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PALO ALTO, Calif. — Aug. 19, 2024 — Now in its fourth year, #PlumeStrong is proud to announce two significant fundraising events: the #PlumeStrong Cycling Challenge (#PSCC24) and a Gala Philanthropic Dinner. Plume and its employees, with the help of generous corporate sponsors and individuals, are seeking to raise €1,000,000 to continue #PlumeStrong’s mission to provide education and opportunity to communities in need.

Recently, #PlumeStrong and Street Child committed to continue their partnership. This year, the focus shifts to Sierra Leone, a country where access to secondary education in rural areas remains a critical need. The funds raised during the #PSCC24 will benefit Street Child’s work in Sierra Leone. The collaboration will focus on developing 15 rural secondary schools, providing quality education to over 1,500 children annually, teacher training, and the establishment of a community agriculture project to help sustain the school.

#PSCC24 will be held from September 2-6, 2024. Riders will begin in Zurich, Switzerland and finish in Venice, Italy, covering a distance of 824 km and traversing famous mountain passes through the Alps and the Dolomites.

Returning #PlumeStrong Ambassador, three-time Tour de France champion, and recent winner of the Giro d’Italia, Tadej Pogačar, will join the ride for the first leg. Additional #PlumeStrong Ambassadors joining the ride include cyclists Urška Žigart, Scott Ogden and Marko Baloh.

The 2023 #PlumeStrong Cycling Challenge (#PSCC23) raised over €550,000 and was used to provide much-needed educational support for children affected by the Turkey-Syria earthquakes. Through the support of our riders, partners, and all of our generous donors, #PlumeStrong is building a school in one of the most impacted regions in the area.

Following the ride, #PlumeStrong will host its first-ever Gala Philanthropic Dinner in California on October 19, 2024. The Gala will raise funds to support the work of our U.S.-based partner, the Ron Brown Scholar Program, for the creation of the Ron Brown Venture Lab (RBVL). It is an innovative initiative designed to provide the essential resources that Ron Brown Scholars, Captains, and Alumni need to launch and grow their entrepreneurial ventures. The event will include both a silent and a live auction.

The Ron Brown Venture Lab will create a robust support network to address the significant challenges Black founders often face in securing the resources needed to bring their business ideas to life. By providing social, human, and financial capital, RBVL supports developing and scaling ventures within the community. The initiative aims to ignite a new generation of socially-minded innovators to drive transformative change in their communities and beyond.

“What started as an internal program has grown beyond even our own expectations. We started #PlumeStrong to assist our employees and support one another at a time when people felt isolated and alone. Now, we have extended #PlumeStrong’s reach all over the world and have created a program that actively provides resources for education and community building. Our employees, business partners, and sponsors have played a vital role in this endeavor, and we are so grateful for their continued support. Our extraordinary #PlumeAmbassadors, including cycling star Tadej Pogačar, have helped to spread the word about the #PlumeStrong Cycling Challenge and the aims of our global mission. #PlumeStrong has gone from strength to strength, and I am so proud of this team.” – Fahri Diner, Founder and CEO, Plume

  • Follow along for #PSCC24 updates on Instagram
  • Learn more about how to sponsor our individual #PSCC24 riders here
  • For details on the Ron Brown Venture Lab click here
  • Get more information on the Gala Philanthropic Dinner Ticket & Sponsorship information here
  • For details on how to partner with us or take part in #PSCC24 please visit the #PlumeStrong website
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“What’s the WiFi password?” has become a common question as people enter friends’ houses, restaurants or hotels. At this point, it may even come before inquiries about the family, where the refreshments (or bathroom) are located, or even a simple “hello.” As summer barbeques, graduation festivities and pool parties are in full swing, Plume IQ looks at the impact of adding devices to WiFi networks and offers advice to help hosts prepare for their guests.

Plume IQ examined data specifically from recent summer holiday and discovered that on Memorial Day (May 27, 2024), there was a 28% increase in devices joining a network for the first time as compared to the typical Monday. This could be an indicator of the type of increase expected over the coming summer holidays. Of those devices connecting on Memorial Day, 69% were smartphones. This shows that holidays and gatherings can increase the pressure on you as a host to provide an optimal experience – but also on your network.

