Watch this interview with Jason Briggs, President of RDK, to get the latest update about global adoption and recent progress for RDK – the open-source software platform for the connected home that standardizes core functions used in broadband devices, set-top boxes, connected TVs, and IoT.
Airties has recently announced a significant collaboration with RDK Management to streamline operator-grade Wi-Fi EasyMesh™ deployments. Airties contributed its Wi-Fi EasyMesh controller software module, as a new RDK-B component, for use by the RDK community across broadband gateways/routers.
By further integrating Wi-Fi EasyMesh, developed through Wi-Fi Alliance®, as a standardized communication layer for Wi-Fi gateways and extenders, operators can spend less time on platform integration efforts across OEMs and chipsets, and more time developing value-added managed Wi-Fi services to their subscribers. Airties’ RDK-B component contribution will enable this kind of operator-grade experience. Vendors and operators across the RDK community are now free to deploy their own products using this contributed Wi-Fi EasyMesh controller. Airties will also maintain the component code contribution and future revisions to support the RDK community.
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Press release | November 19, 2024
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CUJO AI, a global leader in cybersecurity and network intelligence solutions for Internet Service Providers (ISPs), today released its annual Device Intelligence Report. The data, collected from April 2021 through March 2022, reveal Internet-connected device usage patterns and trends from 1.7 billion connected devices.
This year, the report was conducted in collaboration with Airties, a leading provider of managed Wi-Fi solutions to operators around the globe. The company contributed to the report by providing its insights on Wi-Fi use in Europe and North America.
“The device landscape is changing in tangible ways, as people use more and more connected devices,” says Kimmo Kasslin, VP of Research Laboratories, CUJO AI. “Some of those devices have certain risks to their users, which often fly under the radar of the average consumer.”
“While the world faces an unavoidable surge in consumer IoT devices and smart gadgets continue to populate living spaces, the report provides a detailed assessment of the connected device landscape in the United States and Canada,” explains Indre Raviv, SVP of Marketing, CUJO AI. “Based on anonymized data, the report examines the most recent trends, areas of growth, and opportunities for network service providers.”
Mobile Devices Surge Post-Pandemic
Smartphones are the most common connected devices, reaching 41% of all connected devices compared to 38% the previous year, followed by computers and tablets at 17.5% and 9% respectively. Since April 2021, smartwatch usage continues to grow, making it the 4th most popular device type with Apple dominating the market (91%).
Home Entertainment Shifts Towards Gaming
Among consumers, interest in gaming continues to grow even after the lockdown. Game consoles – particularly Nintendo, PlayStation, and Xbox – remain popular. Notably, Nintendo has a slight lead in terms of gaming platform popularity as a percentage of all new connected devices every month with Nintendo at 35.65%, PlayStation at 35.55%, and Xbox at 28.69%. In addition, 25.27% of households have at least two consoles from different brands.
Home Automation and Energy Management Gaining Traction
As energy management is becoming a concern, the popularity of energy management devices continues to grow by 10% annually. The report provides details about the growing popularity of such devices across categories and brands.
Connected Cars Populate Garages
Globally, it was predicted that nearly 70 percent of light-duty vehicles and trucks will be connected to the Internet by 2023. Throughout the year, connected cars have gained around 25% more popularity in relation to other connected devices, with Tesla and Ford vehicles leading the way.
Wi-Fi Technology Mix
The report also shows the increasing complexity and range of the Wi-Fi technology of our connected devices within the home. Across Europe, 50.2% of connected devices are Wi-Fi 5, 28.2% are Wi-Fi 4, and 20.2% are Wi-Fi 6. In North America, 42.8% of connected devices are Wi-Fi 5, 35.7% are Wi-Fi 4, and 20.5% are Wi-Fi 6. Managing this complexity is one of the key challenges for service providers and requires a robust cloud-based mechanism to ensure all devices get their fair share of Wi-Fi airtime.
“The dependency on home connectivity has accelerated over the past two years and shows no signs of slowing. As our usage habits evolve and more devices connect, our home networks become highly complex environments that require careful management,” says Nicolas Fortineau, CMO, Airties.
