Milesight, a company known for its versatile sensing products, aims to revolutionize data capture and accessibility across various sectors. By integrating cutting-edge technologies like AI, 5G, and IoT, Milesight tailors its solutions to meet specific industry demands. As an exhibitor at this year’s ISC West, Milesight shared insights with asmag.com about their latest innovations, industry trends, and their perspective on the North American market.
What’s on Display at ISC West?
We’re thrilled to showcase several key products at ISC West, highlighting our latest innovations and their impact on real-world applications, focusing on these three areas:
1.1 Ecosystem:
Our approach is driven by actively listening to our customers and using their feedback to guide product development and strategic partnerships. Instead of offering generic solutions, we embrace an open model, fostering technology partnerships and cross-platform compatibility to deliver competitive, customer-focused solutions.
1.2 Outdoor Wireless Series:
Milesight’s outdoor wireless solutions are engineered for reliability in remote or infrastructure-limited areas. By combining low-power design, solar power, and wireless connectivity, we enable real-time monitoring in challenging environments such as rural communities, construction sites, and other remote locations.
1.3 Intelligent Traffic Series:
Our AI-driven Edge-LPR algorithm delivers highly accurate license plate recognition, ensuring quick and reliable identification in diverse settings. This advanced ANPR technology powers a range of applications, including public safety, parking management, entrance/exit control, and city surveillance, helping our customers enhance operational efficiency, safety, and urban mobility.
What Products/Features Stand Out? Why?
2.1 Outdoor Wireless Series: Milesight’s 4G Solar-powered Kit (SP111)
This all-in-one surveillance solution is specifically designed for remote and off-grid monitoring. Key features include:
- 24/7 operation with up to 9-day Full-Function Battery Life
- IP67 & Category 12 Typhoon Resistance
- No power or network needed
What makes the SP111 particularly impactful?
- It seamlessly integrates with Cloud & VMS platforms like 3dEYE and Camcloud, enabling fully remote, centralized management.
- It excels in vertical applications such as monitoring trailers and construction sites.
2.2 Intelligent Traffic Series: Milesight’s PlateXpert Technology
- Recognizes license plates from all 50 U.S. states, covering the full spectrum of plate formats.
- Offers long-range ANPR, capturing plates up to 1200ft during the day and 590ft at night.
- Utilizes Dual IR Wavelength (850nm & 740nm) to ensure clarity in all conditions.
2.3 Ecosystem: Integration with leading VMS, Cloud, Monitoring platforms
Our open approach allows us to build a connected ecosystem that promotes seamless integration, technology partnerships, and cross-platform compatibility. We aim to help our customers innovate, scale, and discover new possibilities through data-driven intelligence, contributing to a connected, efficient, and sustainable future.
A prime example is the new Milesight OpenVision Camera, a serverless surveillance camera that:
- Comes with Nx Witness VMS embedded directly onboard, eliminating the need for an additional server and providing a truly plug-and-play, scalable solution. This significantly reduces system complexity, cost, and installation time, making it ideal for projects of all sizes.
- Offers a VMS-on-edge solution
- Supports local recording with 1TB storage capability.
- Features a built-in Milesight Plugin that enables advanced AI analytics events and metadata for Milesight cameras.
Where Do You See the Most Growth in the Security Industry in the Next 3-5 Years?
We anticipate two areas will drive the most significant growth in the coming years:
VSaaS:
- The rising demand for remote accessibility, scalable storage, and lower upfront costs is driving more customers to transition from traditional on-premise systems to cloud-enabled models. This shift is particularly appealing to SMBs and organizations with distributed operations, simplifying system maintenance while enhancing flexibility and centralized control.
Vertical application-specific solutions:
- These solutions are tailored for specific industries and use cases, combining the right hardware, connectivity, and software features to address real operational challenges. Instead of a one-size-fits-all approach, customers increasingly seek purpose-built tools that match their unique environments. This trend will accelerate as industries pursue more efficient, scalable, and outcome-focused security deployments.
IoT Trend:
- As the IoT trend gains momentum, the ability to analyze data from connected devices is becoming a key growth driver, not just in the security industry but across various business sectors. More organizations recognize the value of data-driven security, where networked devices like cameras, sensors, and edge equipment contribute to a more intelligent and responsive system. With AI-powered analytics, this data can be transformed into insights that improve efficiency, support smarter decision-making, and enhance public services, safety, and sustainability.
- At Milesight, this aligns with our long-term vision of multi-sensing technology. Our ability to integrate with diverse IoT devices sets us apart, enabling our solutions to capture meaningful data beyond video. By combining sensing and AI, we help our customers unlock the full potential of connected security systems.