Memorial Day Wifi Activity

There are two things to consider when preparing your WiFi network for this influx of guests over the summer. The first is their ease in joining the network. The second is their connected experience.

For too long, adding someone new on a guest network had to come with some less-than-elegant effort. It entailed either reciting a password simple enough to repeat and remember but that would be weak for security, having to look on the back of a router for a confusing string or – even worse – handing the guest an old sticky note that’s been in a drawer for years. What great host wants to spend all week prepping the house, shopping for the best food and stocking the fridge with the coolest drinks only to have their guest’s first experience involve being handed a dirty note stuck to an old cable bill? Quick Tips for sharing wifi

Avoiding such scenarios involves being prepared – much like a host might start marinating the kabobs the night before the guests arrive. If there’s a small group coming that includes close friends and family, set up individual guest profiles and make the WiFi password their phone number, dog’s name or favorite sports team. A comprehensive WiFi management app (such as HomePass) should even ensure that your guests have internet access but cannot see other devices connected to your network. If there is a large group on the way, use that app to generate a QR code and have it printed out and framed near the entrance to your party so your guests do not even have to ask for a password.

Before your guests arrive, make sure that you and your network are ready. Check the locations of access points and consider adding more in areas that may have an increase in traffic. Making the WiFi experience as seamless as possible will let everyone focus on the celebration.

Have a great summer!

OpenSync Summit Recap

This year’s OpenSync Summit announced an expanded new roadmap for OpenSync Release 6 while OpenSync founder Plume unveiled an aggressive new go-to-market model for distributors and ODMs: ‘Plume PxO’ (Powered by ODM) enables partners to bundle Plume ‘HomePass’ and ‘Frontline’ service subscriptions into hardware sales. OpenSync is now backed by more than 30 CPE manufacturers and 400 service providers, the organisation says. The tagline for the event was “easier, faster, more valuable.”

Read more here

News Roundup

“We are a society that both supports corporate social responsibility and has some skepticism about it. However, Plume Design, Inc. has demonstrated how to launch initiatives that involve and excite entire teams, and that can bring concrete benefits beyond their community.

Jasna Mihelj Coustaury, General Manager of European Operations for Plume Design, Inc., in Slovenia joined us recently to share their story.”

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“OpenSync Lite will support a somewhat reduced set of Wi-Fi management features but will retain what are arguably the most important: Cloud-based Wi-Fi optimisation and QoE delivered via Plume’s adaptive Wi-Fi. Plume’s ‘Haystack’ – featuring analysis, monitoring, and troubleshooting for CSPs – is fully supported, Plume says. For more details also see here. OpenSync Lite also enables Plume’s HomePass app for CSP subscribers to manage their network.”

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#PlumeStrong

#PlumeStrong was thrilled to take part in the Big Ride event with Street Child and Liberty Global. Over two days, 800 participants cycled, ran and walked to raise funds for Street Child – Liberty Global’s NGO partner and Plume’s charity partner. Street Child’s mission is to keep children safe, in school and learning around the world. The event was the largest Big Ride to date!

#PlumeStrong sent six riders to support the ride and at the closing ceremony, Plume CEO Fahri Diner and Liberty Global CEO Mike Fries gave a joint speech encouraging the enthusiastic cycling crowd to support the upcoming #PSCC24 in September.

Get more information on the #PlumeStrong Cycling Challenge

Plume and Street Child are thrilled to announce the continuation of their partnership for a third consecutive year!

This year, the collaboration will focus on an ambitious new project to support the development of 15 rural secondary schools in Sierra Leone, providing quality education to over 1,500 children each year, as well as teacher training and the establishment of a community agriculture project to help sustain the school.

