RDK, a privately owned US-based company founded in 2013, provides software for video and broadband services. Employing approximately 30 people, the company's main product is a pre-integrated, open-source Reference Design Kit (RDK) that serves as a common framework for customer-premises equipment (CPE). This includes devices like set-top boxes and modem/routers used by communications service providers. RDK allows providers to standardize CPE features, introduce their own services, and tailor user experiences. In 2022, the company's revenue was less than $10 million.
RDK Management and Sagemcom announced on March 4, 2025, at Mobile World Congress the availability of RDK-B software across Sagemcom's broadband customer premises equipment (CPE) portfolio, encompassing DOCSIS 4.0, DOCSIS 3.1, XGS-PON, GPON fiber gateways, and 5G Fixed Wireless Access solutions. This announcement follows an earlier, similarly worded announcement from Sagemcom and RDK Management regarding the same RDK-B software availability across Sagemcom's CPE portfolio. Separately, RDK Management and MediaTek revealed a new RDK-B hardware reference platform designed to facilitate testing and launching of Wi-Fi 7 RDK-B routers and gateways for broadband operators, CPE manufacturers, and app developers. This platform, a reference board called Banana Pi BPI-R4, will support the development of open Wi-Fi 7 hardware compatible with open-source software from the RDK-B ecosystem.
RDK offers 4 products in the media tech industry. RDK's product portfolio comprises of user experience and devices.
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RDK's revenues were less than $10M in 2024. Caretta Research has split RDK's revenue into 2 different product categories, the largest of which is cPE middleware / OS. For full access to RDK's revenue breakdown subscribe to Caretta Portal.
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RDK's customers primarily consist of telecoms companies. Examples of RDK's customers include Comcast Corporation, Vodafone and Charter Communications. RDK has commercial and technical partners like Wireless Broadband Alliance and EPAM Systems. RDK has suppliers like Dotscreen.
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