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Dear Wi-SUN Alliance Community,
I hope everyone is well and staying safe in these difficult times. Thanks to the help and support of our members, Wi-SUN Alliance continues to maintain a strong presence within the industry and has made significant progress in the first half of this year.
Wi-SUN Alliance continues to grow: our membership has increased by 27% in the last 12 months, with approximately 250 member companies in 27 countries. Our presence has been further strengthened with Arm and Silicon Labs, two of the largest global semiconductor companies, becoming Promoter members and taking seats on the Wi-SUN Alliance Board of Directors. Our members represent a wide cross section of the industry including silicon and product vendors, services providers, enterprises, utilities, municipalities, universities and government organizations.
The Wi-SUN FAN ecosystem is expanding too, with more than 30 Wi-SUN FAN certified products from 12 member companies.
We started the New Year with Alliance and members exhibiting at DistribuTECH 2020 in San Antonio, Texas. As anticipated it was another busy and successful show. Wi-SUN Alliance member companies collaborated to demonstrate a multi-vendor Wi-SUN FAN network. The demonstration featured certified Wi-SUN FAN devices from multiple vendors distributed across the show floor at both the manufacturers' booths and at the Wi-SUN booth.
In addition to this demonstration, close to 20 Wi-SUN Alliance member companies exhibited at this year’s Conference, showing the growing Wi-SUN FAN ecosystem. Other highlights included a panel session with Wi-SUN Alliance, Xcel Enery, AvanGrid and Enernex. The panel session “How FAN Standards Are Enabling Smart Utilities and Smart Cities” was moderated by Vicki Trees from Landis+Gyr. Be sure to check out my latest blog below which provides more detail of our activity at DistribuTECH including videos showcasing Wi-SUN FAN solutions.
At the beginning of March, we were a technology partner and exhibitor at India Smart Utility Week. India is embarking on a very large smart meter program and Wi-SUN FAN is an ideal technology for advanced meter infrastructure (AMI) programs in India
It was unavoidable that we had to cancel our Spring Members' Meeting which was due to be held in Raleigh, NC. We will continue to monitor W.H.O. and national guidance and will only plan our next face to face meeting when it is safe and practical to do so.
However, since Wi-SUN Alliance was first formed, much of our work has been conducted remotely and this will continue during this unprecedented period. Our technical activities are continuing through committee and working group conference calls. We are working on enhancements to the Wi-SUN PHY and FAN technical profile specifications. These include defining the operation of battery powered devices on Wi-SUN FAN networks and delivering higher data rates and lower latency. This enables a range of new applications for Utilities and Smart Cities.
More highlights and updates can be found below.
Regards, Phil Beecher, President and CEO
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