The evolution of the partnership between Plume and Street Child has been marked by significant achievements. Last year’s #PlumeStrong Cycling Challenge 2023 (#PSCC23) successfully raised over €550,000, aiding Street Child’s efforts to restore education for children affected by the Turkey-Syria earthquake. This year, as a result of our renewed partnership, the focus shifts to Sierra Leone, a country where access to secondary education in rural areas remains a critical need. All of the funds raised during the 2024 #PlumeStrong Cycling Challenge (#PSCC24) will benefit Street Child’s work in Sierra Leone.  

Lucinda Dannatt, Director of Development & Policy and Co-founder of Street Child, said:

“We are delighted to be partnering with Plume for a third consecutive year, continuing our mission to build educational opportunities for children who are at the greatest risk of being left behind. This year’s collaboration will raise at least €500k to enable over 1,500 children to access quality education each year. This partnership underscores our shared commitment to creating lasting impact through education, empowering communities, and giving children the tools to write their own futures.”

Fahri Diner, Founder and CEO of Plume, shared his thoughts on the ongoing partnership: 

“In 2020, #PlumeStrong began as an internal initiative during the pandemic to support the mental and physical health of our global workforce. Four years later, we have raised over €1,300,000 and, through our partnership with Street Child, we have been able to extend our impact globally. In September 2024, we will be kicking off the #PlumeStrong Cycling Challenge in Zurich with our friend and ambassador, Tadej Pogačar, the cycling superstar, two-time Tour de France champion, and recent winner of the Giro d’Italia. I could not be prouder of what this team has achieved and am excited for what our future holds.”

The #PlumeStrong Cycling Challenge 2024 will be held from 2-6 September. Riders will start in Zurich, Switzerland and finish in Venice, Italy, covering a distance of 824 km and traversing famous mountain passes including Passo Pordoi, Passo Falzarego and Passo Zoncolan along the way. For details on how to partner with or take part in #PSCC24 please visit the #PlumeStrong website.

Learn more about how to sponsor our individual #PSCC24 riders here.

About Street Child

Street Child is one of the world’s fastest-growing international children’s charities, established in 2008. Street Child works to ensure children are safe, in school and learning even, and especially, in low resource environments and emergencies. The charity works with an expanding network of local organisations and a focus on the power and purpose of inspirational local level organisations sits at the heart of all they do – and has done so since the first partnership in Sierra Leone in 2008.

Today Street Child works in over 25 countries across sub-Saharan Africa, Asia, Europe and the Middle East.  

Learn more

Follow Street Child on LinkedIn and X

About Plume and #PlumeStrong

Based out of Silicon Valley with offices worldwide, Plume creates connectivity experiences that help consumers thrive in their ever-changing digital lifestyles.

#PlumeStrong began during the early days of the Covid pandemic as a fun, action-oriented initiative to help the company’s employees stay physically and mentally well through exercise. Over the last three years, it has gone from strength to strength bringing people together to raise funds and help communities flourish in challenging circumstances.

#PlumeStrong is committed to making a material global impact across five pillars: Health & Wellness, Education & Equality, Efficiency & Sustainability, Science & Technology, and Security & Privacy.

Learn more

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What a Ride

Welcome to Plume IQ – our reveal of data-driven intelligence and consumer insights from 3 billion connected devices and 60 million locations, managed by Plume’s cloud platform. The data below is from a sample of our locations.

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May was National Bike Month in the United States and we hope you have enjoyed some time out on the roads, trails, paths, and mountain passes. Shout out to all the cyclists training for the #PlumeStrong Cycling Challenge (read more about that below).

As we approach the second half of the year, Plume IQ is checking in on the indoor cyclists to see if they have been keeping up on their New Year’s resolutions based on fitness bike and training device usage.

To better manage networks, Plume connectivity includes device identification. Analyzing the data transmitted by fitness bikes – such as Pelotons – in the U.S., in locations with Plume, we saw an off week in early February where usage hit it a 16% low when compared to the first week of the year. Besides that, cycling usage actually grew fairly steadily from the start of the year and peaked just recently at the end of March – a data increase of almost 135%. Seems people caught the workout bug as they hit their goals.

