On March 23, 2026, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) announced that foreign-made consumer routers would be part of the institution's Covered List: a collection of communications equipment and services that "are deemed to pose an unacceptable risk to the national security of the U.S. or the safety and security of U.S. persons […] following a thorough review by a White House-convened Executive Branch interagency body with appropriate national security expertise." This decision is under the umbrella of the Secure and Trusted Communications Networks Act, which was passed by Congress back in 2019 to prevent communications equipment that might be deemed a…