FCC Chairman Carr opens investigation into Chinese companies on covered list banned from operating in U.S.

FCC Chairman Brendan Carr has launched an initiative to investigate the U.S. operations of Chinese telecom companies who pose a national security risk and are on the commission’s covered list banning the use of their equipment and services.

The initiative is the first under Carr’s Council for National Security announced on March 13. According to a March 21 release, the “sweeping investigation” will focus on “the ongoing U.S. operations of CCP-aligned businesses whose equipment or services the FCC...