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Sources: Microsoft is among a group of companies lobbying the Trump administration to halt the FCC's plan to ban imports of Chinese optical transceivers (Alexandra Alper/Reuters)
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- Microsoft is among a group of companies lobbying the Trump administration to halt an FCC plan to ban imports of Chinese optical transceivers, according to Reuters sources.
- Microsoft has been pressing the administration to halt plans to bar Chinese optical transceivers.
- The report was published by Reuters and surfaced on Techmeme on 2026-11-10.
Why it matters
If the FCC import ban proceeds, the availability and sourcing of Chinese-made optical transceivers used in networking hardware could change, which may affect data center and infrastructure planning.
Who’s affected
- Data center and cloud operators
- Teams that source optical networking hardware
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Alexandra Alper / Reuters : Sources: Microsoft is among a group of companies lobbying the Trump administration to halt the FCC's plan to ban imports of Chinese optical transceivers — Microsoft (MSFT.O) has been pressing the Trump administration to halt plans to bar Chinese…
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Reuters reports Microsoft is among companies lobbying to halt the FCC plan to ban Chinese optical transceiver imports
Techmeme
Sources: Microsoft is among a group of companies lobbying the Trump administration to halt the FCC's plan to ban imports of Chinese optical transceivers (Alexandra Alper/Reuters)