TP-Link was founded in 1996 by two brothers, Zhao Jianjun (赵建军 Zhào Jiànjūn) and Zhao Jiaxing (赵佳兴 Zhào Jiāxīng), to produce and market a network card they had developed. The company name was based on the concept of "twisted pair link" invented by Alexander Graham Bell, a kind of cabling that reduces electromagnetic interference, hence the "TP" in the company name.[1]

TP-Link began its first international expansion in 2005. In 2007, the company moved into its new 100,000-square-meter headquarters and facilities at Shenzhen's Hi-Tech Industry Park. TP-LINK USA was established in 2008.[2]

In September 2016, TP-Link unveiled a new logo and slogan, "Reliably Smart"; the new logo is meant to portray the company as being a "lifestyle"-oriented brand as it expands into smart home products
TP-Link products include high speed cable modems, wireless routers, mobile phones, ADSL, range extenders, routers, switches, IP cameras, powerline adapters, print servers, media converters, wireless adapters, power banks, USB Hub and SMART home technology devices. TP-Link also manufactured the OnHub router for Google.[3] In 2016 the company launched the new brand Neffos for smart phones.[5][6] TP-Link manufactures smart home devices under their Kasa Smart and Tapo product lines.[7][8]
5-Port Gigabit Ethernet Switch from TP-Link
TP-Link 5-Port Gigabit Ethernet Switch

TP-LINK AC1900 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit ADSL2+ Modem Router
TP-Link sells through multiple sales channels globally, including traditional retailers, online retailers, wholesale distributors, direct market resellers ("DMRs"), value-added resellers ("VARs") and broadband service providers. Its main competition includes companies such as Netgear, Buffalo, Belkin, Linksys, D-Link and Asus.
Brands
Tapo
On September 30, 2019, TP-Link launched Tapo with one of its initial offerings being the mini smart Wi-Fi Plug—Tapo P100. The smart plug works over a 2.4 GHz wireless connection integrates with Amazon Alexa and the Google Assistant.[9] Other offerings from Tapo include a line of home security Wi-Fi cameras [10] and an upcoming line of smart lighting appliances.[11]

Deco
Deco is a family of mesh-network products. The first of this category was the TP-Link M5, followed up by the M9 Plus which had backhaul compatibility improving on the usable bandwidth in certain cases compared to the M5. At the same time TP-Link also introduced the Deco P7 which was a power-line connected mesh-network system meaning nodes communicate through the electrical wiring of the domicile compared to the wireless transmissions of the other Deco products. The Deco P7 has since been replaced with the newer Deco P9 which has a different aesthetic but the same wireless performance. Recent products in the series include the Deco M4 and S4 which have same wireless bandwidth, with only slight differences in design. Further products have been introduced, such as the Deco X20 being the new base-model, the Deco X60 is the mid tier model and has a higher bandwidth but the same overall design. Further the Deco X90 is the most powerful of the current Deco family with more than double the bandwidth compared to the X60 model, the X90 also has a different larger design compared to the other model