FCC Clears Luminys Equipment, Ends National Security Review
Key Highlights
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The FCC withdrew its prior action and terminated the review, allowing Luminys to continue marketing its authorized equipment in the U.S.
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The agency's decision followed confirmation that Dahua USA has been dissolved and that Luminys no longer sells Dahua-branded products.
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The ruling does not alter the FCC’s Covered List framework or broader national-security review process for communications equipment.
The FCC issued its decision after closing a review of Luminys equipment authorizations tied to the company’s past association with Dahua-branded products.
Luminys Systems Corp. can continue selling its telecommunications equipment in the United States after the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) formally closed a national security-related review tied to the company’s past association with Dahua-branded products.
In an order released January 20, the FCC withdrew its prior action setting aside Luminys’s equipment authorizations and terminated the proceeding, citing the dissolution of Dahua USA and Luminys’s confirmation that it has stopped selling Dahua-branded equipment in the U.S. market.
In early 2024, Dahua Technology USA’s North American business was sold to Luminys, marking a full ownership transition intended to support long-term growth in the U.S. market and ensuring continuity of support for existing dealers and customers.
The FCC decision ends a regulatory review that began in early 2025, when the agency questioned whether certain Luminys products were eligible for authorization under rules governing equipment associated with entities placed on the Commission’s Covered List.
Background of the proceeding
The review originated in February 2025, when the FCC issued an Order to Show Cause directing Luminys to explain why the Commission should not revoke equipment authorizations for certain products based on concerns that false statements may have been made in authorization applications under FCC’s rules.
A second Order to Show Cause followed in June 2025, after the FCC said the equipment appeared to be produced by an affiliate of an entity named on the Covered List, which identifies communications equipment deemed to pose an unacceptable risk to U.S. national security.
Luminys, a U.S.-based subsidiary of the Taiwan-based electronics manufacturer Foxlink, submitted responses to both orders within the required timeframes.
According to the FCC’s January 20 order, the agency’s position changed following a supplemental filing submitted by Luminys on Jan. 6, 2026.
In that filing, Luminys stated that Dahua USA had been formally dissolved as a legal entity effective Dec. 31, 2025, with a Certificate of Dissolution filed with the California Secretary of State on Dec. 17, 2025. Luminys also said it had completed the transitional sale of all Dahua-branded products and confirmed it would not fulfill any orders for Dahua-branded equipment after Dec. 31, 2025.
FCC determination
Based on that supplemental response, the FCC concluded that Luminys is not an entity identified on the Covered List and that equipment produced by Luminys is not currently prohibited from receiving an equipment authorization under the Commission’s rules.
The FCC ordered that letters previously issued by the agency’s Laboratory Division setting aside Luminys’s equipment authorization grants be withdrawn and that the proceeding be formally terminated.
The order does not revisit the FCC’s earlier national security concerns or rule on whether past equipment authorization filings were accurate. Instead, the decision is narrowly focused on the dissolution of Dahua USA and the end of Dahua-branded product sales tied to the review.
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Rodney Bosch
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