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China Mobile's Bid to Offer US Phone Service Rejected

by Associated Press

   NEW YORK --

   U.S. communications regulators are rejecting a Chinese telecom
   company's application to provide service in the U.S. due to
   national-security risks amid an escalation in tensions between the two
   countries.
   The Federal Communications Commission on Thursday voted unanimously,
   5-0 across party lines, to reject China Mobile International USA Inc.'s
   long-ago filed application. The Commerce Department had recommended
   that denial last year.
   The company, which the FCC says is ultimately owned by the Chinese
   government, applied in 2011 to provide international phone service in
   the U.S.
   The Trump administration has been pushing against China in several
   ways. It has been pressuring allies to reject Chinese telecom equipment
   for their networks, citing security risks from Chinese telecom giant
   Huawei.
   The U.S. and China are also in the middle of high-stakes trade talks.