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US restrictions on foreign-made networking equipment

Overview

The United States has implemented restrictions on foreign-made routers due to national security concerns regarding external supply chains. Following a Department of Defense determination that its products do not pose a risk, the Taiwanese company ASUS received conditional approval from the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to continue selling various networking equipment, including its ROG, TUF Gaming, and ZenWiFi series, through March 6, 2028.

While ASUS, Netgear, Amazon’s eero, and SpaceX’s Starlink have secured exemptions, other manufacturers remain affected. TP-Link has been unable to launch its new Wi-Fi 8 routers in the U.S. market because it has not yet been granted a temporary waiver. Although TP-Link has relocated its headquarters to California, its products are currently manufactured in Vietnam, preventing it from meeting the administration's requirements to establish or expand manufacturing within the United States.

Entities

Federal Communications Commission · TP-Link · United States · ASUS · Department of Defense

Timeline

  1. [TECHNOLOGY] 3 sources
    Asus secures U.S. router ban exemption while TP-Link remains blocked

    Asus has secured a U.S. exemption from a ban on foreign-made routers, while TP-Link remains blocked from selling its new Wi-Fi 8 products in the American market.

  2. [TECHNOLOGY] 2 sources
    ASUS receives US exemption to sell foreign-made routers

    ASUS has secured an FCC exemption to sell its networking products in the US until 2028, after the Defense Department cleared its hardware of national security risks.

Sources

agcensus.usda.gov · dailyguardian.ca · hd-tecnologia.com · uk.pcmag.com