Washington DC, April 26 -- The House Select Committee on China has issued subpoenas to three major Chinese state-owned telecom companies--China Mobile, China Telecom, and China Unicom--after they failed to respond to a bipartisan request for information sent on March 4.

According to the House Select Committee on China, the subpoenas, requiring a response by May 7, 2025, are part of an ongoing congressional investigation into whether these companies are still operating in the United States in ways that may endanger national security and compromise Americans' data privacy.

Although the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has already banned all three firms from offering licensed telecom services in the US, there are growing concerns, b...