The FCC looks to be moving fast following the incredible approval of Olivia Trusty as the third FCC Commissioner this week.

Tomorrow the Commission plans to publish a 70 page filing seeking comment on a rule change that would require a thicket of disclosures from a huge number of regulated entities across the telecommunications spectrum (pun?).

The proposed rule would require disclosure of ownership interests by “foreign adversaries”–particularly China and Iran– by entities involved with wireless infrastructure, satellite, broadcast, submarine cable and (of course) Telephone and Common Carriers (including VOIP providers).

Oddly NOT on the list is registration services like TCR– but we will seek to change that.

The core of the rule is here:

While the Commission currently collects foreign ownership information for some of these Covered Authorizations, the Commission has never done a comprehensive survey across all Covered Authorizations, nor collected control information beyond ownership. Recognizing the importance of protecting our nation’s communications networks against foreign adversaries, we tentatively conclude it is reasonable to apply the proposed requirements broadly across various licenses, authorizations, permits, and other approvals regulated by the Commission, given the Commission’s interests in maximum transparency as to foreign adversary threats across every regulated segment of communications networks. We seek comment on our proposal.

Make sense.

R.E.A.C.H. will be commenting on the rule and asking the Commission to consider BROADENING the disclosure requirements to include TCR and to also include additional foreign ownership, not just adversaries.

Full proposal here: FCC Foreign Adversaries