Today, CUJO AI serves the largest inventory of devices in the world, with the broadest ability to detect, categorize and protect. “Device characteristics enable network service providers to offer personalized and optimized online experiences for streaming, gaming, video calls, and other use cases. Precise device identities are also crucial for network operators, facing major challenges in transforming into truly data-driven businesses. Having a future-proof device inventory can improve almost every aspect of a telecommunications company,” claims Ivar Beljaars, SVP of Sales, CUJO AI.
Extensive details about connected devices across categories and brands can be found in the latest Device Intelligence Report is available on the company’s website at www.cujo.com.
About CUJO AI
CUJO AI greatly elevates Internet Service Providers’ ability to understand, serve & protect their customers with advanced cybersecurity and granular network & device intelligence. Deployed in tens of millions of homes and covering almost 2 billion connected devices, CUJO AI’s advanced AI algorithms help clients uncover previously unavailable insights to raise the bar on customer experience & retention with new value propositions and superior operational services. Fully compliant with all privacy regulations, CUJO AI services are trusted by the largest broadband operators around the world, including Comcast and Charter Communications. More information is available at www.cujo.com.
About Airties
Airties is a leading provider of managed Wi-Fi solutions to operators around the globe. The Smart Wi-Fi portfolio from Airties includes Airties Edge, smart Wi-Fi software for gateways; Airties Cloud, a cloud-based management platform and its companion app, Airties Vision; and Wi-Fi mesh extenders. Operators turn to Airties for the design, implementation, and ongoing optimization of their customers’ broadband experience. Airties’ customers include AT&T, Deutsche Telekom, Singtel, Sky, Telia, Telstra, Vodafone, and many others. More information is available at www.airties.com.
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New RDK-B Integration with Wi-Fi EasyMesh enables operator-grade capabilities and faster time to market for ISPs
Enables ISPs to seamlessly manage multi-vendor deployments of Wi-Fi gateways and extenders across broadband access technologies including DOCSIS, GPON, and DSL
ISTANBUL, TURKEY – May 9, 2022 – Airties, a leading supplier of managed Wi-Fi solutions for service providers globally, today announced a significant collaboration with RDK Management to streamline operator-grade Wi-Fi EasyMesh™ deployments. Specifically, Airties contributed its Wi-Fi EasyMesh controller software module, as a new RDK-B component, for use by the RDK community across broadband gateways/routers.
RDK is an open source software platform, deployed on more than 80 million devices worldwide, that standardizes core functions and telemetry used in broadband, video, and IoT connected devices. For broadband devices specifically, RDK-B provides a common platform across broadband access technologies including DOCSIS, GPON, and DSL, with functionality such as routing, Wi-Fi, diagnostics, IoT support, and more.
By further integrating Wi-Fi EasyMesh, developed through Wi-Fi Alliance®, as a standardized communication layer for Wi-Fi gateways and extenders, operators can spend less time on platform integration efforts across OEMs and chipsets, and more time developing value-added managed Wi-Fi services to their subscribers. Airties’ RDK-B component contribution will enable this kind of operator-grade experience. Vendors and operators across the RDK community are now free to deploy their own products using this contributed Wi-Fi EasyMesh controller. Airties will also maintain the component code contribution and future revisions to support the RDK community.
“Airties helped solve a genuine need of the RDK community with this software contribution,” said Jason Briggs, President and General Manager of RDK. “Operators want the benefits of Wi-Fi EasyMesh, while retaining the ability to provide an operator-grade managed Wi-Fi service, and this code contribution helps make that possible. We are very pleased to have a proven Wi-Fi innovator like Airties playing such an active role in our community.”
“Since its inception, RDK has dramatically sped up, standardized, and improved core CPE software to benefit operators around the world,” said Philippe Alcaras, CEO of Airties. “Our team has been supporting RDK operators in Europe and North America, while also pioneering efforts in EasyMesh, so we were in a unique position to assist with this key technical alignment and integration. Airties is fully committed to supporting the RDK community, and we’re proud to offer the kind of value-added capabilities atop RDK that today’s operators need to deliver an exceptional managed home Wi-Fi experience.”
The core functionality of the new RDK-B component contributed by Airties includes the following: onboarding of Wi-Fi EasyMesh agents on gateways/routers and extenders; setting up in-home backhaul connections; propagating fronthaul configuration changes; and collecting statistics periodically. A pending enhancement will expose configurations and device state via the common RDK message bus (RBus). The controller can support any certified Wi-Fi EasyMesh device. Broadband operators can then adopt and license advanced solutions, from Airties or others, to enable controller-initiated steering, cloud-based channel management, cloud-based diagnostics collection, and more.
