OLEDCOMM Discussed Their Latest LiFi Innovations and Next Challenges With François Sorel on BFM Business Tech & Co
Oledcomm Interview
Benjamin Azoulay, president and founder of Oledcomm, was invited as a guest on BFM Business Tech & Co. He was interviewed by François Sorel, a French journalist and broadcaster present on RMC , BFM Business and Tech & Co. They discussed on Oledcomm latest LiFi innovations and their next challenges.
Here are some of the highlights, LiFi tech News has taken from the interview:
1) Oledcomm reconfirmed their interest in any environment where WiFi is prohibited, often for cybersecurity reasons.
2) WiFi poses too many cybersecurity problems for the military to install it on its premises.
3) Oledcomm introduced their first two-gigabit-per-second, point-to-point product (LiFiMAX2G) with a 25-degree opening angle.
4) They are also aiming in releasing a LiFi system with up to four gigabits per second by the end of this year.
5) Their dream is to have commercial LiFi systems running at up to 100 Gbps by 2025.
Benjamin Azoulay, stated the following:
“So just a reminder, LiFi is a wireless optical communication, that is to say that we will use LEDs that will flash at very high speed 30 million times per second, 30 MHz to connect to the Internet or simply to communicate at very high speed.”
“We have developed a chip that will eventually allow Wi-Fi to be integrated into smartphones. It takes a little bit of time, but we are starting to have industrial ruggedized tablets that are starting to integrate this technology like a tablet from the company Getac.”
“At CES in Las Vegas, we introduced our first two-gigabit-per-second, point-to-point product with a 25-degree opening angle. We'll probably be over four gigabits per second by the end of the year, so it's going pretty fast. And our dream is to be at 100 gigabits per second by 2025.”
You can watch and listen to the interview in french here
Oledcomm
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 more.
Oledcomm was founded in 2012 and is based in Paris, France. Oledcomm's adventure began in 2005 in the research laboratories of the University of Versailles-Saint-Quentin with the first work on communication by visible light.
Following years of research & development and a passion for innovation, Oledcomm became the pioneer of LiFi (Light Fidelity) solutions and innovation on a global scale.
Based in the Paris region, Oledcomm employs around 20 people and designs complete solutions for LiFi operation, including microcontrollers, LiFi photoreceivers and software platforms.
Today, after more than 33 patents, 15 years of R&D, over 500 trusted clients and several awards, Oledcomm is pursuing a strong mission: to transform the 14 billion points of light in the world into a powerful communication network.
The company is ISO 9001:2015 and ISO 14001:2015 certified. Oledcomm's LiFi offering solves connectivity problems by replacing cables in environments where radio waves are undesirable. Targeted sectors include space, defence, industrial and education. Since 2020, LiFiMAX® has been installed and tested in more than 800 projects worldwide and has been validated by ORANGE for Cybersecurity.
At the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona in 2021, Oledcomm announced an integrated circuit (ASIC) that enables native LiFi integration in tablets, PCs or smartphones. Oledcomm is a laureate of the European Deeptech EIC Accelerator program, which provides for the European Commission to invest in Oledcomm through the EIC Fund.
