PureLiFi lights the way in O2's 5G trials
Edinburgh-based technology company PureLiFi has teamed up with communications giant O2 for a 'cutting-edge' network trial which was unveiled yesterday.
The light communications technology firm provided O2 with a LiFi system, which uses LED (light-emitting diode) lights to deliver high-speed wireless connectivity, in a trial held at the mobile operator’s Slough headquarters.
PureLiFi’s LiFi-XC system enables data to be transmitted from an LED light bulb and back at high speeds through adjustments in the bulb’s brightness, while appearing as white light to the human eye.
LiFi aims to enable safer, more reliable and more secure data communication and could potentially serve as a contender to wifi, which relies on radio frequencies. LiFi technology may also have the potential to reduce infrastructure complexity and energy consumption.
The project is part of an ongoing series of O2 network trials as the firm paves the way for its 5G, or fifth generation, wireless launch in the UK.