by Jing Zhang , Jennifer Parry , Ellen L. Aldin and Angela Giancarlo
On November 25, the Federal Communications Commission ("FCC" or "the Commission") issued an order banning the authorization of new equipment sold by telecommunications companies regarding the Commission's Covered List (the "Order" or "FCC Order"). This decision bans the preliminary consideration, and ultimately the sale, of new telecommunications products in the US for companies on the Covered List. Several Chinese companies are already on the Covered List; the List includes "telecommunications equipment" from Huawei Technologies ("Huawei") and ZTE Corporation ("ZTE"), along with "video surveillance and telecommunications equipment" produced by Hytera Communications Corporation ("Hytera"), Hangzhou Hikvision Digital Technology Company ("Hikvision"), or Dahua Technology Company ("Dahua"), among other device manufacturers.