With RDK-V pegged back by Android TV in most pay TV territories, Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2025 served as an opportune stage for RDK-B (broadband) to galvanize open-source soldiers and hardware supporters. A sizable one of those supporters, French manufacturer Sagemcom, declared in Barcelona that its entire portfolio of broadband CPE now supports RDK-B software for standardizing core functions such as device management, telemetry, and WiFi services. Sagemcom’s French kiss with RDK Management should strengthen RDK-B’s standing against competing broadband software stacks like the Linux-based OpenWrt (an abbreviation for open wireless router) and prplOS, as well as operator-centric firmware from the likes of SoftAtHome. Sagemcom has sworn allegiance to RDK-B across products including DOCSIS 3.1 and 4.0, XGS-PON, GPON fiber…