By Nadia Dreid (April 20, 2022, 9:30 PM EDT) — The U.S. Department of State is changing the way it reviews submarine cable license applications when they’ve been referred to both the agency and a recently created U.S. Department of Justice committee aimed at helping the Federal Communications Commission review foreign participation in the telecom industry.
The FCC broke the news Tuesday in a public notice, saying it had received word that when it refers such an application to both the State Department and the Committee for the Assessment of Foreign Participation in the U.S. Telecommunications Services Sector, the State Department will wait to do its part until the committee has…
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