FCC Has Made No Change to 'Covered List' Over Past Year
The FCC during the past 12 months hasn't updated “the list of communications equipment and services that have been determined to pose an unacceptable risk to the national security” of the U.S., the FCC Public Safety Bureau noted on Wednesday. The notice mentioned an FCC proposal to update the “covered list” of unsecure companies to reflect a January finding by the Commerce Department’s Bureau of Industry and Security on connected vehicles. Many commenters opposed expanding the list to include connected vehicle hardware or software (see 2506300052).
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CTIA, meanwhile, reported on a meeting with an aide to FCC Chairman Brendan Carr opposing premature action expanding the covered list. “Adding classes of products from the Connected Vehicles Rule to the Covered List prematurely could (1) raise serious challenges for compliance and enforcement, (2) put the FCC’s rules out of sync with the Connected Vehicles Rule, and (3) undermine U.S. national security and economic security objectives,” CTIA said.