Announcement
23 Mar 2026
In March 2026, the United States government updated the FCC Covered List to include all consumer-grade routers produced in foreign countries on a going-forward basis.
Source
Number of interventions
3
3 certainly harmful
0 likely harmful
0 liberalising
Implementation date
23 Mar 2026
Revocation date:
No revocation date
Recent update from 26 Mar 2026:
On 23 March 2026, the Federal Communications Commission updated its Covered List to include all consumer-grade routers produced in foreign countries. Equipment on the Covered List is prohibited fro...
Recent update from 26 Mar 2026:
On 23 March 2026, the Federal Communications Commission updated its Covered List to include all consumer-grade routers produced in foreign countries. Equipment on the Covered List is prohibited fro...
Recent update from 26 Mar 2026:
On 23 March 2026, the Federal Communications Commission updated its Covered List to include all consumer-grade routers produced in foreign countries. As a result of this decision, these products ar...
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