The Federal Communications Commission has issued a notice that, effective July 16, prohibits the continued importation and marketing of equipment added to the Covered List in 2024 or earlier but authorized before the adoption of the FCC’s 2022 rules.
The Covered List comprises equipment and services that have been determined to pose an unacceptable risk to U.S. national security or the security and safety of U.S. persons. Equipment on this list is banned from receiving new FCC equipment authorizations, which are required prior to importation, marketing, or sale in the U.S.
The FCC states that this new prohibition does not apply to the following.
- the continued use or operation of already-purchased communications equipment
- equipment added to the Covered List after 2024
- certain equipment added to the Covered List on March 12, 2021, when used for the purpose of physical security surveillance of critical infrastructure (this temporary suspension will be lifted on the effective date of an FCC order adopting a definition of “critical infrastructure”)
- for any equipment subject to a use-based Covered List entry, importation and marketing of such equipment for uses other than public safety, government facilities, and other national security purposes
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