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href=\"https:\/\/cyberscoop.com\/undersea-cable-fcc-licensing-foreign-companies\/\"> <span>Geopolitics<\/span> <\/a> <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p> The agency said the cables responsible for powering that data explosion must be protected from acts of foreign sabotage. <\/p>\n<p>  <br \/>\n<audio id=\"audio-player\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-tts-cdn.api.scpnewsgrp.com\/cyberscoop\/85531\/english.openai.mp3\"><\/audio> <\/p>\n<div readability=\"11\">\n<div>\n<p>Listen to this article<\/p>\n<p>  <\/p>\n<p>0:00<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>  <\/p>\n<p> <span id=\"tts-tooltip\">Learn more.<\/span> <span> This feature uses an automated voice, which may result in occasional errors in pronunciation, tone, or sentiment. <\/span> <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>  <\/div>\n<div class=\"single-article__cover-wrap\">\n<figure class=\"single-article__cover\"> <img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" fetchpriority=\"high\" width=\"640\" height=\"426\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ddi.mohflo.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/fcc-tightens-rules-on-foreign-firms-building-undersea-cables-citing-security.jpg?resize=640%2C426&ssl=1\" class=\"single-article__cover-image wp-post-image\" alt decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ddi.mohflo.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/fcc-tightens-rules-on-foreign-firms-building-undersea-cables-citing-security-4.jpg 3800w, https:\/\/ddi.mohflo.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/fcc-tightens-rules-on-foreign-firms-building-undersea-cables-citing-security-4.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https:\/\/ddi.mohflo.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/fcc-tightens-rules-on-foreign-firms-building-undersea-cables-citing-security-4.jpg?resize=768,511 768w, https:\/\/ddi.mohflo.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/fcc-tightens-rules-on-foreign-firms-building-undersea-cables-citing-security-4.jpg?resize=1024,681 1024w, 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https:\/\/ddi.mohflo.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/fcc-tightens-rules-on-foreign-firms-building-undersea-cables-citing-security-4.jpg?resize=1267,843 1267w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1014px) 100vw, 1014px\"><figcaption> An undersea fiber optic cable is attached to a rope at Arrietara beach near the Spanish Basque village of Sopelana on June 13, 2017. (Photo by ANDER GILLENEA\/AFP via Getty Images) <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"single-article__content\">\n<div class=\"single-article__content-inner has-drop-cap\"> <html readability=\"33.568596352102\"><body readability=\"67.583460949464\"><\/p>\n<p>The Federal Communications Commission has adopted new rules to make it more difficult for foreign firms to apply for licensing to build out submarine cables, citing the need to protect the continued construction of critical undersea cables that underpin the internet and transcontinental communications.<\/p>\n<p>The rules would require the FCC to presumptively deny \u201ccertain foreign adversary-controlled license applicants\u201d from obtaining licenses needed to operate in U.S.-controlled waters. It would also restrict undersea capacity leasing agreements, ban the use of unspecified covered equipment and establish a range of physical and cybersecurity requirements on those same firms.<\/p>\n<p>The FCC said that as the U.S. seeks to become \u201cthe unrivaled world leader in critical and emerging technologies and secure AI dominance,\u201d the cables responsible for powering that data explosion must be protected from acts of foreign sabotage.<\/p>\n<p>According to figures provided by the FCC, there are 90 cable systems already licensed by the agency. The FCC expects those numbers to grow significantly in coming years as businesses and governments continue to build out additional infrastructure.<\/p>\n<div class=\"ad ad--inline_1 \">\n<div class=\"ad__inner\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Advertisement<\/span> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>In a statement, Chair Brendan Carr said the FCC\u2019s order was meant to \u201cfacilitate, not frustrate\u201d this expansion of submarine cable infrastructure, while making it harder for foreign nations to potentially gain influence or access to that infrastructure through an affiliate third-party company.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe not only want to unleash the deployment of new undersea cables \u2014 we want to make sure those cables are secure. In recent years, we have seen submarine cable infrastructure threatened by foreign adversaries, like China,\u201d Carr said.<\/p>\n<p>An assessment by Recorded Future\u2019s Insikt Group in July found that the growing submarine cable industry is facing a threat landscape that has \u201cvery likely escalated\u201d over the past 18 months. Accidents continue to be the primary means of damage in publicly reported submarine cable incidents, but cybersecurity threats and cable-cutting techniques <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2025\/aug\/11\/finland-accuses-tanker-crew-sabotage-undersea-cables-anchor\">like anchor dragging<\/a> are also rising.<\/p>\n<p>Commissioner Anna Gomez noted that the FCC had not updated its rules around submarine cables in decades, despite their evolution into the backbone of global internet communications.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs national security risks increased and our Government took steps large and small to protect our networks from foreign adversaries on multiple fronts, the Commission long coordinated with key federal agencies to protect submarine cables,\u201d Gomez said.<\/p>\n<div class=\"ad ad--inline_1 \">\n<div class=\"ad__inner\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Advertisement<\/span> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>One key challenge facing policymakers as this expansion continues will be putting hard security restrictions in place without slowing things down.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe hard work of this item really was in finding the balance between, on the one hand, necessary security measures to protect critical U.S. communications infrastructure against foreign adversary threats and, on the other hand, clarifying and streamlining processes to provide economic certainty that will facilitate investment and minimizing regulatory burdens by removing duplicative or unnecessary requirements where possible,\u201d Gomez said.<\/p>\n<p>The FCC did not respond to a request for more details on the order by the time of publication.<\/p>\n<p><\/body> <\/p>\n<footer class=\"single-article__footer\" readability=\"3.7833655705996\">\n<div class=\"author-card\" readability=\"13\">\n<div class=\"author-card__avatar\">\n<figure class=\"author-card__image-wrap\"> <img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"author-card__image\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ddi.mohflo.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/fcc-tightens-rules-on-foreign-firms-building-undersea-cables-citing-security-1.jpg?w=640&ssl=1\" alt=\"Derek B. 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