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U.S. Wary Of License For China Mobile: Report

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S. officials are wary of China Mobile Ltd.'s international-service license application filed last autumn, saying it could help China spy on the U.S. more easily, as well as enable theft of intellectual property from U.S. companies, according to a McClatchy-Tribune report. Officials from agencies including the FBI, the Department of Homeland Security and the Justice Department's national security division were cited as having concerns over the application, the report said, citing unidentified sources familiar with secret deliberations on the issue. The application involves providing some telecommunication and Internet services between China and the U.S. and entails new facilities that would be based U.S., the report said. Internet traffic from U.S. carriers could be routed to China Mobile if the application is approved, although this would only apply to Internet traffic between the U.S. and China. Rival Chinese telecom companies China Telecom Corp. and China Unicom Hong Kong Ltd. carr...

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