Subsea Cable Industry Continues Its Push Against Rules Rewrite
Don't duplicate the U.S. national security review process through a submarine cable rules update, the Submarine Cable Coalition urged FCC staffers. In a docket 24-523 filing posted Monday, the coalition said the Committee for the Assessment of Foreign Participation in…
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the U.S. Telecommunications Services Sector already comprehensively reviews all cable landing license applications and puts binding mitigation measures on licensees and their customers. It also argued against the FCC's proposed licensing regime for submarine line terminal equipment, saying it would increase regulatory uncertainty and affect deployment timelines. The International Connectivity Coalition has previously lobbied against the FCC's subsea cable proposals (see 2505300038).