{"id":107533,"date":"2026-03-24T10:00:21","date_gmt":"2026-03-24T10:00:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/neclink.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/24\/fcc-bans-imports-of-new-foreign-made-internet-routers-in-the-us\/"},"modified":"2026-03-24T10:00:21","modified_gmt":"2026-03-24T10:00:21","slug":"fcc-bans-imports-of-new-foreign-made-internet-routers-in-the-us","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/neclink.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/24\/fcc-bans-imports-of-new-foreign-made-internet-routers-in-the-us\/","title":{"rendered":"FCC bans imports of new foreign-made internet routers in the US"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"review-body\">\n<p>The United States Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has banned the sale and use of all new foreign-made internet routers in the country, effective immediately. The FCC states that foreign-made routers introduce \u201ca supply chain vulnerability that could disrupt the U.S. economy, critical infrastructure, and national defense\u201d and \u201cpose unacceptable risks to the national security of the United States\u201d.<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"inline-image\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/fdn.gsmarena.com\/imgroot\/news\/26\/03\/fcc-bans-new-routers-us\/inline\/-1200w5\/gsmarena_002.jpg\" alt=\"FCC bans imports of new foreign-made internet routers in the US\"\/><\/p>\n<p>All new consumer-grade routers produced in a foreign country are now placed on the FCC\u2019s Covered Equipment list, which means their radios won\u2019t be authorized to work on US territory. This development does not affect existing routers, which can still be used, and retailers are still allowed to sell FCC-approved devices.<\/p>\n<p>The FCC enacted a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gsmarena.com\/the_us_bans_sales_of_foreignmade_drones_dji_most_affected-news-70837.php\">similar ban<\/a> for foreign-made drones back in December, and just like that ban, the one for routers will have a loophole. The Department of War (DoW) and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) have the power to approve routers pending investigation to ensure that the devices don\u2019t pose security risks. Router makers can apply for conditional approval for their upcoming products, but they will have to commit to establishing manufacturing capacities on US soil.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.fcc.gov\/public\/attachments\/DOC-420034A1.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Source<\/a> <i>(PDF)<\/i><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gsmarena.com\/fcc_bans_imports_of_new_foreignmade_internet_routers_in_the_us-news-72081.php\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The United States Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has banned the sale and use of all new foreign-made internet routers in the country, effective immediately. The<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":107534,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[164],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-107533","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mobile"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/neclink.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/107533","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/neclink.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/neclink.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/neclink.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/neclink.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=107533"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/neclink.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/107533\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/neclink.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/107534"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/neclink.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=107533"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/neclink.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=107533"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/neclink.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=107533"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}