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United States of America: China Mobile blocked from the U.S. telecommunications market over national security concerns

Announcement

02 Jul 2018

The National Telecommunications and Information Administration concluded that licensing China Mobile posed “increased risks to U.S. law enforcement and national security interests.”

 

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Number of interventions

1

1 certainly harmful

0 likely harmful

0 liberalising

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Implementation date

02 Jul 2018

Revocation date:

No revocation date

Announced: 02 Jul 2018
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