Cybersecurity Policy Report, Router Exempted From FCC’s ‘Covered List’, (Jul 10, 2026)

By Lynn Stanton

The Department of Defense has granted conditional approval for Vantiva USA LLC’s CWA438TX router until Jan. 3, 2028, the FCC’s Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau announced in a public notice in WC docket 18-89, ET docket 21-232, and EA docket 21-233.

In light of that, the bureau said the router was exempt from the “covered list” of equipment and services deemed to present a substantial national security risk to the nation’s telecommunications networks.

The FCC had announced the addition of foreign-made consumer routers to the list earlier this year (CPR, March 24), in the wake of and in compliance with determinations by an executive branch interagency body.

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