef Bidco Limited, a 3i Infrastructure subsidiary.
The Letter of Agreement conditions the GTT Companies’ proposed Section 214 authorization assignments and transfer of control on extensive national-security and law-enforcement safeguards reviewed by the Department of Justice, FBI, DoD, and DHS in connection with the FCC applications.
The Letter of Agreement conditions the proposed transfer of control of IPC’s domestic and international Section 214 authorizations on extensive national-security and law-enforcement commitments to the U.S. Department of Justice, including the FBI.
The Letter of Agreement establishes national-security and law-enforcement commitments connected to the proposed transfer of control of Peerless Network’s domestic and international Section 214 authority to Infobip.
The Department of Justice notified the FCC that Team Telecom had terminated GigSky’s mitigation agreement and requested removal of the agreement as a condition on GigSky’s license.
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.
The FCC revokes China Telecom (Americas) Corporation’s domestic section 214 authority and revokes and terminates its international section 214 authorizations because continued authority no longer serves the public interest and presents substantial national-security and law-enforcement risks.
The FCC’s Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau announced and published the first Covered List under section 2 of the Secure and Trusted Communications Networks Act of 2019 and the Commission’s supply-chain rules.
The Executive Branch urges the FCC to revoke and terminate China Telecom (Americas) Corporation’s international Section 214 authorizations because the record establishes national-security and law-enforcement risks and the company has not adequately addressed authorization conditions.
The Letter of Agreement requires Frontier Communications Corporation and its wholly owned operating subsidiaries to implement national-security and law-enforcement safeguards as a condition associated with FCC applications to transfer control of Section 214 authorizations and exceed the 25 percent foreign-investment benchmark.
The Executive Branch recommends that the FCC revoke and terminate China Telecom’s international Section 214 authorizations because the carrier presents substantial and unacceptable national-security and law-enforcement risks.
The Letter of Agreement requires Zayo and its subsidiaries to implement extensive national-security, law-enforcement, and public-safety safeguards as a condition supporting FCC review of the proposed transfer of Zayo authorizations and licenses to Front Range.
The Letter of Agreement establishes Northwest Fiber’s commitments to the U.S. Department of Justice to address national-security, law-enforcement, and public-safety concerns associated with its proposed acquisition of specified Frontier businesses and related FCC applications.
The Letter of Agreement conditions the proposed transfer of control of Northwest Fiber’s FCC authorizations to BCE Holding Corporation and related foreign ownership approval on extensive national-security and law-enforcement mitigation commitments.
The Letter of Agreement conditions Team Telecom’s non-objection to the proposed transfer of Tampnet’s international Section 214 authorization on Tampnet’s continuing commitments to U.S. lawful access, network security, and protection of U.S. communications records.
The Letter of Agreement conditions DOJ’s national-security and law-enforcement non-objection to proposed transfers of control involving FirstLight entities and related FCC authorizations on continuing operational, reporting, and notice commitments.
The Letter of Agreement requires Onvoy Spectrum, LLC to implement national-security, law-enforcement, and public-safety safeguards as a condition associated with its FCC petition for approval of indirect foreign ownership above the Section 310(b)(4) benchmark and a related license modification.
The Letter of Agreement requires GigSky and GigSky Mobile to implement national-security, law-enforcement, and public-safety safeguards as a condition of DOJ’s no-objection notification to the FCC’s consent to GigSky’s foreign-ownership application.
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