Fitness training devices, such as Tonal and Mirror, saw similar usage patterns. Usage valleyed at the same time as bikes in early February and grew to peak during the same week in March at nearly 120% higher data transmission than the first week of January.

Average consumption per device

We love to see everyone crushing those New Year’s resolutions whether you’re riding inside or out on the streets, roads, trails, paths, or mountain passes.

The technology used to analyze device data is vital to successfully operating a managed network. Advance Device Typing (ADT) enables a network to act intelligently by learning, categorizing, and adapting to the different demands of devices. ADT is how a WiFi network can tell the difference between a Peloton, a NordicTrack, or an iPhone.

ADT is one of the ways that a managed network can use intelligence to effectively provide an ideal experience. More than just identifying the device, ADT makes sure that a device gets the appropriate amount of bandwidth or is correctly switched from different network access points. Plume IQ will continue to examine how devices are utilized and show how properly managed networks benefit the end user experience. Until then, enjoy the ride.

NOS Case Study

Unlocking Potential: NOS Empowers Small Business Owners with WorkPass®

As Portugal’s leading entertainment and communications provider, NOS connects businesses and homes through cutting-edge fixed and mobile solutions. However, ensuring a seamless WiFi experience for small
and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) posed a challenge because existing enterprise solutions were too complex and expensive. NOS needed a solution that would ensure security, exceptional connectivity, easy implementation, and improvement in user experience. Read how NOS introduced WorkPass and raised their ARPU, SMB customers, and NPS in a little over a year.

Unlocking Potential: NOS Empowers Small Business Owners with WorkPass®

OpenSync Lite

OpenSync is a streamlined version of OpenSync designed to rapidly connect in-field consumer premise equipment (CPE) with more limited capabilities to the Plume cloud, enabling Plume services. It allows CSPs to access all functionalities of the Haystack suite and to provide subscribers with essential features of the HomePass app.

Learn more about OpenSync Lite here.

#PlumeStrong

Do you want to ride with the best cyclist in the world? All for a good cause?

Recent winner of the Giro d’Italia, and two-time Tour de France champion Tadej Pogačar, will be joining the #PlumeStrong team and our #PlumeStrong Ambassadors for the 2024 #PlumeStrong Cycling Challenge. He will ride with us during Stage 1 from Zurich to Klosters Platz in Switzerland on Monday, September 2, 2024.

For details on how to join the ride please click here.

Understandably, there is a tradeoff between having WiFi-enabled devices connected around the clock and the energy cost required for this level of convenience. For many devices, there is no real functional need to be connected to a network 24/7. Most TVs, gaming devices, and laptops have dormant periods where they are off or revert to a sleep mode and conserve electricity. However, that doesn’t happen with the WiFi gateways, routers, and extenders that power networks – these all typically stay at the same level of network supply even as demand from devices lowers.

Plume IQ examines how WiFi networking gear can be a surprising place for energy savings with no noticeable degradation in the consumer experience. WiFi networks not managed intelligently broadcast their signals constantly using unnecessary amounts of energy – however, if the equipment was proactively analyzing the network, it could potentially manage resources resulting in significant energy conservation.

Recently, Plume examined options for energy conservation and tested a new way to use intelligence to reduce energy demand when the needs of a network are low. The details are explained in the whitepaper linked below — here are some highlights:

When consumers are asleep or not at home, Plume is able to detect drops in usage, redirecting devices onto the same WiFi band, and then turn off unused channels to conserve energy.

For example, one of Plume’s SuperPods with WiFi 6E would typically use 9.9 watts. With this new technology – this can be lowered by about a third to 6.8 watts. When testing the feature in Europe across locations in February and March, Plume observed that for locations actively saving energy, the power-saving algorithm was active for at least six hours per day in 84% of locations – and for at least 12 hours per day in 21% of them. This shows that when a network is designed intelligently there is ample opportunity for improvement.