Airties portfolio for broadband operators includes Airties Edge, smart Wi-Fi software for gateways; Airties Cloud, a cloud-based management platform and its companion app, Airties Vision; and Wi-Fi EasyMesh extenders. Airties was involved in the launch the world’s first ISP deployment of Wi-Fi EasyMesh and is currently working on similar Wi-Fi Easy Mesh deployments with multiple operators around the globe. Airties Cloud now actively manages more than 33 million homes and supports more than 646 million actively connected devices across the globe.
Additional information about RDK is available at www.rdkcentral.com. More information about Airties is at www.airties.com.
About RDK Management
RDK Management is an open source consortium that manages RDK for the global community. RDK is an open source software platform for the connected home that standardizes core functions used in broadband, video, and IoT devices. It enables operators to manage their devices; control their business models; and customize their apps, UIs and data analytics to improve the customer experience and drive business results. The RDK community is comprised of more than 500 companies including: CPE manufacturers, SoC vendors, software developers, system integrators, and service providers. For more information on the tools, training, and events provided by RDK Management, please visit: www.rdkcentral.com.
About Airties
Airties is a leading provider of managed Wi-Fi solutions to operators around the globe. The Smart Wi-Fi portfolio from Airties includes Airties Edge, smart Wi-Fi software for gateways; Airties Cloud, a cloud-based management platform and its companion app, Airties Vision; and Wi-Fi mesh extenders. Operators turn to Airties for the design, implementation, and ongoing optimization of their customers’ broadband experience. Airties’ customers include AT&T, Deutsche Telekom, Singtel, Sky, Telia, Telstra, Vodafone, and many others. More information is available at www.Airties.com.
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Transaction Aims to Accelerate Smart Wi-Fi Adoption Globally
Airties Looks to Expand into New Markets, Invest in R&D, Marketing and Recruiting
Airties will continue to be led by CEO Philippe Alcaras
London, UK, and Istanbul, Turkey – 27 April 2022 – Airties (the “Company”), a leading provider of cloud-based managed Wi-Fi solutions to operators globally, today announced that its Board and principal shareholders, including Invus, an evergreen equity investor, have agreed to the acquisition of the Company by Providence Equity Partners (“Providence”), a premier private equity firm that specializes in growth-oriented investments in media, communications, education and technology. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed.
Founded in 2004, Airties is a leading provider of cloud-based managed in-home Wi-Fi solutions, serving internet service providers (“ISPs”) with a combined footprint in excess of 80 million households across the world. Airties has consistently achieved strong organic revenue growth through significant client wins and by broadening its relationships with existing clients – including AT&T in the US, Sky in the UK, Deutsche Telekom and Vodafone across Europe, and Telstra in Australia.
Providence’s investment will assist Airties with accelerating growth into new markets globally, as well as funding additional R&D and product innovation to continue delivering superior connectivity, and expanding its sales, marketing, and recruitment efforts globally. As sector-focused investors with a history of partnering with innovative telecoms and technology companies, Providence is well-positioned to harness its expertise, network and resources to support Airties as it enters a transformative new chapter.
We are excited to work with Providence as Airties continues to build momentum and enter the next stage of its growth journey.
Philippe Alcaras, CEO of Airties
Philippe Alcaras, CEO of Airties, said: “We are proud of the leadership position we have achieved and thank our Board and investors for supporting us on this journey. We are excited to work with Providence as Airties continues to build momentum and enter the next stage of its growth journey. We could not have found a better partner to help us accelerate our development globally.”
Over our 12-year journey with the team, Airties has been at the forefront of the Wi-Fi revolution as it transformed its business from a hardware centric business in Turkey to a global software powerhouse both on the edge and the cloud, while also providing the most advanced access points.
Evren Bilimer, Managing Director at Invus and Board member of Airties
Evren Bilimer, Managing Director at Invus and Board member of Airties, said: “When my partner, Mario Kaloustian, and I met the founding team of Airties led by Bülent Çelebi and Metin Taşkın in 2010, they had a clear vision for the Internet of the future and centrality of Wi-Fi within it. Over our 12-year journey with the team, Airties has been at the forefront of the Wi-Fi revolution as it transformed its business from a hardware centric business in Turkey to a global software powerhouse both on the edge and the cloud, while also providing the most advanced access points. We are excited to now hand over the baton to the Providence team for the next chapter of Airties.”
