XINYISEMI Makes Its Futurecom 2026 Debut, Targeting Latin America's Smart Metering and Asset Tracking Markets
From October 6 to 8, 2026, Futurecom 2026 takes place at São Paulo Expo in Brazil, where XINYISEMI makes its first appearance at Latin America's largest and most influential ICT and digital economy gathering. This year's edition features in-depth discussions on 5G/6G, IoT, digital infrastructure and artificial intelligence.
XINYISEMI showcases its core chips and scenario-based solutions spanning on-device AI, IoT NTN, NB-IoT, Cat.1 bis and GNSS positioning, with smart metering and asset tracking as its two focus verticals, demonstrating its end-to-end chip-level connectivity capabilities. Real-world module deployments from ecosystem partners including Quectel, SIMCom, Telit, China Mobile IoT and MeiG Smart are also on display.
Deepening Latin America: Smart Metering and Asset Tracking as Twin Market Drivers
Latin America is at a pivotal window of digital infrastructure upgrade: water, gas and power utilities are accelerating the large-scale rollout of smart meters, while logistics, agriculture and construction equipment rental industries continue to release asset tracking demand. With wide-area coverage, ultra-low power consumption and strong anti-interference capability, NB-IoT is a natural fit for these low-volume, high-connection, long-battery-life IoT scenarios. Terminals need no additional gateways and connect directly to carrier cellular networks; combined with PSM/eDRX deep power-saving mechanisms, battery service life is extended while field maintenance and replacement costs are significantly reduced.
As Latin America's largest communications market, Brazil is accelerating its smart metering transformation; meanwhile, logistics and dispersed outdoor equipment are further fueling asset tracking demand, opening broad commercial opportunities for NB-IoT and LTE Cat.1 IoT terminals. Tailored to local network environments, the NB-IoT solutions XINYISEMI presents this year cover the mainstream operator bands across Latin America, including B3/B5/B8/B20/B28 — among which B28 (700MHz) is a primary network band in Brazil, ensuring stable connectivity in suburban and remote areas. For smart metering, the solutions support multi-meter consolidation, remote meter reading, pipeline leakage monitoring and prepaid management; for asset tracking, they deliver real-time positioning and full route traceability, adaptable to logistics transportation, cold-chain monitoring, construction machinery and agricultural asset management.
Joining Forces with Module Ecosystem Partners
Terminal solutions use cellular modules as their communication foundation. At this year's show, XINYISEMI partners with module ecosystem vendors — including Quectel, SIMCom, Telit, China Mobile IoT and MeiG Smart — to highlight NB-IoT and Cat.1 modules built on XINYISEMI's chip platform.
As a long-standing partner with deep roots in Latin America, SIMCom presents five modules on site — the Y7080E, Y7080E-S, Y7028, Y7012 and Y7690 — covering smart metering and asset tracking applications. The series delivers excellent low-power performance, and multiple models have already obtained Anatel certification in Brazil to adapt to the region's complex network conditions, helping terminal makers shorten certification cycles and accelerate commercialization in Brazil and across Latin America. Key highlights of each module:
Y7080E: multi-band Cat-NB2 module with optional GNSS (GPS/GLONASS/Galileo) positioning, integrating connectivity and positioning in one, with PSM sleep current as low as 1.7µA — an ideal choice for asset tracking and remote monitoring.
Y7080E-S: builds on the Y7080E with 3GPP R17 NTN (non-terrestrial network) capabilities for LEO and GEO satellite communications, enabling terminals to keep reporting data even in cellular blind zones — well suited to asset tracking in remote and rural areas.
Y7028: multi-band Cat-NB2 module with hardware pin compatibility with mainstream modules for drop-in replacement, enabling fast mass production and highly suited to large-scale smart metering projects.
Y7012: miniaturized Cat-NB2 module with a compact 12 mm × 12 mm footprint, ideal for space-constrained metering terminals, balancing performance with hardware integration flexibility.
Y7690: LTE Cat.1 module with a rich set of peripherals including CAN FD, targeting mid-rate asset tracking terminals and complementing LPWA to address higher-throughput IoT scenarios.
The Y7080E, Y7080E-S, Y7028 and Y7012 all support PSM/eDRX low-power modes and target large-scale metering deployments, while the Y7690 Cat.1 module serves higher-bandwidth asset tracking scenarios. Together with XINYISEMI's Cat.1 chips, the series forms a complete "chip + module" supply system, offering customers an integrated choice from silicon to communication modules.
During the event, XINYISEMI's overseas team engages with visiting operators, integrators and customers on topics including local adaptation of smart water/gas/electricity meters and asset tracking terminals, supply chain assurance, and large-volume project rollouts. Looking ahead, XINYISEMI continues to work with ecosystem partners, leveraging the synergy between its chip foundation and module connectivity to deliver IoT products and solutions deeply tailored to the Latin American market and empower the region's digital infrastructure buildout.
