TP-Link said it is prepared to spend $1 billion to make Wi-Fi routers in the US. The company told the FCC it would begin assembling these Wi-Fi 8 devices by next year. It hopes to get an exemption from the foreign router ban, unlike Netgear and Asus who got theirs.
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“TP-Link would begin assembling these Wi-Fi 8 devices in the United States by next year,” it claims in a letter to the FCC — if the FCC will exempt its routers from the foreign router ban. Notably, both Netgear and Asus got exemptions without promising to make routers in the US, even though the FCC’s paperwork requires companies to commit to US manufacturing to get that exemption.
TP-Link Eyes Assembling Wi-Fi 8 Routers In US 'As Soon As Next Year'
[ PCMAG ]
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