TIP OpenLAN Exceeds 100,000 Enterprise-Grade Devices Including OpenWiFi™ Access Points and OpenLAN Switches, Showcasing Market Growth and Scalability

by TIP News

Deployments Range Across a Diverse Set of Verticals, And Nearly Every Major Region of the Globe

Launched only three years ago as an open and disaggregated system software movement, the TIP OpenLAN initiative recently crossed the 100,000 deployed OpenWiFi™ APs milestone, signaling the next scale level as Managed Service Providers (MSPs) ramp their deployment sizes and explore a broader range of verticals such as multi-dwelling units (MDUs), hospitality, stadiums, airports, SMBs, enterprises, industrial sites, public Wi-Fi, city-wide networks, mobile offload, and rural connectivity.

This milestone highlights the realization of the open networking vision behind OpenWiFi™, where MSPs have the flexibility to either assemble a customized solution or work with Wi-Fi OEMs (Solution Providers) to integrate the system as a service. It showcases the growing momentum of OpenWiFi™' as an adaptable and scalable platform across multiple use cases.

OpenLAN is a community-developed, disaggregated Wi-Fi software system offered as free open-source software. It includes a cloud SDK, Enterprise-grade Access Point (AP) firmware, and Enterprise-Grade POE++ Switch firmware, designed and validated to work seamlessly together.

The key advantage of OpenWiFi™ lies in its significantly lower Total Cost of Ownership, driven by the open-sourced core software. This open architecture fosters a competitive and cost-efficient marketplace, reducing the need for substantial R&D investment and lowering the entry barrier for solution providers. Additionally, OpenWiFi™ allows for seamless integration of "best-of-breed" components, enabling solution providers to maximize Wi-Fi performance, realize flexibility, achieve scalability, and deliver faster time-to-market.

Various start-ups and established Managed Service Providers have led the global deployments across a wide range of verticals and nearly every region worldwide.

Deployments of TIP OpenLAN PG's OpenWiFi™ Stack
Vertical	MSP	Deployment Focus	Region
MDU	Boingo	Military barracks across the USA	Americas
Andrena	Affordable housing across New Jersey, USA	Americas
WorldVue	Apartment Buildings in Texas, USA	Americas
Pavlov Media	Student Housing across the USA	Americas
Spectra	Multifamily use cases across India	Asia
Single Digits	Ronald McDonald House Charities (Multifamily Housing) of Greater Charlotte, North Carolina, USA	Americas
ASK4	Student Housing in the UK	Europe
Multinet	Pakistan	Asia
Hospitality	US Tier One	Selective Best Western Hotels in the US	Americas
Malaysia Tier One (YTL)	Selective Hotels in Malaysia	Asia
Canadian Tier One	Managed WiFi Services Across Canada	Americas
Multinet	Pakistan	Asia
Stadiums	PMD Group	Supersport Cricket Stadium in South Africa	Africa
Airport	Indio Networks	Airports in India	Asia
Multinet	Airport in Pakistan	Asia
Commercial Real Estate	Join Digital	Various Smart Office Facilities	Americas
SMB	Indian Tier One	Multiple Locations in Across India	Asia
Enterprise	Spectra	Various Use Cases Across India	Asia
Industrial	thyssenKrupp Materials Services	Manufacturing and Office Facilities across Europe, India and Australia	Europe
Government	Indio Networks	High Court Buildings in India	Asia
Public / City WiFi	Multinet	Pakistan	Asia
City of Dublin and Virgin Media	European Commission's WIFI4EU initiative	Europe
Indio Networks	Resort Towns in India	Asia
Mawingu / ThinkWiFi	Outdoor Network Targeting Digital Divide in Kenya	Africa
NTT Docomo / Edgecore	Collaborative Ecosystem for New Capital City of Indonesia	Asia
Mobile Network Offload	Nova Labs / Helium	Offloading Telefonica Movistar Network in Mexico	Americas
Rural Connectivity	IO by HFCL	PM-WANI Program Connecting Rural Areas in India	Asia

The OpenWiFi™' OEMs (Solution Providers) supporting some of these deployments have included Andrena, Edgecore, IO by HFCL, Indio Networks, NetExperience, Shasta Cloud, etc.

Similarly, ODMs participating in these deployments have included Actiontec, Arcadyan, CIG, Cybertan, IO by HFCL, Edgecore, Lindsay Broadband, Indio Networks, Inventum and Wallys Communications, etc.

In the coming weeks and months, the TIP OpenLAN community will display best practices and showcase the real-world impact of its initiatives by featuring detailed case studies on specific deployments. For more information about the group, visit: https://telecominfraproject.com/openlan.

Additionally, four key executives from EPS Global (thyssenkrupp Materials Services), WorldVue, Nova Labs, and AT&T, who are leading deployments (as listed above), will participate in a main stage panel discussion at TIP’s Fyuz24 conference in Dublin, Ireland. The panel, moderated by Monica Paolini, Founder & Principal of Senza Fili, will take place at noon on November 11th. For more information about the event, visit www.fyuz.events.

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