Philips’ 4Q financial reports indicates that LEDs comprise 48% of Philips Lighting sales, while Seoul licenses HCL technology from Lumitech and Revolution Lighting Technologies partners with Rexel Holdings.

Olaf Berlien says the once-promising technology will have niche uses but is too expensive as a general light source.

A small Swiss-German company has lighting’s latest twist in the Internet of Things with a new functionality for smart LED lamps.

In the latest LED business news, we round up a discontinuation announcement from GE Lighting, and new developments regarding IP battles involving Nichia and Everlight, and Philips Lighting and WAC.

Strategies in Light (SIL) speaker Jason Hanna of Digital Lumens explains the potential of networked lighting controls and urges solid-state lighting (SSL) industry professionals to delve into the technology for advances in lighting.

Smart lighting users should beware, as Spanish telecommunications giant Telefonica says Internet of Things technology developments are outpacing the safeguards.

The company is reviewing informal bids for its lamps division. A sale could take longer than the group’s “carve-out.”

LED lighting component and systems developer initiates its digital executive position to better leverage IoT business opportunities.

On the heels of Android support, the smart lamp pioneer now lets users change lighting schemes by talking to Amazon’s Echo system.

The US Department of Energy has released a new Caliper Snapshot Report covering SSL industry progress in LED-based MR16 lamps, and the agency has published an addendum to its tunable white lighting report.