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3 Jul 2025
News Release 02 July 2025
Operators can now trust that they can manage a diverse range of devices and deliver an optimal user experience for customers, as prpl Foundation member company Gemtek Technologies Co., Ltd. becomes the first to deliver prplWare certified devices.
By achieving certification, Gemtek has evidenced that their devices will behave as expected by operators, and that all applications will run consistently across all their prplWare devices. As a result, operators using Gemtek devices with certified prplWare firmware can manage devices spanning multiple generations and silicon platforms, sourced from various suppliers and running complex applications.
“We are proud to see the first certification with Gemtek, of what will be many certified devices in the future,” said prpl Foundation President and MaxLinear VP and CTO Broadband Group, Dr. Leonard Dauphinee. “A device running prplWare provides a well-defined set of APIs and predictable behavior for both the gateway and the applications that
operators intend to run on the gateways they offer to their customers. CPE platforms are now being certified as authentic, fully featured prplWare.”
“At Gemtek, we are true believers in open standards and open source, as we fully share the vision and values of the prpl Foundation,” said Gemtek CEO, James Lee. “By working closely with our broadband silicon partners and providing prplWare Certified devices across multiple SoC platforms to its customers, Gemtek can greatly accelerate time to market for operators. As the number of RFPs specifying prpl-certified proposals continues to increase,
we are proud to be the first to achieve prplWare device certification supporting acceleration and scalability.”
“The first two devices certified are a Multi-WAN Gateway which supports Wi-Fi7 Tri-Band, XGS-PON/5G NR/10G Ethernet, based on MaxLinear silicon, and a Wi-Fi7 Tri-Band Gateway based on the Qualcomm Dragonwing™ platform,” continued Lee.
“We congratulate Gemtek on delivering the pplWare-certified, carrier-grade OSPv2 platform based on MaxLinear technology,” said Vice President of MaxLinear’s Network Infrastructure and Carrier Business, Puneet Sethi. “With full Wi-Fi 7 certification,Tri-Band support, and multi-WAN readiness, this platform is primed for operator deployment. We’re proud to see the prpl Foundation ecosystem expanding rapidly and gaining strong traction among MaxLinear’s global customer base.”
The certification follows the official release of the prplWare Certification Program earlier this year, with a standardized test plan and supporting test software on the CDRouter Test Platform from QA Cafe.
“It is a testament to the dedication and hard work of prpl Foundation members, and Gemtek in particular, to get the first devices through the prplWare Certification program,” said QA Cafe CTO and Chair of the prpl Foundation Testing and Certification Working Group, Tim Winters. “We look forward to more and more companies using certification to prove their devices will work the way operators expect and moving the open-source CPE industry forward.”
Details on how to get prplWare Certification and see the list of certified devices can be found at https://prplfoundation.org/certification/. You can also learn more about the latest prplWare 4.0 and how to get certified in an upcoming webinar hosted by the prpl Foundation on 17 July: https://bit.ly/44vkqHE.
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About the prpl Foundation
The prpl Foundation is a collaborative open-source community dedicated to open APIs and open industry standards, focusing on carrier-grade software for broadband customer premise equipment as specified by operator members. The prpl Foundation brings together service providers, original equipment manufacturers, system integrators, chip vendors and application developers to harmonize home network architecture, then commonizes a reference implementation of standardized open-source infrastructure built atop open APIs and open industry standards. prpl enables a service delivery ecosystem including innovative third-party applications that can be quickly and easily deployed across different CPE platforms.
About Gemtek
Gemtek is a leading provider of Gateways and Software Solutions for operators. With its own manufacturing facilities in Vietnam, Taiwan, and Europe, and the full support of a world-class Software Team, Gemtek is fully capable of meeting customer demand at any scale. You can find Gemtek on the web at https://www.gemteks.com
About MaxLinear
MaxLinear, Inc. (Nasdaq: MXL) is a leading provider of radio frequency (RF), analog, digital, and mixed-signal integrated circuits for access and connectivity, wired and wireless infrastructure, and industrial and multimarket applications. MaxLinear is headquartered in Carlsbad, California. You can find MaxLinear on the web at https://www.maxlinear.com/.
About QA Cafe
QA Cafe is a dynamic software company and leading provider of network product test solutions and network analysis tools for broadband access, home networks, consumer electronics, cybersecurity, government, and enterprise IT.
You can find QA Cafe on the web at www.qacafe.com.
Note: Qualcomm branded products are products of Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. and/or its
subsidiaries. Qualcomm and Qualcomm Dragonwing are trademarks or registered trademarks of
Qualcomm Incorporated.