Qualcomm enters new Wi-Fi router market in deals with Charter, EE

Qualcomm on Wednesday said it was getting into a new market for Wi-Fi routers and that Charter Communications and the UK’s EE will be among its first customers.

San Diego, California-based Qualcomm is the world’s biggest supplier of the chips that help mobile phones connect to cellular data networks, but it has also long had a business selling Wi-Fi chips for consumer Wi-Fi routers.