The U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is touting its early success in removing from the market certain equipment deemed to be a “significant national security threat to communications networks.”
According to an article posted on Wolters Kluwer’s “Vital Law” website in early October, FCC Chair Brendan Carr communicated in a post on X, the social media platform, that a combined effort by the agency and e-commerce sites resulted in the removal of “several million listings for covered equipment.”
Further, Carr notes that e-commerce sites have also made “new commitments…to both adopt additional best practices and coordinate with the FCC to monitor and prevent the unlawful online sale of Covered List equipment.”
The initiative, named “Operation Clean Carts,” comes in the wake of the FCC’s efforts to remove recognition of equipment approvals issued by foreign-controlled testing laboratories, including those operating under the supervision of China’s State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission (SASAC).
The “Vital Law” article on the FCC’s “Clean Carts” initiative is available at https://www.vitallaw.com/news/fcc-chair-celebrates-initial-success-of-operation-clean-carts/cspd01234cb1664aba42c7bfc86dc7f5b4156d.
