The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) on Jan. 27 voted to block state-owned China Unicom from the U.S. market, adding to a growing list of Chinese telecommunication carriers ejected from operating on American soil over national security concerns. The body’s 4-0 vote on Thursday means that all three of China’s leading wireless carriers are now barred, following the FCC’s action last year to ban China Telecom Americas, and its refusal to let China Mobile access the U.S. market two years earlier. The FCC decision gives the firm 60 days to cease domestic and international services. The agency first granted China Unicom Americas operating authority two decades ago. But the national security landscape has shifted since then, said FCC chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel. “There has been mounting evidence—and with it, a growing concern—that Chinese state-owned carriers pose a real threat to the security of our telecommunications networks,” she said in a statement. Rosenworcel …
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