RDK in the News

London, UK, December 3, 2024 — The Wireless Broadband Alliance (WBA), the global industry body dedicated to improving Wi-Fi standards and services, has today 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…

Jason Briggs of RDK Management tells CSI about the latest developments, deployments and trends around the Reference Design Kit. https://youtu.be/x_a_emat2h8…

RDKM President Jason Briggs gives Advanced TV an update on RDK.…

This week Wi-Fi chipmaker MediaTek continued its multi-pronged attack on the global CPE market with a new Wi-Fi 7 hardware reference design. This time the company is targeting the growing community of cablecos and telcos committed to the RDK open source CPE platform. As far as we know the announcement by RDK Management and MediaTek marks the world’s first Wi-Fi 7 reference design…

In advance of the annual NetworkX conference, RDK Management and MediaTek unveiled a new RDK-B hardware reference platform designed to enable broadband operators, CPE manufacturers, and app developers to rapidly test and launch new Wi-Fi 7 RDK-B routers and gateways. By combining open-source hardware powered by MediaTek with RDK’s open-source software, companies now have an easy-to-use platform to accelerate…

Tata Elxsi has successfully integrated the RDK-B software stack with Qualcomm’s 5G Fixed Wireless Access (FWA) Gen 3 Platform, marking a world-first achievement. This integration enables operators to deliver high-speed, reliable, and scalable FWA solutions with features like Wi-Fi 6, advanced security, and value-added services such as Quality of Service (QoS), band steering, parental control, and VPN. It accelerates…