- “The FCC is committed to protecting our national security by ensuring that untrustworthy communications equipment is not authorized for use within our borders, and we are continuing that work here,” FCC Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel said in a statement.
- The rule affects new authorizations of equipment from the companies and does not necessarily apply to anything that had previously been authorized.
- Brendan Carr, one of the Republicans on the FCC, said on Twitter that he hoped the board would look at revoking previous authorizations.
