FCC to Share Confidential China Telecom Information With DOJ

The FCC warned China Telecom Americas it will share with DOJ, and its Committee for the Assessment of Foreign Participation in the U.S. Telecommunications Services Sector, confidential data submitted by the company. The FCC is examining revoking China Telecom’s domestic and international authorizations allowing operation in the U.S. (see 2004240046). “The agencies constituting the Committee are all Federal government agencies,” the FCC said Monday: “No specific assurances have been made to China Telecom Americas against disclosing its confidential information to other Federal government agencies. ... DOJ has stated, on behalf of the Committee, that the agencies will protect the confidentiality of the requested information.” The company didn’t comment.