Qwilt is a privately owned American company headquartered in the US. Founded in 2010, it has around 270 employees and generated approximately $10 million in revenue in 2023. The company specializes in developing edge cloud services and content delivery solutions for publishers and application providers. Qwilt is a founding member of the Streaming Video Technology Alliance (SVTA) and focuses on open caching systems deeply embedded in mobile, telco, and cable service provider partner networks worldwide.
BT completed a trial of Multicast-Assisted Unicast Delivery (MAUD) live streaming technology on 2024-00-00, using Broadpeak's CDN video streaming solutions and Qwilt's Open Edge technology. The trial streamed BBC Two content on EE's set-top box TV platform. BT partnered with Broadpeak to leverage their technology for the MAUD solution, and collaborated with Qwilt to deploy the solution using Qwilt's Open Edge technology. Qwilt's Head of Solutions Content Publishers, Stephen Ahaszuk, discussed challenges and solutions for live streaming to large audiences, highlighting the need for near real-time delivery and seamless synchronization across various devices and network conditions.
Qwilt's customers primarily consist of telecoms companies. Examples of Qwilt's customers include Vodafone, BT Group and Telefónica. Qwilt has commercial and technical partners like Cisco and National Content & Technology Cooperative.