Software

Vantiva Homeware™

OVERVIEW

Leveraging and extending
the power of openwrt

Vantiva’s Homeware™ software solution leverages openWRT to deliver a scalable software stack for home gateways. An open-source software development kit (SDK) for service providers, Homeware provides a standard platform to build, deploy, and support new services more efficiently. We have extended openWRT to make it carrier-grade while maintaining the overall architecture — the result is an intuitive software solution that is open, apps-ready, interoperable, and secure.

An open-source platform

We believe in the power of open-source software — the inherent collaboration leads to faster time-to-market and improved software quality. Vantiva Homeware benefits from a large community of developers who are continuously testing and contributing to the improvement of the platform. To ensure the ongoing growth and success of this, we also contribute back to the OpenWRT community to improve the open-source community’s projects.

Seamless interoperability

Vantiva Homeware is built on the principle of strong, seamless interoperability — which has ensured successful deployment in more than 50 countries across various configurations. This compatibility greatly reduces time to market and gives service providers the freedom to choose.

Designed for new applications

Homeware is an SDK for service providers to develop unique and fully customized applications on their gateways. This enables operators to generate new services and improve average revenue per user (ARPU) or optimize existing services and reduce total cost of ownership (TCO). Third-party developers can easily code compatible apps or choose from a catalog of pre-integrated innovative apps from Vantiva’s Advanced Technology Partner Program. One example is Homeware’s Life Cycle Management application, which improves broadband service availability by decoupling application upgrades and maintenance from the gateway core software.

Three rigorous security checks

Vantiva’s Homeware is based on an overall software architecture with end-to-end security by design: from bootup to the installation of applications via lifecycle management. Software undergoes three rigorous security checks to reduce the risk of vulnerabilities: during development, during validation, and even once products are delivered. At regular intervals, the products are validated by independent third-party security labs.