Luminys Denies Claims in FCC Covered List Complaint
Luminys on Monday disputed the FCC’s finding that the company was selling equipment from Dahua, which is on the agency's “covered list” of providers of unsecure gear (see 2502140040). Parts of the filing, in docket 25-85, were redacted. “The Commission should not revoke the equipment authorizations because Luminys made no false statements or representations,” Luminys said. “The equipment for which Luminys sought, and obtained, authorization is not ‘covered’ under the Commission’s rules, nor is any of the equipment described in these authorizations produced by an entity named on the Covered List.” The Public Safety Bureau’s “tentative determinations appear to be based purely on speculation, not evidence, and are wrong.”
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On Friday, the acting chiefs of the bureau and the Office of Engineering and Technology denied the company’s request for an additional 14 days, until March 10, to respond to the commission’s Feb. 13 show cause order (see 2502190058). “Because Congress established that equipment identified on the Covered List poses an unacceptable risk to national security, the Commission found it necessary to adopt an expedited mechanism for review and revocation of equipment authorizations that were granted after adoption of its prohibitions where the application for such authorization contained a false statement or representation regarding the ‘covered’ status of such equipment at the time of such statement or representation,” the FCC said.