We see tremendous potential to continue Airties’ growth trajectory by extending its global reach and expanding its offering. Additionally, we believe its culture of innovation and success make it a perfect fit for us.
Michaël Vervisch, Managing Director at Providence
Michaël Vervisch, Managing Director at Providence, said: “We have been impressed by the strength and quality of Airties’ cloud-based managed Wi-Fi solutions and strongly believe its leading software offering, together with its deep expertise in integrating across hardware technologies and operator platforms, positions Airties as a preferred partner for broadband service providers. We see tremendous potential to continue Airties’ growth trajectory by extending its global reach and expanding its offering. Additionally, we believe its culture of innovation and success make it a perfect fit for us. We look forward to partnering with Philippe and his outstanding team by leveraging our deep sector expertise in the next chapter of the company’s journey.”
Airties’ innovation has been recognized by numerous esteemed industry bodies, winning: “Best Home Wi-Fi Solution Award” from Broadband World Forum; the “Best Wi-Fi Service Provider Solution” and “Best Home Wi-Fi Product” awards from Wi-Fi NOW; “Best-In Home Wi-Fi Network” from Wireless Broadband Alliance; the “Best Broadband Customer Experience” award from Cable & Satellite International; and many others.
Airties was advised by Stifel (M&A), alongside Esin Attorney Partnership and Baker McKenzie London (M&A Legal), EY (Vendor Tax and Financial), PwC (Tax and Structuring), YC Law (Corporate Legal), DLA Piper (Management Legal) and Liberty Partners (Management). Providence was advised by LionTree (M&A), Allen & Overy (Legal), FTI Consulting (Financial), KPMG (Tax and Structuring) and EY Parthenon (Commercial).
About Airties
Airties is a leading provider of managed Wi-Fi solutions to operators around the globe. The Smart Wi-Fi portfolio from Airties includes Airties Edge, smart Wi-Fi software for gateways; Airties Cloud, a cloud-based management platform and its companion app, Airties Vision; and Wi-Fi mesh extenders. Operators turn to Airties for the design, implementation, and ongoing optimization of their customers’ broadband experience. Airties’ customers include AT&T, Deutsche Telekom, Singtel, Sky, Telia, Telstra, Vodafone, and many others. More information is available at www.Airties.com.
About Providence Equity Partners
Providence is a premier global private equity firm with approximately $31 billion in aggregate capital commitments. Providence pioneered a sector-focused approach to private equity investing with the vision that a dedicated team of industry experts could build exceptional companies of enduring value. Since the firm’s inception in 1989, Providence has invested in more than 170 companies and is a leading equity investment firm focused on the media, communications, education and technology industries. Providence is headquartered in Providence, RI, and also has offices in New York and London. For more information, please visit www.provequity.com.
About Invus
Founded in 1985, Invus makes equity investments in transformational opportunities in both private and public companies. The firm is active across a range of industries including consumer and retail, technology and healthcare. Invus has an evergreen structure enabling a long-term horizon with $10 billion under management and offices in New York, Paris and Hong Kong. For more information, please visit www.invus.com.
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Deutsche Telekom to use Airties Edge software and Airties Cloud management platform
Airties solutions integrated with RDK software to support GPON, DOCSIS, and DSL broadband gateways in various markets of Deutsche Telekom’s European footprint
ISTANBUL, Turkey – March 31, 2022 – Airties, the most widely deployed supplier of managed Wi-Fi solutions to service providers globally, today announced that it has signed a comprehensive agreement with Deutsche Telekom to deploy Airties’ suite of Smart Wi-Fi products and services across DT-Europe.
Deutsche Telekom is one of the world’s leading integrated telecommunications companies, with some 242 million mobile customers, 27 million fixed-network lines, and 22 million broadband lines. Late last year, Deutsche Telekom disclosed that it is using RDK open source software to standardize core functions of their broadband gateways. Under this agreement with Airties, Deutsche Telekom will also deploy Airties Edge software to further enhance their subscribers’ broadband gateways and Airties Cloud to provide home performance management and optimization to customers throughout several markets in Europe. Further details about country-specific rollouts and offers will be disclosed by Deutsche Telekom at a later date.