Admittedly, energy savings from a single SuperPod in one home may not seem like a lot, but Plume IQ measured what the scale may amount to if this feature were widely implemented. If one million SuperPods were deployed and provided eight hours of energy optimization per household, up to 7.9 gigawatts per hour over a year could be saved. According to the EPA’s calculations, this would amount to the equivalent of eliminating emissions from 1,240 cars or growing 91,070 trees over a decade.

Plume IQ purple trees graphic

Plume is thinking bigger. If this technology was deployed over every one of the 1.3 billion broadband connections worldwide, it could conserve the energy usage equivalent of 1.4 million homes. Conservation at this level could eliminate the need for 18 natural gas or 2 coal plants. Granted, this may seem ambitious, but using technology in this way could greatly benefit people and the planet.

To learn more about Plume’s energy optimization and reducing energy consumption, read the full white paper here.

Accelerating the CSP path to a fully-managed network.

OpenSync Lite

OpenSync Lite allows communication service providers (CSPs) to quickly integrate Plume’s smart services on legacy hardware. CSPs can transform their connected network into a fully managed platform and rapidly provide an improved consumer experience. Consumers will get access to the HomePass app to optimize connectivity in the home, improve device connection, and customize their WiFi networks.

Are you a CSP that’s interested in OpenSync Lite? Contact us here

Award: The Cablefax 100 List

We are delighted to share that Plume Founder and CEO Fahri Diner has been included on The Cablefax 100 List for the fifth consecutive year. This award recognizes influential executives across multiple media, cable, and broadband businesses who demonstrate exceptional leadership in leading teams, growing their companies, and driving innovation.

See The Cablefax 100 List here

News Roundup

“[Current MDU networking products present] both a problem and an opportunity for communication services providers (CSPs) and technology providers. The solutions in the market today serve a specific type of apartment building – big, shiny skyscrapers towering over the largest cities. But, in reality, 98% of multi-dwelling units are under one hundred units. CSPs can reach this large population by delivering a modern solution that is affordable, easily deployable, and provides a first-in-class experience for both tenants and property managers.”

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“Traffic prioritization tools within the home, for instance, offer a potential solution for the bandwidth-constrained. In one example last month, Plume announced its Network Priority tool that allows people to prioritize a traffic category (streaming, gaming, video calls, etc.), a person or a device within a home for a period of time.”

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#PlumeStrong

Preparations for the #PlumeStrong Cycling Challenge are in full swing. We are deeply grateful to our corporate sponsors, who have already committed to making this our best ride to date, and we are encouraged by our riders, who are training feverishly on their own, with one another in races around the world, and alongside our virtual coaching team.

Learn about our individual riders as they train to tackle the #PSCC24 from Zurich, Switzerland, to Venice, Italy, and make a pledge for a PlumeStrong cyclist today.

#PSCC24 donations are collected through our charity partner, Street Child, and 100% of the money raised goes toward providing a safe education for children around the world where schools and communities have been compromised by poverty, war, and natural disasters.

Get ready for #PSCC24 – watch the video here.

March 30, 2023 – Leading telecommunications services provider Telenet has partnered with personalized communications services pioneer Plume®, to launch a brand new WiFi system, ‘Telenet 360o Wi-Fi’ to consumers throughout Belgium.

The solution is powered by Plume’s intelligent cloud- and AI-based technology, leveraging adaptive WiFi and Plume’s iconic SuperPod™ designs, to deliver a dynamic, self-learning system that continuously monitors the home network to ensure an uninterrupted Wi-Fi signal throughout the customer’shome.

Both the SuperPods and the new Telenet 360modem support the latest Wi-Fi 6 technology, and through OpenSync® integration, optimize seamlessly through the cloud to dynamically adjust to network usage and serve the best internet experience to every connected device.

The adaptive WiFi service is integrated into the Telenet app which brings many benefits including fast and simple user self-installation, and advanced user controls for managing the home network while enabling Telenet’s customer service team to respond quickly and proactively to resolve network issues that may arise through push notifications.

