As WiFi has become increasingly integral for broadband providers and ISPs, the market for routers, hubs and extenders has split between retail and service provider products. While vendors such as Netgear, Linksys and TP-Link continue to compete on features, service providers are more concerned about ease of deployment and automation, desperate to avoid escalating support calls, or worse – customer churn out of frustration when WiFi does not work in part of the house. They are also increasingly concerned over security in the wake of privacy legislation such as the EU’s GDPR, which is why Amazon acquired WiFi mesh router firm Eero, while Turkey’s AirTies in March 2019 announced a partnership with Cujo, a US start-up peddling AI-driven security monitoring.…