A United Arab Emirates (UAE) based telecoms company has announced that it has trialled a new ‘Li-Fi’ technology. Abdulrahman Al Ansari looks into how this could transform the Emirates’ digital economy in the future.
Li-Fi stands for ‘Light Fidelity,’ a new technology which facilitates internet usage. It uses a simple LED lightbulb to transmit data at extraordinary speeds, by switching these bulbs off and on at pace imperceptible to the human eye. Due to its reliance on light bulbs, Li-Fi is potentially cheaper to operate than existing Wi-Fi technologies and also offers speeds which are significantly higher.
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