Dieter Nieuwdorp, responsible for marketing at Telenet said: “WiFi is of crucial importance to the customer experience. Good WiFi results in happy customers. We, therefore, aim to provide them with the best technology, thereby unburdening our customers to the best of our ability.”

Read the press release in full

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About Plume

Plume® is the creator of the world’s first SaaS experience platform for Communications Service Providers (CSPs) and their subscribers, deployed in more than 48 million locations globally. As the only open and hardware-independent, cloud-controlled solution, Plume enables the rapid delivery of new services for smart homes, small businesses, and beyond at massive scale. On the front end, Plume delivers self-optimizing, adaptive WiFi, cyber-security, access and parental controls, and more. CSPs get robust data- and AI-driven back-end applications for unprecedented visibility, insights, support, operations, and marketing. Plume leverages OpenSync™, an open-source framework that comes pre-integrated and supported on the leading silicon, CPE, and platform SDKs.

Visit plume.complume.com/homepassplume.com/workpassplume.com/uprise, and opensync.io.

Follow Plume on LinkedIn and Twitter.

Plume, OpenSync, SuperPod, HomePass, WorkPass, and Uprise are either trademarks or registered trademarks of Plume Design, Inc. Other company and product names are used for informational purposes only and may be trademarks of their respective owners.

About Telenet BV

As a provider of entertainment and telecommunication services in Belgium, Telenet Group is always looking for the perfect experience in the digital world for its customers. Under the brand name Telenet, the company focuses on offering digital television, high-speed Internet and fixed and mobile telephony services to residential customers in Flanders and Brussels.

Under the brand name BASE, it supplies mobile telephony in Belgium. The Telenet Business department serves the business market in Belgium and Luxembourg with connectivity, hosting and security solutions. More than 3,000 employees have one aim in mind: making living and working easier and more pleasant.

Telenet Group is part of Telenet Group Holding NV and is quoted on Euronext Brussel under ticker symbol TNET. For more information, visit www.telenet.be. Liberty Global – one of the world’s leading converged video, broadband and communications companies, innovating and empowering people in six countries across Europe to make the most of the digital revolution – owns a direct stake of 59.2% in Telenet Group Holding SA/NV (excluding any treasury shares held by the latter from time to time).

Virtual reality headsets—niche or mainstream?

Virtual reality (VR) headsets used to exist only in the realm of science fiction movies. However, the entry of big tech brands into this niche coupled with an increase in applications has promised to take the segment mainstream.

When comparing WiFi-connected VR headset deployments in the second half of 2021 to those in the second half of 2022, Plume households that own a VR headset have not added more headsets, in fact, we’ve seen a slight decline of -0.9% in the average number per home. However, over the same period, there has been an exponential increase in VR headset-related data usage of +83.9%, coupled with a marginal increase in accumulated busy hours per day of +0.9%. This suggests that while users aren’t using their VR headsets for longer periods, they are using more data-rich services and applications.

When it comes to market share, Meta is the dominant force responsible for 99.7% of VR headset deployments in Plume homes. For now, all indicators suggest that the category remains niche, but with richer applications now available, is the market preparing to go mainstream?

 

Transform how you manage your subscriber network

As communications service providers (CSPs) struggle to meet increased customer expectations, the enhanced Plume Haystack provides the tools CSPs need to gain visibility into and control over their data, deliver proactive support, and substantially improve subscriber experiences. CSPs have to transform their systems to keep up with rapidly evolving customer expectations. The change begins with gaining full visibility into subscriber data. Only then can CSPs understand customer needs and deliver value in an increasingly competitive field. As research from McKinsey and BARC shows, data-driven organizations are 9X more likely to retain customers and 1.5X more likely to grow revenue by more than 10%. The problem is that current systems are inadequate. CSPs need a suite of tools that allows them to see and manage their subscriber experiences in completely new ways.

That’s why Plume is proud to share some significant updates to Haystack: a CSP software solution for operational efficiency and superior subscriber experience management.

