FCC Softens Ban on Foreign-Made Routers

The FCC has revised a March 2026 ruling to permit vendors of foreign-made consumer routers to provide more substantial software and firmware updates for devices already deployed in the U.S. through at least January 2029; the article frames this as a pragmatic response to operational realities and notes that while the change reduces the immediate risk of leaving devices unpatched, it does not eliminate concerns about foreign-manufactured hardware in sensitive environments.