LiFiMAX - The 100 Mbps Li-Fi system transmitting data from the ceiling of your home or office

Oledcomm announced their 2nd generation Li-Fi system called “LiFiMAX”. at the 2019 Consumer Electronics Show (CES). Oledcomm designs and develops LiFi network interface devices that enable high-speed wireless data communication. It also serves LiFi equipment in the telecom, datacom, personal electronics, and industrial markets. The company’s product portfolio includes hubs, routers, switches, adapters, drivers, power supplies and many more. Oledcomm was founded in 2012 and is currently based in Paris, France.

After the worldwide success of MyLiFi, the first consumer LiFi lamp, the company has developed a solution for professionals with LiFiMAX. The latter will offer a connection ranging from 40 Mbps to 100 Mbps, over a radius of 28 m², and allowing up to 16 people to connect simultaneously.

Benjamin Azoulay, President of Oledcomm stated that " LiFiMAX is the result of more than 10 years of research. The LiFiMAX connection is particularly required in offices: meeting rooms, flexwork spaces, co-working and M2M industrial environments sensitive to radio frequencies. 

The product will be available from September 2019, for less than 874 euros (£786). Companies like Oledcomm hope to have taken a technological advance enough to dominate the sector. Benjamin Azoulay further stated: "We are lucky for the moment to be under the radars: the big players in the sector [terminal manufacturers] have other priorities. Our strategy is to develop products and know-how, so that when they wake up, they take a license from us instead of spending two or three years developing their own solutions, ".  According to Market Research Future’s report, the LiFi market could weigh as much as $51 billion £40 billion) by 2023.

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