The struggle for visibility is real

CSPs are in a tougher position than ever before. While they have visibility across their access network, individual subscribers’ WiFi networks have been like a black box. These networks are only becoming more complex as customers add IoT devices, smart TVs, and other connected appliances to their homes, making the need for visibility even more important. Meanwhile subscribers expect their WiFi to be flawless and reliable. Any service interruptions can lead to mounting complaints, an increase in support call volumes, and unhappy customers. And without proper visibility, CSPs have to send technicians out for every issue ticket raised—an extremely expensive and time-consuming undertaking. It may seem like a solution to these challenges is far off, even unattainable. But the good news is that it’s available now.

Person looking at Network Status and Performance on their tablet.

Haystack transforms the way you manage subscriber experiences

Haystack is Plume’s CSP software solution for operational efficiency and superior subscriber experience management. It provides end-to-end visibility of your entire network so you can identify issues in real time, resolve issues quickly and proactively, and improve customer satisfaction. CSPs are already reaping the benefits of Haystack, but we’re rolling out the most robust version of this software yet, including two new capabilities:

Welcome to Plume IQ, our monthly reveal of data-driven intelligence and customer-focused insights from more than 2.1 billion connected devices, and over 44 million locations, managed in the Plume Cloud.

Five smart home trends in 2022

As 2023 approaches, we reveal five significant market trends following an analysis of data from Plume-powered smart homes, from November 1, 2021, through November 30, 2022:

Other Plume news

Midco scales up

We’re delighted to announce that Plume HomePass and OpenSync are powering Midco’s new WiFi service; a next-generation smart home solution capitalizing on cloud, A.I., and open-source technology to deliver fast and reliable WiFi experiences to consumers throughout the U.S. midwest.
Learn more >

Unparalleled experience

We’re thrilled to announce that Plume has appointed a board of advisorsHannes Ametsreiter, a former CEO of Vodafone Germany, Cody Sanford, former T-Mobile Executive VP, and Mike Doonan, Managing Partner at SPMB Executive Search, have joined Tony Werner, former CTO of Comcast and one of Plume’s independent directors, to advise and support our executive team through the next phase of our growth.
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Winning impact

We’re very proud to announce that Plume has won two highly coveted Wi-Fi NOW Awards: ‘Best In-home WiFi Product’ and ‘Best Service Provider WiFi Solution’. We’d like to thank all of our service provider partners, customers, our employees, and our subscribers for their continued trust and commitment as we jointly celebrate this exciting achievement.
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Whitepaper: Best smart home security

We’re honored that Plume’s Guard service has received the 2022 Fierce Telecom Innovation Award for security! Our latest whitepaper provides a comprehensive overview of the cyber-attack landscape to help service providers better understand and address consumers’ concerns, and deliver state-of-the-art cyber-security to all connected devices within the smart home.
Download the whitepaper >

News round-up

In this Fierce Telecom Awards report, Plume’s Director of Product, Mangesh Bhamre, discussed why service providers are best placed to provide comprehensive cyber-security in the smart home.
Download the report >

At Network X, Gregor Stegen, Plume’s VP of Sales and Business Development, EMEA, highlighted how A.I. and machine learning can provide CSPs with the opportunity to elevate user experience and drive meaningful change within the broadband sector.
Watch the video >

Total Telecom discussed the latest development in automated frequency coordination (AFC) as Plume, together with 12 other industry leaders, has been conditionally approved by the FCC to move forward with solutions in the U.S.
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A comprehensive overview of the cyber-attack landscape to help you better address consumer concerns and deliver state-of-the-art security

The Internet of Things (IoT) is an exciting prospect for homeowners and small businesses alike, but potential cyber-attacks may well stand in the way of more widespread adoption. Wary consumers have also raised concerns over cyber-security and are calling for protective measures. Communications Service Providers (CSPs) are well positioned to deliver integrated solutions that mitigate these cyber-security concerns.

Read this whitepaper to learn more about:

  • How and why IoT security challenges exist.
  • The evolution of the IoT threat landscape.
  • Where the vulnerabilities are in the CSPs’ and consumers’ networks.
  • How CSPs can mitigate attacks at every stage of service delivery.