Subj : US government wants to ban Chinese technology in submarine cables
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From : TechnologyDaily
Date : Fri Jul 18 2025 16:30:07

US government wants to ban Chinese technology in submarine cables

Date:
Fri, 18 Jul 2025 15:28:00 +0000

Description:
The FCC is set to vote on proposals to secure submarine cables from foreign 
adversaries.

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proposals look to secure subsea cables against foreign adversaries This 
includes a default denial of contracts to Chinese firms Subsea cables carry 
99% of internet traffic 

A recent proposal by the FCC outlines plans to unleash submarine cable 
investment in order to accelerate the buildout of AI infrastructure across 
the US, whilst also making efforts to, secure cables against foreign 
adversaries, like China. 

If adopted, this could mean a range of measures would be implemented to 
protect submarine cables, applying a presumption of denial for adversarial 
state applicants for controlled licenses, and establishing physical and 
cybersecurity requirements, as well as restricting leasing agreements to 
these organizations. 

Alongside this, the report proposes a ban on the use of covered equipment in 
undersea cable infrastructure - although the report doesnt give a definition 
of the term. Unsung heroes 

Sabotage to submarine cables would be undoubtedly catastrophic, not just to 
the US, but to pretty much every part of the world. 

The cables carry 99% of all internet traffic, handling roughly $10 trillion 
of daily financial transactions. 

Satellite technology, though active, is not yet capable of handling the same 
volume of traffic. As FCC Chairman Brendan Carr described, undersea cables 
are the unsung heroes of global communications. 

There is precedent for this type of order, with Huawei and ZTE facing rip and 
replace campaigns back in 2020 in a bid to remove Chinese tech from the 
infrastructure of rural operators, as part of a larger effort to exclude 
Chinese vendors from the US market. 

As the U.S. builds out the data centers and other infrastructure necessary to 
lead the world in AI and next-gen technologies, these cables are more 
important than ever. At the same time, as President Trump has long 
recognized: economic security is national security, says Chairman Carr. 

We have seen submarine cable infrastructure threatened in recent years by 
foreign adversaries, like China. We are therefore taking action here to guard 
our submarine cables against foreign adversary ownership, and access as well 
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Link to news story:
https://www.techradar.com/pro/security/us-government-wants-to-ban-chinese-tech
nology-in-submarine-cables


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