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Powered by Silicon Labs, Comminent Ships 500,000 Wi-SUN Modules
The milestone supports utility-grade wireless mesh networks and India’s national smart meter standard, with the modules powered by Silicon Labs’ EFR32FG28 Wireless SoC.
- On Thursday, May 21, 2026, Comminent and Silicon Labs announced the successful shipment of 500,000 Wi-SUN-compliant communication modules powered by the EFR32FG28 Wireless SoC for India's smart energy meter rollout.
- To support this infrastructure transformation, the Bureau of Indian Standards officially adopted the global Wi-SUN Field Area Network specification as the national standard for smart meter RF communication networks.
- The EFR32FG28 platform combines a long-range Sub-GHz radio with a 2.4 GHz Bluetooth LE radio for design flexibility, while Silicon Labs' Secure Vault technology provides PSA Level 3-certified hardware security.
- "Comminent's 500,000-unit milestone highlights the growing adoption of Wi-SUN in large-scale deployments," said Ross Sabolcik, Senior Vice President of Product Lines at Silicon Labs.
- Comminent is leveraging this proven success to expand into global smart grid markets including the United States and Japan, aiming to deploy future-ready Wi-SUN networks for millions of endpoints.
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Comminent Reaches 500,000 Wi-SUN Module Shipments for India Smart Meter Networks
By Marc Kavinsky, Lead Editor at IoT Business News. Comminent has shipped more than 500,000 Wi-SUN-compliant communication modules using Silicon Labs’ EFR32FG28 wireless SoC, a milestone tied to India’s smart energy metering rollout. The announcement is notable because it sits at the intersection of national RF mesh standardization, utility-scale AMI deployment and embedded security requirements. One of the hardest problems to address with smart…
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