From PC World: In an unwelcome surprise, the FCC has placed all foreign-made routers on the so-called Covered List, effectively banning new products from sale within the United States.
The decision follows the FCC’s National Security Determination, which concluded that routers used by homes and home offices could be attacked by foreign actors. As a result, “routers produced in a foreign country” will be added to the Covered List. That means, in effect, no future routers manufactured in a foreign country will receive FCC licenses to be sold in the United States.
And the Covered List has teeth. At one time, products manufactured by Huawei, such as this Matebook laptop, were sold in the United States. Phones like the Huawei Mate 10 were, too. On March 12, 2021, however, the FCC created the Covered List. Huawei was named to the original list, and its products have vanished from American store shelves, as have telecommunications products from ZTE as well as antimalware products from Kaspersky Lab.
Now, the FCC has ruled that foreign-made routers are too vulnerable to attack to be sold in the United States.
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