Smartcom became a member of the prpl Foundation to join an industry ecosystem determined to build a new approach to the telco CPE.
Today operators are forced to make repeated, one-off investments every new broadband or Wi-Fi technology generation. The procurement process is tedious and complex and the outcomes are often riddled with compromises. Typically this leads to a diverse CPE installed base which means inconsistent availability of services, higher deployment, operational and support costs, as well as constraints on new value-added services and revenue streams.
About prpl Foundation
We are a diverse community of Service Providers, OEMs, Silicon Vendors, ISVs and open-source developers committed to Open-Source and Open-APIs in support of Open Gateway CPE. We are cultivating a large ecosystem of like-minded companies and individuals working to defragment the plethora of proprietary (or forked) software platforms being developed and deployed today. We collaborate with industry organizations such as the Broadband-Forum.org and Wi-Fi.org in order to help accelerate our goals.