NEWS FLASH: prpl Foundation Welcomes Vodafone
Vodafone Group Joins prpl Foundation to Spur Open-Source Innovation in the Digital Home and Smart Gateways: Enrique Marti del Olmo, Vodafone Group’s Head of Fixed Devices, Connectivity & Security, appointed to the prpl Board of Directors
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Vodafone Group, a leading multi-national telecommunications provider and Europe’s fastest-growing fixed broadband provider, joins prpl with the intent to accelerate the harmonization of software platforms for in-home devices like routers in order to foster innovation in the digital home and smart gateways.
Vodafone Group’s head of fixed devices, connectivity & security, Enrique Marti del Olmo, joins the prpl Board of Directors, prpl’s Carrier Interest Group and the prplWrt Working Group to help make routers more open, interoperable and secure.
“Vodafone endorses the important open-source and specification work of the prpl Foundation. Increasingly, we see open-source software and open standards as critical to the successful deployment of fixed broadband devices like routers and the next generation of in-home services. By working together with prpl’s industrial and community members to integrate carrier-grade features into open-source platforms and establish open APIs, we believe we can improve quality, increase security and streamline development of fixed broadband products for the digital home market,” said Mr. Marti del Olmo.
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