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E-Plus M2M Business Continues To Grow, But Must Look Beyond Smart Metering For Sustainability according to BMI
Business Monitor International shares its view on the Smart Metering market opportunity. "Voltaris, the German energy data management services provider, has signed an agreement with E-Plus for the provision of M2M services through M2M-Plus. The contract represents another step for KPN, the Dutch incumbent and owner of E-Plus, towards its goal of being a leading M2M service provider in pan-European and local markets. BMI forecasts M2M to be a growth area for operators, particularly in the developed telecoms markets around the world. [...]
1.5 billion M2M utilities connections by 2020
“By 2020 there will be 1.5 billion M2M connections in the utilities business, the vast majority being smart meters..." "...However, such stellar growth belies a risky market. There is so little traffic generated by smart meters that MNOs cannot rely on carrying traffic to make money. They need to be heavily involved in service provisioning and management if they’re going to convert the massive growth in connections into any meaningful revenue”, according to Machina Research." "Utilities have [...]
G4S wins major smart meter data management contract
G4S Utility Services, one of the UK’s largest national providers of field metering and data management services, has been awarded a significant contract to provide Macquarie’s Corporate and Asset Finance Group, part of Macquarie Group Limited and one of the UK’s leading smart meter financiers, with a fully accredited MAP system with an ongoing data management service. The initial three year contract, which started in January 2011, will be delivered from G4S Utility Services’ head office in Newcastle supporting Macquarie’s [...]
EDMI selects Sierra Wireless AirPrime embedded wireless modules for smart residential automatic meter management
Mk7B smart meter equipped with Sierra Wireless SL6087 EDGE module provides a plug-and-play modular pod-based system to support easy field upgrade and maintenance Sierra Wireless today announced that EDMI has selected the Sierra Wireless AirPrime™ SL6087 embedded wireless module to provide cellular connectivity for EDMI's new plug-and-play modular pod-based system that is integrated into the Mk7B smart single-phase electronic revenue meter. The Mk7B is targeted to serve the global, low cost and high volume smart residential meter [...]
SGIP Agrees on Wireless Communication Standards
Work on PAP 0 and PAP 2 result in the Smart Grid Interoperability Panel agreeing on standards and guidelines for wireless communication among grid-connected devices and future-proofing meters. The governing board of the public-private Smart Grid Interoperability Panel (SGIP) has voted in favor of a new standard and a set of guidelines important for making the long-planned "smart" electricity grid a reality. The documents address the need for wireless communications among grid-connected devices as well as the ability to upgrade household [...]
Research Envisions Future M2M Platform
The Frost & Sullivan white paper “Intelligent Enterprise Platform—Connecting Devices to the Enterprise” discusses the role of creating value through integrated device communications. The future of device technology is geared toward M2M (machine-to-machine, machine-to-mobile, or mobile-to-machine) communications in enterprise applications to level access and expand flexibility of monitor and control capabilities. Common devices are projected to advance to the point of recognition of each other's presence and role, complying [...]
The Smart Metering Market in North America and Asia-Pacific by Berg Insight
Smart meters on the rise in North America and Asia-Pacific. As part as its M2M Research Series, Berg Insight has just released a report on the Smart Metering Market in North America and Asia-Pacific. Here-under is an excerpt of this report. "Smart grid is one of the latest buzzwords in the energy sector and has become a catch-phrase for politicians, academics and industry leaders alike. The vision is to exploit the latest technology to address the immense challenge of securing the energy supply in the 21st century. The concept of smart [...]
The Smart Metering Market In Western Europe by Berg Insight
New horizons for smart metering in Western Europe As part as its M2M Research Series, Berg Insight has just released a report on the Smart Metering Market in Western Europe. We here-under publish an excerpt of this report. "Smart grid is one of the latest buzzwords in the energy sector and has become a catch-phrase for politicians, academics and industry leaders alike. The vision is to exploit the latest technology to address the immense challenge of securing the energy supply in the 21st century. The concept of smart grids is at times put [...]
Veolia Water and Orange launch m2o city, a smart metering operator
Veolia Water and Orange are joining forces in the smart metering sector and are launching m2o city, an operator specialized in remote environmental data and water meter reading services. Building on the expertise of Veolia Water -which already operates over 200,000 water meters- and Orange's expertise as a telco, the m2o cityjointventure offers as of today a complete turnkey service based on an ultralow consumption radio network* to local authorities, through their municipal agencies or agents for water services. In addition to information [...]
G4S Utility Services sign deal with O2
Broadband provider O2 enters smart metering market with multi-million pound agreement. Telefónica O2 UK last week announced that they signed a multi-million pound contract with international security solutions group and major UK smart meter operations service provider G4S Utility Services (G4S) to simplify the remote management and monitoring of the O2 UK’s national smart meter network. The new partnership marks Telefónica O2 UK’s first move into the smart metering market, which is set for huge growth as utility providers roll out [...]
