Report: TP-Link’s low router prices probed in criminal antitrust investigation

Report: TP-Link’s low router prices probed in criminal antitrust investigation

TP-Link denies selling products below cost amid allegation of predatory pricing.

U.S. antitrust regulators have a new target: Your cheap TP-Link router

TP-Link, that router company whose name occasionally pops up on your list of available WiFi networks, is being investigated by the U.S. government for antitrust violations. The Department of Justice is investigating TP-Link Systems, Inc. for allegedly setting router prices lower than they cost to make in order to dominate the market, according to Bloomberg. TP-Link told the outlet that it hadn't received an official inquiry from the DOJ, but it …

TP-Link router pricing and China ties under US government investigation

The affordability of TP-Link's routers is part of what makes them so popular. Prosecutors at the DoJ are examining whether the company engaged in predatory pricing to undercut competitors and dominate the US market, writes Bloomberg. The probe began in 2024 under President Biden and continues today under the Trump administration.Read Entire Article

TP-Link faces US criminal antitrust investigation, Bloomberg News reports

(Reuters) – The U.S. Justice Department is conducting a criminal antitrust investigation into pricing strategies by router maker TP-Link Systems, Bloomberg News reported on Thursday, citing people familiar with the matter. (Reporting by Kanjyik Ghosh; Editing by Alan Barona)

Router Maker TP-Link Faces US Criminal Antitrust Investigation

The US is conducting a criminal antitrust investigation into pricing strategies by TP-Link Systems Inc., a California-based router maker with links to China whose equipment now dominates the American market, according to people familiar with the matter.

Report: TP-Link’s low router prices probed in criminal antitrust investigation - WorldNL Magazine

The report of a criminal antitrust investigation follows a report in December that US authorities were investigating whether to ban TP-Link wireless routers, which were targeted in high-profile attacks linked to the Chinese government. TP-Link was founded in China in 1996 but said it relocated its headquarters to the US in October 2024. TP-Link was split into two entities, one based in the US and one based in China, Bloomberg wrote, but the "US-…