Unfortunately, as things stand now, the only impediments to the early transfer of a true national asset to a potentially problematic foreign owner are two, all-too-often pro forma bureaucratic exercises: the grant of a Federal Communications Commission license to transfer ownership and a possible Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) review.

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EchoStar has reportedly agreed to transfer dozens of communications frequencies and three satellites to Cablevision.

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Eagleburger stated that as a future policy-maker, he would not approve the transfer of high-speed communications equipment to the Soviet Union.

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As PCIe products move from Generation 2 to Generation 3 with a doubling of the data rate per PCIe communications lane, flash based storage devices using this interface as their data transfer backbone will enable very high performance systems.

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SpectrumCo's sale and transfer of its advanced wireless spectrum to Verizon Wireless is subject to approval by the Federal Communications Commission and review under the Hart-Scott Rodino Act and other customary conditions.

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