"With the launch of our latest AC Wi-Fi products, Belkin becomes the leading provider of state- of-the-art, next-gen Wi-Fi devices, and delivers the ultimate in speed, coverage and performance for today's connected home networks, " said Mike Chen, senior director of product management for Belkin's networking group.

ENGADGET: Belkin outs AC1800 and AC750 dual-band routers, USB WiFi adapter at CES 2013

RF, once touted as the ultimate home-networking standard, has been wiped out by Wi-Fi, but newer technologies such as ZigBee and ultrawideband are now in the running too.

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