FCC chairman opposes China Mobile plan to enter the US market

U.S. Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai said that he opposes a bid from Chinese carrier China Mobile to provide telecommunications services in the U.S. on national security grounds.
The FCC will vote on the company’s application next month. “Safeguarding our communications networks is critical to our national security. After reviewing the evidence in this proceeding, including the input provided by other federal agencies, it is clear that China Mobile’s application to provide telecommunications services in our country raises substantial and serious national security and law enforcement risks,” Pai said in a statement. “Therefore, I do not believe that approving it would be in the public interest. I hope that my colleagues will join me in voting to reject China Mobile’s application,” he added. In the statement, Pai also highlighted that China Mobile USA is a Delaware corporation that is indirectly and ultimately owned and controlled by the Chinese government.