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WBA updates OMWi framework to streamline residential Wi-Fi management

The Wireless Broadband Alliance (WBA) has released an updated “Operator Managed Wi-Fi (OMWi): Reference Architecture and Requirements” technical report.  This update includes enhanced technical and operational requirements and introduces open-source, OMWi-compliant implementations from partners such as the prpl Foundation and RDK-B.  It delivers a comprehensive framework for deploying and managing residential Wi-Fi, addressing global operator needs through the integration of key standards and open-source platforms.  (more…)

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December 4, 2024

Posted by: Magda Dabrowska

Broadband Forum updates standards for smart home devices

The Broadband Forum announced that it has launched an important upgrades to two standards. This will enable internet service providers (ISPs) to manage individual smart home applications separately, without the need for complicated firmware updates.
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July 28, 2023

Posted by: Shriya Raban

prpl Foundation, Beegol partner to enable real-time, accurate diagnoses for Wi-Fi users

Internet Service Providers (ISPs) across Latin America will be able to obtain a quick and reliable diagnosis of their subscriber’s internet service issues due to partnership between the prpl Foundation and Beegol for Wi-Fi mesh. (more…)

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February 28, 2023

Posted by: Shriya Raban

prpl Foundation and SoftAtHome demonstrate CPE service platform with open-source software

Amsterdam, Netherlands – The prpl Foundation, an organisation dedicated to open-source and open-APIs for carrier-grade CPE, and SoftAtHome, an independent software company for broadband, video, and analytics, will jointly demo new SoftAtHome solutions leveraging prplWare, the prpl Foundation stack. Demos will be presented during the prpl Summit 2022 at the Novotel Amsterdam City on October 20th, 2022. The prpl Foundation to announce SoftAtHome as a premium sponsor of this year’s prpl Summit. (more…)

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October 20, 2022

Posted by: Janmesh Chintankar

prpl Mesh, open-source Wi-Fi Mesh solution, adds features and quickens time to market for ISPs

Framingham, United States. 19 April, 2022 – Internet service providers (ISP)s will be able to deploy fully open-source Wi-Fi mesh networks, including standardised application programming interface (API)s enabling new services and features more quickly and with better interoperability than previously possible. The prpl Foundation and its service providers announced a major acceleration effort to its prplMesh open-source Wi-Fi mesh software stack, which will be made carrier grade by the end of this year. (more…)

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April 19, 2022

Posted by: Janmesh Chintankar

AWS joins board of prpl Foundation to standardise orchestration of CPE software with the cloud

Framingham, Massachusetts. 05 January 2021- prpl Foundation announced that Amazon Web Services (AWS) has joined its board. The announcement aims to help standardise cloud-based application orchestration to manage the life cycles of containerised software components for next-generation customer-premises equipment (CPE) software stacks.  (more…)

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January 6, 2022

Posted by: Anasia D'mello

QA Cafe and prpl Foundation join forces for prplWare broadband gateways and Wi-Fi routers

Dover, N.H., USA – A new partnership between QA Cafe and prpl Foundation will expand the performance and security for broadband Wi-Fi routers and gateways with enhanced automated testing. QA Cafe’s CDRouter test solution for broadband, enterprise edge and Wi-Fi gateways provides repeatable, automated testing of prplWare open-source CPE software that can be easily replicated for self-testing by developers. (more…)

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December 7, 2021

Posted by: Anasia D'mello

F-Secure weighs in on prpl Foundation IoT device security standards

F-Secure has joined the Prpl Foundation to help provide a more secure consumer experience when customers use their home Wi-Fi network and Internet of Things (IoT) devices. (more…)

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October 18, 2019

Posted by: Anasia D'mello

SAM Seamless Networks joins Prpl Foundation to develop joint IoT security standards

SAM Seamless Network, the intuitive security system for smart home networks announced it has joined Prpl Foundation, an open-source community-driven consortium with a focus on enabling the security and interoperability of embedded devices for the IoT and smart society of the future. (more…)

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May 8, 2019

Posted by: Anasia D'mello

Fon joins prpl Foundation to accelerate open-source innovation for the digital home and carrier Wi-Fi

The prpl Foundation, an open-source, community-driven, not-for-profit consortium with a focus enabling the security and interoperability of embedded devices for the smart society of the future, has announced that Fon has joined the Foundation. (more…)

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October 26, 2017

Posted by: Zenobia Hegde