FCC of the United States lists China Unicom as a security risk

So far, the United States has included Chinese technology enterprises in its so-called "security risk list".

On September 21, according to the Associated Press of Finance, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) of the United States announced that China Unicom, China Pacific Network Corporation and its wholly-owned subsidiary ComNet were included in the list of "communication equipment and services that pose a threat to the national security of the United States". So far, China Telecom, China Mobile and China Unicom have all been blacklisted by the United States.

What does this mean for China Unicom and other Chinese companies that have been listed? This means that the products of these Chinese companies will be difficult to sell in this country, and the FCC's annual service fund of $8 billion will not be used to purchase or maintain the products of these companies. It is reported that the fund is used to support telecommunications equipment in rural areas, low-income consumers, schools, libraries, hospitals and other facilities.

Before China Unicom, seven Chinese enterprises including Huawei, ZTE, Hytera, Hikvision, Dahua, China Telecom and China Mobile have been included in the list. FCC believes that the above Chinese enterprises pose a threat to the national communication security of the United States, so it will impose sanctions on them according to a law issued in 2019 aimed at protecting the security of the communication network of the United States.

China Unicom is one of the three major operators in China, with a huge number of users. According to the data recently released on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, as of August this year, the company had 320 million mobile account users, including 29.99 million net users of 5G packages, reaching 184.92 million.