Team Telecom — known formally as
the Committee for the Assessment of Foreign
Participation in the United States Telecommunications Services
Sector (the Committee) — is a U.S. interagency
committee tasked with reviewing certain foreign investments to
abate any national security risk they pose. Team Telecom often
reviews telecommunications license applications filed before the
Federal Communications Commission (FCC) by foreign-owned companies
that are trying to operate in the United States or are endeavoring
to connect the United States to foreign communications
networks.
Team Telecom is focused on cybersecurity risks, threats, and
vulnerabilities. Composed of the Department of Defense, the
Department of Homeland Security, and the Department of Justice; the
attorney general chairs Team Telecom. The secretary of state,
secretary of the treasury, secretary of commerce, director of the
office of management and budget, U.S. trade representative,
director of national
