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Wireless Roundup (August 2025)

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FCC Requests Input on Updates to NG911 Rules: In this Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (FNPRM), the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) proposes rule changes to advance the transition from legacy 911 networks to...more

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FCC Expands National Security Reporting Requirements and Restrictions

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On May 27, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) opened two rulemaking proceedings aimed at foreign involvement in U.S. communications networks, particularly by countries identified as foreign adversaries, such as China...more

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The FCC’s National Security Mandate: The Rise of the Council on National Security

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The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has taken significant steps to institutionalize national security within its regulatory framework through the creation of the Council on National Security (CNS). Chaired by Chairman...more

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Reminder: Federal Communications Commission – July and August Filings - 2025

Manufacturers of wireless handsets that are used in the delivery of digital commercial mobile radio service within the scope of FCC Rule 20.19 are required to file information annually regarding their compliance with the...more

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FCC Announces Comment Deadlines for the Foreign Ownership NPRM

On Monday, June 23, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) issued a public notice announcing comment and reply comment deadlines for the Identifying Foreign Adversary Ownership Stakes Notice of Proposed Rulemaking...more

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FCC Bans “Bad Labs” Connected to Foreign Adversaries, Seeks Comment on Additional Restrictions for Equipment Authorization Program

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Continuing its efforts under Chairman Brendan Carr’s leadership to safeguard United States communications infrastructure from foreign threats, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC or Commission) adopted an Order and...more

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FCC Initiates Proceeding To Identify Foreign Adversary Ownership in All Commission Licenses and Authorizations

On May 22, 2025, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC or Commission) unanimously voted to adopt a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) that proposes to require entities holding FCC licenses, authorizations and approvals...more

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FCC Proposes Rules to Ferret Out Control of Regulated Entities by Foreign Adversaries

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The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has released a notice of proposed rulemaking on control of FCC-regulated businesses by “foreign adversaries.” If the FCC adopts these rules, nearly every entity that is subject to...more

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Targeting “Foreign Adversary” Interests, FCC Proposes Broadly Applicable Ownership Reporting Regime

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On May 27, 2025, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC or Commission) released a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (Foreign Adversary NPRM or NPRM) that seeks to promote U.S. national security by providing “a new and...more

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New Year, New Threats: Practical Tips for Secure Communications after Salt Typhoon

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As a recent DataPhiles post explored, the threat to telecommunications infrastructure and private call records posed by foreign threat actors only continues to grow. In fact, at least one U.S. government agency has urged...more

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Commerce Issues Proposed ICTS Regulations That Would Disrupt Connected Vehicle Supply Chains Involving China and Russia

On September 26, 2024, the Office of Information Communications Technology Services (OICTS) within the Bureau of Industry and Security of the U.S. Department of Commerce published a long-awaited proposed rule to regulate the...more

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Commerce Focuses National Security Scrutiny on 'Connected Vehicle' Supply Chain

On March 1, 2024, the Department of Commerce (Commerce), Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS), through its Office of Information and Communication Technology and Services (ICTS), released an advanced notice of proposed...more

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FCC Sets January Deadline for International Section 214 Authorization Holders to Submit Foreign Interest Holder Information

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On December 8, 2023, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC or Commission) released its anticipated information collection to update the Commission’s records regarding the foreign ownership of international Section 214...more

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FCC Provides Guidance on International Section 214 Information Collection

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The Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC or Commission) Office of International Affairs (OIA) recently released an Order in the agency’s ongoing proceeding related to its adoption of an Order and Notice of Proposed...more

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The FCC Releases International Section 214 Order and NPRM, Proposing Major Changes to the Regulation of International...

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On April 25, 2023, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC or Commission) released an Order and Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on international Section 214 authorizations (the Order and NPRM), which authorize the provision...more

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ICTS Investigations: The Commerce Department's New Tool

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Back in May 2019, the Trump Administration issued Executive Order 13873, which was meant to police the use of certain information and communications technology and services (ICTS) purchased from "foreign adversaries." Then,...more

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Wireless Roundup (April 2021)

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Key Wireless Deadlines - FCC Requests Comment on Proposals to Address 911 Fee Diversion: Reply comments are due by April 2 on the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC or Commission) Notice of Proposed Rulemaking to...more

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New Commerce Rule Covering ICTS Transactions Involving Foreign Parties

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A new rule effective March 22, 2021 establishes a process for the US Department of Commerce to review commercial transactions between US and foreign parties for certain information and communications technology and services...more

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‘Foreign Adversaries’ In Tech Supply Chain May Be Under the Microscope

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The Information and Communications Technology and Services (ICTS) Rule, if implemented by the Biden Administration, would significantly impact companies that have an international nexus in a number of different sectors,...more

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Commerce Department’s New ICTS Rule Raises Additional Considerations for Cross-Border Transactions

On January 19, 2021, the Commerce Department issued an interim final rule to implement the Executive Order on Securing the Information and Communications Technology and Services Supply Chain (E.O. 13873), which was issued on...more

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Commerce Releases Rule for Reviewing Technology Transactions, Identifies Six Countries as “Foreign Adversaries”

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On January 14, 2021, the U.S. Department of Commerce (Department) released an interim final rule to implement President Trump’s 2019 Executive Order (EO) on “Securing the Information and Communications Technology and Services...more

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U.S. Expands Export Restrictions Against Huawei

The U.S. government is expanding international trade restraints against Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd. (“Huawei”) and its affiliates in an effort to further restrict Huawei’s access to U.S. technologies.....more

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New Rule Bans Federal Contractors from Using Chinese Telecom Equipment

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On August 13, 2020, an interim final rule published by the Federal Acquisition Regulations Council (the Council) went into effect that prohibits the use of certain telecommunications equipment produced by Chinese entities...more

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Executive Order Restricts Foreign Supply to U.S. Bulk-Power System

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On May 1, 2020, President Donald J. Trump signed Executive Order 13920 declaring a national emergency regarding threats posed to the U.S. bulk-power system by electrical equipment supplied by “foreign adversaries.” (BPS EO)...more

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Commerce Department Issues Proposed Rule to Secure the Information and Communications Technology and Services Supply Chain

On November 27, 2019, the U.S. Department of Commerce (“Commerce”) published a proposed rule, “Securing the Information and Communication Technology and Services Supply Chain,” that would implement Executive Order 13873 of...more

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