Irate Beijing Nixes U.S. Revocation Of China Telecom License

China "resolutely opposes" Washington's revocation of China Telecom Corp Inc.'s license to operate in the United States, the information ministry said on Wednesday, urging a reversal of the move, Josh Horwitz reported for Reuters.

Photo Insert: Chinese Minister of Industry and Information Technology Miao Wei giving an interview

The US decision, made public a day earlier, means the US subsidiary, China Telecom Americas, must discontinue services in the US within 60 days.

"In recent years, the United States has repeatedly sanctioned Chinese companies on the grounds of national security and disregarding facts," the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) said in a statement.

"This is an unreasonable suppression of Chinese enterprises by abuse of state power and a serious breach of international economic and trade rules," the Chinese regulator added.

The US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) cited national security concerns for its vote last month to revoke the authorization for China Telecom’s U.S. subsidiary.

In April 2020, the US government said China Telecom targeted its mobile virtual network at more than 4 million Chinese Americans, 2 million Chinese tourists a year visiting the United States, 300,000 Chinese students at American colleges, and the more than 1,500 Chinese businesses in America.

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