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FCC Denies Applications From 4 Chinese Labs

The FCC Office of Engineering and Technology has sent letters denying applications for recognition from four labs “controlled by the government of China,” the agency said in a news release Friday. Earlier this month, OET started proceedings to withdraw recognition from seven test labs with China ties. The commission “has now begun proceedings to withdraw recognition or denied applications from 15 China-controlled ‘bad labs,’” the release said. “Foreign adversary governments should not own and control the labs that test the devices the FCC certifies as safe for the U.S. market,” said Chairman Brendan Carr.

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OET denied an initial application for recognition from CCIC-CSA International Certification Co. and denied applications for lab renewal from the Industrial Internet Innovation Center (Shanghai), the State Radio Monitoring Center and Reliability Laboratory -- New H3C Technologies Co.