Deutsche Telekom is to deploy smart wifi products and services from Turkish company Airties to improve smart-home access across Europe.

Deutsche Telekom has some 242 million mobile customers, 27 million fixed-network lines and 22 million broadband lines. Late last year, DT disclosed that it was using RDK open-source software to standardise core functions of its broadband gateways.

Under the agreement with Airties, Deutsche Telekom will also deploy Airties Edge software to enhance its subscribers’ broadband gateways and Airties Cloud to provide home performance management and optimisation to customers throughout several markets in Europe.

Details about country-specific rollouts and offers will be disclosed by Deutsche Telekom at a later date.

“Providing exceptional home broadband is of paramount importance to Deutsche Telekom, and that includes delivering the best possible wifi to our customers,” said Pedro Bandeira, vice president at Deutsche Telekom. “After examining the market, we selected Airties because of the proven quality, scalability and versatility of their smart wifi portfolio. We look forward to bringing these advanced wifi capabilities to our customers in the months ahead.”

Airties’ hybrid cloud-edge architecture leverages the embedded intelligence in customer premises equipment (CPE) and the cloud to increase responsiveness and performance. Airties Edge is smart wifi software that intelligently directs consumers’ devices such as laptops, tablets, smartphones, game consoles, IoT and smart home device to the best available channel and band (2.4 and 5GHz), based on real-time network conditions. This software enables an existing home gateway or modem to double as an intelligent wifi access point, improving the quality and stability of connectivity within the home.

“Deutsche Telekom is a clear global leader when it comes to embracing technological innovations that improve the lives of their customers,” said Philippe Alcaras, CEO of Airties. “Having consistent, quality home wifi is more essential than ever before, and Deutsche Telekom fully recognises this across its various markets. We are honoured that Deutsche Telekom selected Airties to help them provide a managed smart wifi experience to their customers throughout Europe.”

Airties Cloud orchestrates wifi across homes, optimising operator gateways and extenders in real time to ensure a better quality experience for consumers, while providing insights on connected devices. It allows operators to address evolving consumer needs, such as cyber security, through a suite of digital services.

Airties Cloud also integrates with the Airties Vision companion app, which provides real-time data for consumers to manage their in-home wireless experience. Airties Cloud now actively manages more than 33 million homes and supports more than 646 million actively connected devices across the globe.

Airties is a provider of managed wifi products to operators gloablly. Its customers include Altice USA, AT&T, Deutsche Telekom, Singtel, Sky, Telia, Telstra and Vodafone.