After examining the market, we selected Airties because of the proven quality, scalability, and versatility of their Smart Wi-Fi portfolio.
Pedro Bandeira, Vice President of Product and New Business at Deutsche Telekom
“Providing exceptional home broadband is of paramount importance to Deutsche Telekom, and that includes delivering the best possible Wi-Fi to our customers,” said Pedro Bandeira, Vice President of Product and New Business at Deutsche Telekom. “After examining the market, we selected Airties because of the proven quality, scalability, and versatility of their Smart Wi-Fi portfolio. We look forward to bringing these advanced Wi-Fi capabilities to our customers in the months ahead.”
We are honored that Deutsche Telekom selected Airties to help them provide a managed Smart Wi-Fi experience to their customers throughout Europe.
Philippe Alcaras, CEO of Airties
“Deutsche Telekom is a clear global leader when it comes to embracing technological innovations that improve the lives of their customers,” said Philippe Alcaras, CEO of Airties. “Having consistent, quality home Wi-Fi is more essential than ever before, and Deutsche Telekom fully recognizes this across its various markets. We are honored that Deutsche Telekom selected Airties to help them provide a managed Smart Wi-Fi experience to their customers throughout Europe.”
Airties’ unique hybrid cloud-edge architecture leverages both the embedded intelligence in customer premises equipment (CPE) and the cloud to maximize responsiveness and performance. Airties Edge is smart Wi-Fi software that intelligently directs consumers’ devices (laptops, tablets, smartphones, game consoles, IoT, smart home devices, etc.) to the best available channel and band (2.4GHz and 5GHz), based on real-time network conditions. This software enables an existing home gateway/modem to double as an intelligent Wi-Fi access point, improving the quality and stability of connectivity within the home.
Airties Cloud orchestrates Wi-Fi across homes, optimizing operator gateways and extenders in real-time to ensure a better quality of experience for consumers, while providing insights on connected devices. It allows operators to address evolving consumer needs, such as cybersecurity, through a suite of digital services. Airties Cloud also integrates with the Airties Vision companion app which provides real time data for consumers to manage their in-home wireless experience. Airties Cloud now actively manages more than 33 million homes and supports more than 646 million actively connected devices across the globe.
Airties has been recognized with many prestigious industry awards for its innovative work serving broadband operators including: “Best Home Wi-Fi Solution Award” from Broadband World Forum; “Best Wi-Fi Service Provider Solution” and “Best Home Wi-Fi Product” awards from Wi-Fi NOW; “Best-In Home Wi-Fi Network” award from Wireless Broadband Alliance; “Best Broadband Customer Experience” award from Cable & Satellite International; and many others. Additional information about the Airties can be found at: www.Airties.com. Additional information about Deutsche Telekom can be found at https://www.telekom.com/en.
About Airties
AAirties is the most widely deployed provider of managed Wi-Fi solutions to operators around the globe. Airties Smart Wi-Fi portfolio includes Airties Edge, smart Wi-Fi software for gateways; Airties Cloud, a cloud-based management platform and its companion app, Airties Vision; and Wi-Fi mesh extenders. Operators turn to Airties for the design, implementation, and ongoing optimization of their customers’ broadband experience. Some of Airties’ customers include Altice USA, AT&T, Deutsche Telekom, Singtel, Sky, Telia, Telstra, Vodafone, and many others. More information is available at www.Airties.com.
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Airties software portfolio used to support Telstra’s new Wi-Fi 6 Smart Modem 3 and “SmartFix” capabilities
Airties Smart Wi-Fi software with Wi-Fi EasyMesh™ software controller and Airties Cloud provide Telstra with enhanced in-home performance and optimization for customers across Australia
ISTANBUL, Turkey – March 24, 2022 – Airties, a leading supplier of managed Wi-Fi solutions for service providers globally, today announced further adoption of its software portfolio by Telstra to provide ultra-reliable home connectivity and Wi-Fi 6 capability to customers throughout Australia.
