Dahua Concerned About FCC Silence on Security Compliance Plan
Dahua Technology USA asked the FCC for an update on its security compliance plan, filed at the FCC April 7, aimed at “ensuring that Dahua equipment is not sold in the United States for purposes of public safety, security of…
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government facilities, physical security surveillance of critical infrastructure, and other national security purposes.” Dahua noted it can’t get certification for any telecommunications or video surveillance equipment under FCC rules until it obtains approval of the plan. “In the two months since Dahua made this filing, the Commission has taken no action whatsoever with respect to the Plan,’ said a filing posted Monday in docket 21-232: “We have received no substantive feedback from the Commission staff, there has been no public notice, and we have received no indication of when the Commission may take any action with respect to the Plan.” The FCC’s silence is “concerning because … Dahua cannot introduce any new products to the U.S. market until approval of its Plan, even though the Commission recognized that Congress did not intend to prohibit most typical uses of Dahua’s equipment,” the company said.