Edinburgh spin-out pureLifi is about to start selling its next-generation product.

PureLifi, a communications technology spin-out of Edinburgh University, is approaching commercialisation of its next-generation product called Li-Flame.

The company, which spun out in 2012 under the name pureVLC before rebranding in October 2013, is currently marketing a high-speed wireless communications solution called Li-1st, launched in the first quarter of 2014. The technology exploits off-the-shelf LED technology to set up wireless access points, which increases capacity of traditional wifi in any given area by a factor of 1000.

Li-Flame builds on the technological success of Li-1st and improves it to hold a connection even when there is no LED light bulb in direct sight. The company is hoping the technology could form the basis for internet of things communications and for 5G systems.

The spin-out is aiming to have Li-Flame commercially available to industry customers in the fourth quarter of 2014.

Harald Haas, chief science officer and co-founder of pureLiFi, said: “Worldwide industry demand for this product shows that Li-Fi is viewed as a transformative technology that can change the way we use the mobile internet and be an enabler of the emerging internet of things.”