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WiFiXpert independently explains the companies, products and technologies behind modern Wi-Fi.

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Managed Wi-Fi software & meshAirtiesAirties makes mesh extenders and cloud software for broadband providers. Its software runs on routers from several makers, and its cloud helps provider support teams diagnose home Wi-Fi.Read our explainer →Managed Wi-Fi platform & ISP equipmentCalixCalix makes the GigaSpire range of home Wi-Fi systems and the cloud software broadband providers use to run them. Households usually meet Calix through their provider's branded app rather than the Calix name.Read our explainer →Mesh Wi-Fi & ISP platformeero (Amazon)eero is Amazon's mesh Wi-Fi brand. It's sold in shops and is also supplied by several UK broadband providers, with an app designed to keep settings simple. Some models also act as a smart-home hub for Thread and Matter.Read our explainer →Fibre & ISP home equipmentNokiaNokia makes fibre network equipment and the home gateways and Beacon mesh units some providers supply. Its Corteca software lets providers manage and update home devices from the cloud.Read our explainer →Managed Wi-Fi software & cloudPlumePlume makes cloud software that runs home Wi-Fi for broadband providers, plus its own pod-style mesh hardware. Much of its approach rests on OpenSync, an open-source layer that lets Plume's cloud manage routers made by other companies.Read our explainer →Remote support softwareRouteThisRouteThis doesn't make routers. It makes software that helps broadband providers' support teams and installers understand a customer's home Wi-Fi — for example a guided phone scan showing signal room by room.Read our explainer →Routers, mesh & smart homeTP-LinkTP-Link is one of the biggest-selling router brands in the UK shops. Its Deco range is a common first mesh system, its Archer range covers standalone routers, and Aginet is its line for broadband providers.Read our explainer →Routers, 5G hubs & business networkingZyxelZyxel makes home routers, 5G and 4G hubs and business networking equipment. Its equipment is supplied by some broadband and mobile providers, often under the provider's own name.Read our explainer →

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