On March 23, 2026, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) updated its Covered List—a list of communications equipment and services deemed to pose an unacceptable risk to U.S. national security or the safety and security of U.S. persons—to include consumer-grade routers produced in a foreign country, absent an exemption granted by the U.S. Departments of
Scrutiny of Foreign Ownership in the Telecommunications Sector Gains Momentum with the FCC’s Issuance of Show Cause Orders and a Recent Public Notice Refreshing the Team Telecom Record and Requesting Comments
By Caroline Brown on
Posted in FCC, Team Telecom
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) continues to set pace regarding its review and authorization of licenses under which foreign-owned companies operate, especially those that are Chinese state-owned. In response to the April 4th Executive Order formalizing Team Telecom (EO), the FCC issued a Public Notice on April 27th refreshing the record of the FCC’s 2016…
President Issues Executive Order Formalizing “Team Telecom” and Executive Branch Review of Foreign Involvement in Telecommunications Transactions
By Caroline Brown & Addie Cliffe on
Posted in FCC, Team Telecom
On April 4, 2020, President Trump issued an Executive Order formalizing the working group colloquially known as “Team Telecom” and its review of certain licensing applications referred to it by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) for national security and law enforcement concerns. The order comes amidst increasing concern of foreign influence over the U.S. telecommunications…