Asus receives US exemption for routers until March 2028 — The Verge

Asus has received a US exemption from the ban on future foreign-made consumer routers, which will remain in effect until March 2028. At the same time, the company did not confirm whether it had submitted a plan to the US Federal Communications Commission to establish or expand production in the country, The Verge reports.

Terms of the exemption

In spring, the United States introduced restrictions on future consumer routers manufactured abroad. According to the publication, to obtain an exemption, manufacturers had to convince the US government that they did not pose a national security threat and submit a detailed, time-bound plan to establish or expand manufacturing in the United States.

As of September 9, Asus already had an exemption allowing the company to bring the first early Wi-Fi 8 router models to the US market. Asus representative Jay Jay Guerrero told The Verge that the company had submitted the required plan to the FCC and was working with vetted manufacturing partners to support its future portfolio of networking products in the United States.

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Asus did not respond to follow-up questions about whether this plan provided for manufacturing equipment specifically in the United States rather than producing products for the US market. The publication noted that it had received no clarification for more than 12 days.

Companies’ statements

In April, the FCC granted a similar broad exemption to Netgear. Asus and Netgear use the regulator’s decisions in marketing communications. Asus says it passed a rigorous cybersecurity review and is a Trusted Networking Equipment Brand and Trusted Consumer Router Vendor.

At the same time, according to The Verge, searches for these terms lead only to Asus’s own statements rather than US federal government resources. The FCC did not respond to the publication’s requests for comment and fact-checking. Both companies state that they manufacture products in countries the United States considers allies; Netgear has also said that it no longer sources internet-connected components from Chinese manufacturers or China-controlled entities.