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When TP-Link unveiled the Archer 8 last week, billed as the first consumer router platform built for Wi-Fi 8, the striking thing was what it did not promise. There was no headline jump in peak speed. Instead, the company pitched the device, due around October 2026, on reliability: steadier coverage room to room, fewer drop-offs under load, smoother mesh roaming and lower latency.

Communications regulator Icasa has gazetted the final regulations on the use of “innovation spectrum”, formally settling one of the most contested questions in South African spectrum policy.