AT&T gets FCC one-year waiver for certified router component changes
AT&T received a one-year waiver from the US Federal Communications Commission in 2025 to make limited hardware changes to previously certified routers.
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The US Federal Communications Commission, or FCC, granted AT&T a one-year waiver after AT&T warned that previously certified routers could disappear from production lines. The source attributes the supply issue to an ongoing RAM shortage.
The waiver allows AT&T to make limited modifications to routers that were already certified. The approved changes include substituting substrate materials in chipsets and swapping memory modules.
Android Authority said the FCC had implemented a ban in March on foreign-made routers with ties to adversarial governments, while previously approved hardware was expected to remain unaffected. The report said AT&T's waiver addresses complications affecting previously certified hardware.
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