As we’ve seen over the past couple of months with the entry of Cisco into the lighting space and emergence of PoE, the lighting space is changing. By virtue of the technology is there a significant risk that a percentage of lighting spend could move to other channels? If so, which channels? the market size may grow but it may become more fragmented. Those that are familiar with technology, that Cisco has “easy” access to and/or channels that are amenable to PoE companies and new approaches could become the electrical / lighting distributors’ new competitors (and manufacturers’ new “partners”. Or perhaps it will become building automation manufacturers / distributors who install and manage the business and hence could install and manage networks and “lighting networks”?
Another upcoming technology that takes advantage of lighting as an infrastructure but could be a major technology infrastructure is LiFi. Chris Cloutier from D + R explains:
One of the great frustrations of travelling is WiFi. With as much reliance as we have on the systems, most airports and airplanes still have WiFi networks that frequently are fee-based and are almost always sluggish and slow. Given how many people are in planes and airports that want to use an effective data transmission system, it’s surprising how few planes and airports have useful, accessible WiFi systems.
Thankfully, there may be help on the horizon – help that could also represent a substantial business opportunity for lighting and electrical distributors that understand these changes.
In the most recent release of what is expected to be Apple’s next version of the iPhone’s operating system, there is a reference to LiFi capability. Simply, LiFi is the ability to send data through the visible light spectrum.
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