Specifically, Telstra’s new Smart Modem 3 includes Airties Edge, embedded Smart Wi-Fi software with its operator-grade EasyMesh software controller to easily onboard and manage Telstra’s Smart Wi-Fi boosters. Notably, using Airties software, Telstra was world’s first service provider to deploy Wi-Fi EasyMesh back in 2019. In addition, Telstra is also using Airties Cloud, a comprehensive management platform that continuously optimizes the network and gives Telstra real-time visibility into subscribers’ Wi-Fi performance, allowing remote diagnostics and troubleshooting, to help enable Telstra’s advanced “SmartFix” capabilities.
“As Australia’s leading broadband provider, we’re constantly looking to drive innovation in speed, reliability, and connectivity so our customers can enjoy the best Wi-Fi experience,” said Nathan Gumley, Executive of Home & Entertainment at Telstra.
“Now, more than ever, our world is dependent on reliable home Wi-Fi and connectivity,” said Philippe Alcaras, CEO of Airties.
“Telstra understands this fully, and we are very proud to play our part in to help them execute on their vision. Our work with Telstra also shows that Airties continues to be at the forefront of EasyMesh deployments and empowering our customers to differentiate using Smart Wi-Fi.”
Telstra new Smart Modem 3 offers the latest Wi-Fi 6 wireless speeds and capacity to improve internet connections; 4G backup; smart tech support features; security enhancements with automatic software updates; and compatibility with EasyMesh for Telstra’s Smart Wi – Fi Boosters that power its Wi-Fi Coverage Guarantee. The Smart Modem 3, with a sleek new all-black design and an enclosure made from 85% recycled material, is available today at https://www.telstra.com.au/internet/nbn.
Airties has been recognized with many prestigious industry awards for its innovative work serving broadband operators including: “Best Home Wi-Fi Solution Award” from Broadband World Forum; “Best Wi-Fi Service Provider Solution” and “Best Home Wi-Fi Product” awards from Wi-Fi NOW; “Best-In Home Wi-Fi Network” award from Wireless Broadband Alliance; “Best Broadband Customer Experience” award from Cable & Satellite International; and many others. Additional information about Airties can be found at: www.Airties.com.
About Airties
Airties is a leading provider of managed Wi-Fi solutions to operators around the globe. The Smart Wi-Fi portfolio from Airties includes Airties Edge, smart Wi-Fi software for gateways; Airties Cloud, a cloud-based management platform and its companion app, Airties Vision; and Wi-Fi mesh extenders. Operators turn to Airties for the design, implementation, and ongoing optimization of their customers’ broadband experience. Airties’ customers include Altice USA, AT&T, Singtel, Sky, Telia, Telstra, Vodafone, and many others. More information is available at www.Airties.com.
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Hear from Philippe Alcaras, CEO of Airties, share his perspective on home Wi-Fi and connectivity.
At Airties, our mission is to empower broadband service providers to deliver the best connected home experience for their customers. The pandemic has shown us that connectivity, and home Wi-Fi in particular, is as essential as electricity. People have come to depend on their home Wi-Fi more than ever… whether that is for remote work, connected house, online learning, entertainment, or simply staying connected with friends and family.
Airties is fortunate to be a world leader of managed home Wi-Fi solutions for broadband operators, with deployments such as AT&T, Sky, Telia, Telstra, Vodafone and many others. But, providing this level of consistent connectivity presents significant challenges, and opportunities for broadband operators and Airties’ focus is to help them innovate to meet these demands.
With Airties, operators can deliver significant Quality of Experience, generate additional ARPU, while driving down costs for customer care and churn. Beyond the strategic importance of home broadband, managed Wi-Fi opens the door for new ARPU-generating services, such as home security, remote care, motion-sensing applications, and smart home automation. So, whether you are a cable, telco, or fixed wireless 5G service provider, there is arguably no better return on investment (ROI) than managed Wi-Fi and connectivity.
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Hear from Oz Yildirim, EVP & GM Americas Business Unit at Airties, what are the key benefits of EasyMesh for operators
Oz Yildirim, EVP & GM Americas Business Unit at Airties, discusses the benefits of EasyMesh with
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Airties advocating for standards that help improve home Wi-Fi
Airties has always been an advocate for standards that help improve home Wi-Fi. EasyMesh, in particular, is a Wi-Fi Alliance® program which brings a standards-based approach to Wi-Fi networks that utilize multiple access points (APs). Specifically, EasyMesh Release 2 provides a standardized communication layer for home networks that utilizes multiple Wi-Fi extenders.
