FCC Bans Foreign-Made Routers: What Enterprise Network Engineers Must Do Now
The FCC banned all new foreign-made consumer routers from US import and sale effective March 23, 2026, citing “unacceptable” supply chain and cybersecurity risks. The order adds every consumer-grade router manufactured outside the United States to the FCC’s Covered List, blocking new device authorizations unless the Department of Defense or Department of Homeland Security grants a specific exemption. For enterprise network engineers, this is not just a consumer story — it is a forcing function that exposes how dangerously the remote edge depends on hardware you do not control. ...