A federal appeals court last week declined China Telecom’s emergency bid to halt a U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) order withdrawing its capability to provide telecommunications services in the United States.
According to a Reuters report, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District Columbia rejected the bid previously filed by the local branch of China Telecom to temporarily block the FCC order, which takes effect in early January.
Following this legal decision, China Telecom said that without a temporary halt to the FCC action, it “will be forced to cease significant operations, irreparably harming its business, reputation, and relationships.”