Which Products Are Most Popular in the USA Market? Why Is There Strong Demand?
In the U.S. market, we see particularly strong demand for Intelligent Traffic solutions, especially our AI-powered LPR technology.
One standout product is Milesight’s AI Road Traffic Speed Dome Camera, which has been gaining popularity and evolving to meet the needs of our U.S. customers. We’ve continuously optimized this solution to better meet local requirements, resulting in key features such as:
- 50-state license plate recognition, covering the full diversity of U.S. plate formats.
- Long-range ANPR, capturing plates up to 1200ft during the day and 590ft at night.
- Dual IR Wavelength (850nm & 740nm) ensures clarity in all conditions.
- LPR Smart Search, allowing users to instantly locate vehicles based on brand, color, or other attributes — enabling pinpoint-accurate investigations.
- AI-driven Edge LPR, offering real-time, on-device recognition for faster and more precise results.
Why is there such strong demand?
Traditionally, most LPR cameras are limited to bullet-style designs, restricting deployment angles and flexibility. After receiving repeated feedback from our U.S. customers, we introduced the Speed Dome camera, which solves this pain point by offering greater coverage, flexible positioning, and improved long-distance tracking — all while maintaining powerful AI capabilities.
What Specific Customer Priorities Can You Identify (a specific technology, architecture, or standard)?
We see a clear shift toward demand-driven, application-specific solutions, especially at the edge. Customers want systems that align with their vertical needs, whether it’s off-grid deployment or parking management. That’s why we focus heavily on edge innovation and collaborate with technology partners to tailor solutions that are practical, scalable, and flexible.
A major priority for us is building an open and collaborative platform that integrates seamlessly with different partners to create greater value. A strong example is our OpenVision Camera, which embeds Nx Witness server functionality directly into the device, eliminating the need for a separate VMS server. We’re expanding this approach with other partners, such as Arteco, to give customers more choice and architectural freedom.
Which Verticals Are Driving Demand in the North American Market?
From Milesight’s perspective, we’re seeing strong growth in two key areas:
Commercials:
- Sectors such as retail, banking, hospitality, and office spaces are increasingly turning to smart surveillance solutions to enhance safety, improve operational efficiency, and manage distributed locations. The growing adoption of AI-powered analytics and VSaaS platforms is accelerating this trend, as businesses seek scalable, easy-to-manage, and cost-effective systems. To support this demand, Milesight offers products like our outdoor wireless series, which are easy to deploy across multiple locations, along with VSaaS-ready solutions developed in collaboration with trusted technology partners — enabling flexible, centralized monitoring tailored to commercial needs.
Intelligent Traffic Systems:
- Applications, including Road Traffic Management, Parking Management, and entrance/exit control, are rapidly evolving to improve both efficiency and safety. Milesight’s AI-powered LPR series is well-suited to meet this demand, offering long-range plate recognition, vehicle attribute analytics, and flexible deployment options for a wide range of traffic environments.
How Can Remaining Companies Differentiate Themselves Against the Industry Giants?
From Milesight’s perspective, one of our key differentiators is staying agile, responsive, and customer-driven. We actively listen to our customers and turn those insights into meaningful action — whether in product development, feature refinement, or service support. Our priority is to deliver secure, high-quality solutions that align with evolving needs. Customers choose Milesight for our innovation, reliability, adaptability, and cost-effectiveness.
At the same time, we believe that innovation doesn’t happen in isolation. Starting last year, we began taking a more open and collaborative approach — a key part of our long-term strategic direction. We leverage our strengths in network cameras while actively working with ecosystem partners to deliver tailored, vertical solutions. This not only helps us better serve customer needs but also creates a win-win environment where all parties can grow together.
How Have Rising Cybersecurity Threats Influenced Physical Security Investments? Are Customers Prioritizing Different Solutions Than They Did Five Years Ago?
At Milesight, we take a proactive approach to cybersecurity, continuously upgrading our security framework to meet global standards.
Already Completed:
- NIS 2
- ISO 27001
- FIPS 140-2
Currently Working On in 2025:
- IEC 62443
- South Korea’s NIS standard
- UK PSTI
- GDPR compliance
- FIPS 140-3 Level 3
But compliance alone isn’t enough—real cybersecurity requires strong protection at both the hardware and software levels.
- For project-based products, we integrate TPM 2.0 security chips to provide physical encryption for sensitive data, meeting FIPS 140-3 Level 3 standards.
- On the software side, we support advanced encryption protocols like AES-256, ensuring continuous protection against evolving cyber threats.