US considers new crackdown on Chinese telecom companies

WASHINGTON: The U.S. Federal Communications Commission said it may bar three major Chinese telecom companies from operating their data centers in the U.S. and could ban telecom carriers from connecting with those Chinese carriers.

The FCC said it has tentatively concluded it should ‌prohibit American and ⁠other telecommunications ⁠carriers operating in the U.S.from interconnecting with companies on the so-called “Covered List” that it says pose national security concerns, including China Mobile, China Telecom and China Unicom.