Pavlov Media Acquires NetExperience to Drive TIP OpenWiFi Solution

Pavlov Media, a premier Broadband services and software solutions provider, has acquired NetExperience, developer of the preeminent Telecom Infra Project (TIP) OpenWiFi Cloud Controller. The company, to be run as an independent division of Pavlov Media, will continue to serve its existing customer base, and enable the rapid deployment of OpenWiFi's open and disaggregated technology.

Pavlov Media will remain an independent managed service provider for the multifamily industry, deploying purpose-driven Wi-Fi network solutions as well as OpenWiFi-based solutions for its customers.

The NetExperience subsidiary, will remain based in Canada. It will operate as an autonomous Cloud Platform for the TIP OpenWiFi community. NetExperience will be continue to be run by its' co-founders, Chief Executive Officer Bernard Herscovici and Chief Technology Officer. Marcel Chénier, and Pavlov Media will retain the entire NetExperience team.

"The OpenWiFi technology serves a specific set of customers. We have been advocates for this technology stack since its launch, and have successfully deployed the solution," said Cory Douglas, Pavlov Media, CEO. "OpenWiFi complements our current enterprise-grade wireless networking partnerships and, together, they will all yield tremendous value for industry as it moves forward to Wi-Fi 7 and beyond.

"NetExperience will continue to provide cloud controller services to existing OpenWiFi customer base and strive to support new customers with OpenWiFi deployments across the globe," said Herscovici.

"Our number one goal is to expand market opportunities for the industry by utilizing and advancing the OpenWiFi ecosystem. Disaggregated Wi-Fi technology is enjoying more traction across multiple market verticals and the acquisition of NetExperience accomplishes our growth and expansion goals," continued Douglas.

OpenWiFi won the 2023 Wireless Broadband Alliance (WBA) Industry Award for Best Wi-Fi Network Technology. Said the WBA about OpenWiFi, "TIP OpenWiFi seems to hit the market at the right time! Addressing vendor lock, coupled with shortages in parts and other supply chain problems, OpenWiFi enabled operators to source hardware solutions from different vendors and use OpenWiFi for management. From that perspective, it scores high on technical and business innovation. It is also having good market traction."

The TIP OpenWiFi community includes MSPs, ISPs, solution providers, chipsets, as well as ODM and OEM vendors. The global community counts more than 1,100 representatives from 330 companies as its members. There are over 30 access point and cloud controller vendors and, to date, more than 165,000 APs supporting OpenWiFi have been deployed in commercial networks around the world.

Pavlov Media is headquartered in Champaign, IL and offers broadband, voice, video and software solution services. The company operates private and municipal fiber networks connected to its 100 Gigabit national backbone network in 44 states and Canada. Pavlov Media specializes in private networks designed, built and operated by a team of dedicated professionals from the multifamily real estate industry.

NetExperience is leading the transition to a disaggregated Wi-Fi and LAN network. The NetExperience Cloud platform includes sophisticated, highly scalable WLAN controller and management capabilities designed for Wi-Fi service providers.

The platform is compatible with the key components of the Telecom Infra Project OpenWiFi and OpenLAN architectures and is compatible with OpenWiFi access points and OpenLAN Switch hardware.