Starlink Exempted From FCC's Foreign-Made Wi-Fi Router Ban
SpaceX’s Starlink has received an exemption to the US’s ban on foreign-made Wi-Fi routers when the company’s own products have been known to be made in Vietnam. On Monday, the Federal Communications Commission announced the exemption, which lasts until February 1st, 2028, or the maximum period of 18 months. So the existing Starlink devices, the Router 3 and Router Mini, can continue to be made outside the US.
- ▪SpaceX’s Starlink has received an exemption to the US’s ban on foreign-made Wi-Fi routers when the company’s own products have been known to be made in Vietnam.
- ▪On Monday, the Federal Communications Commission announced the exemption, which lasts until February 1st, 2028, or the maximum period of 18 months.
- ▪So the existing Starlink devices, the Router 3 and Router Mini, can continue to be made outside the US.
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SpaceX’s Starlink has received an exemption to the US’s ban on foreign-made Wi-Fi routers when the company’s own products have been known to be made in Vietnam. On Monday, the Federal Communications Commission announced the exemption, which lasts until February 1st, 2028, or the maximum period of 18 months. The company joins the US-based Netgear, Amazon’s eero and several others, which have also received the same temporary relief, when electronics manufacturing has long occurred in Asia. (FCC) The White House’s foreign-made router ban is attempting to prevent cybersecurity vulnerabilities, but the policy only applies to new product models. So the existing Starlink devices, the Router 3 and Router Mini, can continue to be made outside the US.
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