{"id":863529,"date":"2025-07-19T07:12:30","date_gmt":"2025-07-19T12:12:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/07\/19\/us-government-wants-to-ban-chinese-technology-in-submarine-cables\/"},"modified":"2025-07-19T07:12:30","modified_gmt":"2025-07-19T12:12:30","slug":"us-government-wants-to-ban-chinese-technology-in-submarine-cables","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/07\/19\/us-government-wants-to-ban-chinese-technology-in-submarine-cables\/","title":{"rendered":"US government wants to ban Chinese technology in submarine cables"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-widget-type=\"contentparsed\" id=\"content\">\n<section>\n<div>\n<div>\n<picture data-new-v2-image=\"true\"><source type=\"image\/webp\"  ><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/2tU6QMFtYxP35p2qFB2Uv7.jpg\" alt=\"US flags\"   data-new-v2-image=\"true\" data-original-mos=\"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/2tU6QMFtYxP35p2qFB2Uv7.jpg\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/2tU6QMFtYxP35p2qFB2Uv7.jpg\" data-pin-nopin=\"true\" fetchpriority=\"high\">\n<\/picture>\n<\/div><figcaption>\n<span>(Image credit: Pixabay)<\/span><br \/>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<div id=\"article-body\">\n<hr>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>New proposals look to secure subsea cables against foreign adversaries<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>This includes a default denial of contracts to Chinese firms<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Subsea cables carry 99% of internet traffic<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr>\n<p>A recent proposal by the FCC outlines plans to \u2018unleash <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.techradar.com\/pro\/security\/subsea-internet-cables-can-now-listen-for-sabotage-using-irregular-pulses-of-light\" target=\"_blank\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.techradar.com\/pro\/security\/subsea-internet-cables-can-now-listen-for-sabotage-using-irregular-pulses-of-light\">submarine cable<\/a> investment\u2019 in order to \u2018accelerate the buildout of AI infrastructure\u2019 across the US, whilst also making efforts to, \u2018secure cables against foreign adversaries, like China\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>If adopted, this could mean a range of measures would be implemented to protect submarine cables, applying a \u2018presumption of denial\u2019 for adversarial state applicants for controlled licenses, and establishing physical and cybersecurity requirements, as well as restricting leasing agreements to these organizations.<\/p>\n<p>Alongside this, the report proposes a ban on the use of \u2018covered equipment\u2019 in undersea cable infrastructure &#8211; although the report doesn\u2019t give a definition of the term.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"unsung-heroes-3\">Unsung heroes<\/h2>\n<p>Sabotage to submarine cables would be undoubtedly catastrophic, not just to the US, but to pretty much every part of the world.<\/p>\n<p>The cables carry 99% of all internet traffic, handling roughly $10 trillion of daily financial transactions.<\/p>\n<p>Satellite technology, though active, is not yet capable of handling the same volume of traffic. As FCC Chairman Brendan Carr described, undersea cables are the \u2018unsung heroes of global communications\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>There is precedent for this type of order, with <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.techradar.com\/news\/us-approves-dollar1bn-rip-and-replace-campaign-to-remove-huawei-and-zte-kit\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.techradar.com\/news\/us-approves-dollar1bn-rip-and-replace-campaign-to-remove-huawei-and-zte-kit\">Huawei and ZTE facing \u2018rip and replace\u2019 campaigns<\/a> back in 2020 in a bid to remove Chinese tech from the infrastructure of rural operators, as part of a larger effort to exclude Chinese vendors from the US market.<\/p>\n<div data-hydrate=\"true\" id=\"slice-container-newsletterForm-articleInbodyContent-evxjUBbo7enB38w2dMVhdK\">\n<section>\n<p>Sign up to the TechRadar Pro newsletter to get all the top news, opinion, features and guidance your business needs to succeed!<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cAs the U.S. builds out the data centers and other infrastructure necessary to lead the world in AI and next-gen technologies, these cables are more important than ever. At the same time, as President Trump has long recognized: \u2018economic security is national security,\u2019 says Chairman Carr.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have seen submarine cable infrastructure threatened in recent years by foreign adversaries, like China. We are therefore taking action here to guard our submarine cables against foreign adversary ownership, and access as well as cyber and physical threats.\u201d<\/p>\n<h3 id=\"section-you-might-also-like\"><span>You might also like<\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Take a look at our picks for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.techradar.com\/best\/best-malware-removal\" target=\"_blank\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.techradar.com\/best\/best-malware-removal\">best malware removal software<\/a> around<\/li>\n<li>Check out our choice for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.techradar.com\/best\/best-antivirus\" target=\"_blank\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.techradar.com\/best\/best-antivirus\">best antivirus software<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.techradar.com\/pro\/undersea-cable-board-launched-to-combat-damage-and-sabotage\" target=\"_blank\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.techradar.com\/pro\/undersea-cable-board-launched-to-combat-damage-and-sabotage\">Undersea cable board launched to combat damage and sabotage<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"slice-container-authorBio-evxjUBbo7enB38w2dMVhdK\">\n<p>Ellen has been writing for almost four years, with a focus on post-COVID policy whilst studying for BA Politics and International Relations at the University of Cardiff, followed by an MA in Political Communication. Before joining TechRadar Pro as a Junior Writer, she worked for Future Publishing\u2019s MVC content team, working with merchants and retailers to upload content.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.techradar.com\/pro\/security\/us-government-wants-to-ban-chinese-technology-in-submarine-cables\" class=\"button purchase\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Read More<\/a><br \/>\n Sharie Pepper<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(Image credit: Pixabay) New proposals look to secure subsea cables against foreign adversaries This includes a default denial of contracts to Chinese firms Subsea cables carry 99% of internet traffic A recent proposal by the FCC outlines plans to \u2018unleash submarine cable investment\u2019 in order to \u2018accelerate the buildout of AI infrastructure\u2019 across the US<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":863530,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[284,46,91],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-863529","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-government","category-technology","category-wants"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/863529","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=863529"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/863529\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/863530"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=863529"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=863529"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=863529"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}