{
  "id": 17180033,
  "title": "US plans to ban Chinese telecom firms from direct access to US phone numbers",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/30/us-plans-to-ban-chinese-telecom-firms-from-direct-access-to-us-phone-17180033",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-30T04:55:00.000Z",
  "source": {
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    "url": "https://www.channelnewsasia.com/world/us-plans-ban-chinese-telecom-firms-direct-access-phone-numbers-6505891"
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  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The US Federal Communications Commission plans to vote on Nov 19 to bar China Mobile, China Telecom and China Unicom from direct US number access on national security grounds.",
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        "outlet": "Free Malaysia Today",
        "title": "US plans to ban Chinese telecom firms from direct access to US phone numbers",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/30/us-plans-to-ban-chinese-telecom-firms-from-direct-access-to-us-phone-17180755",
        "published": "2026-10-30T05:22:24.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}