""We're pleased to share that Netgear is the first retail consumer router company to receive conditional approval from the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) as a trusted consumer router company," Netgear CEO CJ Prober said. "As a US founded and headquartered company, Netgear is aligned with the vision for a more secure digital future for our customers.""
""Both Netgear's lines of Nighthawk and Orbi mesh routers are covered by the approval until October 1, 2027, which appears to mean that the company can continue to offer software updates to both lines and presumably release and sell new models in the future.""
""The FCC dramatically expanded the Covered List, a collection of communications equipment seen as posing a risk to national security, to cover all foreign-made routers in March 2026.""
""Receiving conditional approval is the definitive way companies can get off the list, but part of the FCC's requirements for approval is the company offering a plan to bring some or all of its manufacturing to the US - a theoretically costly decision.""
The FCC has granted Netgear conditional approval, exempting it from a ban on foreign-made networking routers. This approval allows Netgear to maintain a monopoly on new consumer routers in the US until October 1, 2027. The approval covers Netgear's Nighthawk and Orbi mesh routers, enabling software updates and new model releases. The FCC's expanded Covered List restricts foreign router manufacturers from introducing new models or software updates after March 1, 2027, unless they receive conditional approval and commit to US manufacturing.
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