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The US FCC's ban on foreign-made routers is benefiting a very small number of companies. Here's what companies are blocked from import, which are exempt, and why, as of April 15, 2026. In March, the U ...

The Federal Communications Commission has announced that Netgear has been given conditional approval that effectively exempts it from a previous ban on foreign-made networking routers. The conditional ...

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