Hytera Execs Defend Chinese Company at FCC

Hytera Communications executives defended the company in a call with FCC staff as the agency looks at whether gear from suppliers on the FCC’s “covered list” of companies deemed to pose a security risk should be barred from being authorized for use in the U.S. (see 2205020036). “We discussed that Hytera’s products in the United States are all ‘customer premise equipment’; Hytera does not supply ‘telecommunications equipment’ as defined in the Communications Act,” said a filing posted Friday in docket 21-232. The Chinese company met virtually with acting Chief Ron Repasi and others from the Office of Engineering and Technology and staff from across the agency.