Summary

Airties selected by Tier 1 operator for RDK-based deployment in 2019

Firmware upgrade will enable third-party gateways to improve in-home Wi-Fi performance and provide cloud-based performance management and analytics

ISTANBUL, Turkey – October 18, 2018 – In advance of the SCTE Cable-Tec Expo® and Broadband World Forum conferences next week, Airties, the most widely deployed provider of managed Wi-Fi Mesh solutions to global service providers, announced plans to make its managed Wi-Fi solution available for devices running the RDK software platform in Q1 2019. The company also disclosed that a Tier 1 operator expects to deploy Airties’ software on RDK-based CPE in the coming year.

We’ve seen significant interest in RDK from service providers around the globe in recent months.

Philippe Alcaras, CEO of Airties

“We’ve seen significant interest in RDK from service providers around the globe in recent months,” said Philippe Alcaras, CEO of Airties. “Operators want greater standardization and transparency, and RDK provides core technical functionality to make that easier. With this forthcoming integration, operators using RDK will easily be able to deploy Airties’ Managed Wi-Fi Mesh software on their broadband CPE, and it will be deployed by a Tier 1 operator in the near future. Today’s announcement further demonstrates our commitment to continuous product innovation, and providing operators with more options to help them get Wi-Fi under control.”

Airties is a recognized global leader for in-home Wi-Fi, and we are delighted that they have committed to making Airties’ Managed Wi-Fi Mesh software run on the RDK platform for service providers.

Steve Heeb, President and General Manager of RDK Management

“Airties is a recognized global leader for in-home Wi-Fi, and we are delighted that they have committed to making Airties’ Managed Wi-Fi Mesh software run on the RDK platform for service providers,” said Steve Heeb, President and General Manager of RDK Management. “Since the RDK is an open source software platform for the connected home, improving the home Wi-Fi experience through new applications and analytics is of paramount importance.”

RDK software resides on the chipsets within CPE, below the application and services layer, and enables video and broadband providers to standardize certain technical functionality. The open source software provides a common interface to SoCs, acting as a kind of universal SoC adapter. Specifically, the RDK software solution provides a common method to manage various broadband functions on gateways, such as home-networking interfaces, routing, device management, telemetry, and more.

Airties’ software solution will be deployed atop the RDK software layer. Airties’ software is portable across chipset and CPE vendors as a firmware update, enabling operators to better manage in-home Wi-Fi and make gateway Wi-Fi smarter. The software automatically “steers” consumers’ devices (laptops, tablets, smartphones, game systems, smart home devices, etc.) to the best available channel and band (2.4GHz and 5GHz), based on real-time network conditions in a home. It also includes access to Airties’ Remote Manager, a cloud-based Wi-Fi optimization software suite that provides real-time and historical performance data and analytics to proactively manage the consumer in-home Wi-Fi experience. Notably, operators can experience these benefits on a single gateway deployment, or in homes with Wi-Fi Mesh extenders.

Airties enables service providers with solutions to fix their subscribers’ in-home Wi-Fi issues and create premium Wi-Fi services. More than 25 million homes are powered by Airties’ technologies across more than 50 service providers across 4 different continents. With Airties, service providers can seize new opportunities to improve customer satisfaction, drive incremental revenue, and differentiate with new classes of premium Wi-Fi services.

At the upcoming SCTE Cable-Tec Expo in Atlanta from October 22-25, Airties will be demonstrating its Managed Wi-Fi Solution, Mesh Extenders, and Mesh enabled set-top boxes on the show floor in booth 2130. At the Broadband World Forum in Berlin from October 23-25, Airties will be at stand D109. Additional information about Airties is available at www.Airties.com. More about RDK is available at www.RDKCentral.com.

About Airties 

Founded in 2004, Airties is the most widely deployed provider of Wi-Fi Mesh solutions to operators around the globe. Airties provides software solutions that enable service providers to improve Wi-Fi performance and proactively manage the in-home experience, along with products such as Mesh extenders and set-top boxes. Airties technologies are powering more than 25 million homes worldwide. Airties’ customers include: AT&T, Atlantic Broadband, GET, Midco, Singtel, Sky (SKY Q in the UK; Germany; Italy; and New Zealand), Swisscom, Vodafone, Waoo, and many others. More information is available at www.Airties.com.