Over 250 Wi-Fi EasyMesh device certifications are recognized by Wi-Fi Alliance to date on Wi-Fi 5, Wi-Fi 6 and Wi-Fi 6E products across every major chipset vendor and OEM.
Adopting EasyMesh allows Airties, and our customers, to focus more on adding value with business logic and less on platform integration—as certain core functionalities are now able to work consistently across chipsets and OEMs. It enables us to focus more efforts on the advanced Smart Wi-Fi and cloud management capabilities that really make a difference to our customers, such as advanced steering, channel optimization, zero-touch installation, and remote Wi-Fi troubleshooting.
Airties’ software enabled the world’s first service provider deployment of Wi-Fi EasyMesh with Telstra in Australia. Since that time, we now have multiple EasyMesh-based service provider deployments underway that we expect will be announced later this year.
While each deployment is unique, more service providers are seeking the kind of interoperability that EasyMesh provides, coupled with Airties’ hybrid cloud-edge software architecture to maximize the responsiveness, performance, and control of their subscribers’ home Wi-Fi experience.
At Airties, EasyMesh is the foundation for delivering leading Smart Wi-Fi functionality, granting broadband operators flexibility to deploy Airties Edge (our Smart Wi-Fi software for gateways/routers/extenders) on a massive number of products.
In addition, Airties Cloud provides broadband operators with the ability to manage both legacy and EasyMesh extenders in a unified way, since only the most recent extenders are available with EasyMesh.
The benefits for operators to adopt this EasyMesh approach versus alternatives
- EasyMesh both simplifies and speeds up the integration of advanced business logic onto Wi-Fi hardware platforms, by reducing the bespoke integration efforts typically needed across OEMs, chipsets, and software. It does this by standardizing the basic building blocks of a managed Wi-Fi mesh solution for operators.
- EasyMesh is supported by all major Wi-Fi chipset vendors and OEMs for their mainstream and future generation products. This also means operators can support multi-vendor deployments more seamlessly.
- EasyMesh is fully compatible with the Airties hybrid cloud-edge architecture that leverages Smart Wi-Fi capabilities embedded on the CPE as well as the analytics and optimizations operated through the Cloud.
- EasyMesh allows operators to work with partners like Airties to focus more of their efforts on the advanced Smart Wi-Fi and connected home services that really make a difference to consumers – things like zero-touch installation; remote home Wi-Fi management; and new services.
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Press release | November 19, 2024
Video | October 15, 2024
Hear from Nicolas Fortineau, CMO & EVP of Airties, what are the key Wi-Fi trends to watch this year and what they mean to broadband operators.
The expectations for the connected home have changed forever. This trend presents significant opportunities and challenges for broadband operators around the globe. A recent survey of more than 1,500 consumers commissioned by Airties, found:
- Consumers strongly prefer their broadband operator take the lead in ensuring a quality home Wi-Fi experience. 80% said they would rather their broadband subscription include all of their home Wi-Fi gear — instead of purchasing anything through retail.
- 58% said they would consider upgrading to a faster tier of Internet service – if their broadband operator offered a premium Wi-Fi system that guaranteed consistent Wi-Fi in every room.
- Notably, 71% of consumers expect to continue working from home post-pandemic. 39% of respondents said they were reimbursed by their employer for new Wi-Fi gear they purchased, and 32% had their broadband subscription subsidized by their employer. This represents a significant new business opportunity for broadband operators.
At Airties, we’re fully committed to helping broadband operators live up to, and exceed, consumer expectations by providing them with the world’s best managed Wi-Fi solution.
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We are extremely honored to have been selected by Wi-Fi NOW as the “Best Service Provider Wi-Fi Solution.”
This category is particularly meaningful to Airties. That’s because our sole mission is to empower broadband operators to deliver the best connected home experience for their customers. All of us now recognize that residential Wi-Fi is an essential service. It’s as vital as electricity.
And, across more than 33 million homes around the world, Airties is proud to help operators keep their customers productive, informed, entertained, and connected. We are not only here to help fix home Wi-Fi issues – but also to provide operators with unique insights that enable them further to differentiate and monetize their home broadband services.
Upon deploying our portfolio, broadband operators consistently report improved customer satisfaction, reduced customer care expenses, increased Net Promotor Scores (NPS), and increased overall customer lifetime value (CLV) of subscribers.
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