Plans could be shaping up for broad deployment of wireless networks dedicated to supporting electric utility companies as the utilities modernize their infrastructure to support the smart grid. The potential enabler of these plans is Access Spectrum, a company Telecompetitor…
Highlighting the potential for “Internet of Things” (IoT) to transform modern living and lifestyles, one in four people across the U.S., U.K., Germany and Japan own a connected device such as a smart meter (28 percent), security system (23 percent),…
Smart metering and smart grid members of the Zigbee Alliance are joining together to develop a communication profile that will provide utilities “true plug-and-play interoperability between the members’ wireless smart grid Neighborhood Area Network (NAN) products and solutions.” NANs are…
Wireless 802.15.4-enabled device shipments are expected to increase more than 5x, at a constant annual growth rate (CAGR) of 30% between 2012 and 2018. Shipments of ZigBee-enabled devices will continue to be the primary driver, accounting for nearly 80% of…
Smart grid industry participants and proponents are racing ahead of public awareness and comprehension when it comes to new smart grid investments, infrastructure and deployments in the US, according to results of a new customer survey from Pike Research. Nearly…
Broadband penetration will surpass 650 million households worldwide this year and nearly 430 million of those households are equipped with a home data network, according to new white paper from Parks Associates titled “Trends, Technologies, and Ecosystems: Evolution of the…
Michigan’s Consumers Energy has chosen SmartSynch to provide the advanced metering infrastructure (AMI) for its smart grid and meter modernization program, which will extend across all its 1.8 million customers in Michigan, according to a Smart Meters report. Consumers Energy,…
OVERLAND PARK, Kan. & TALLASSEE, Ala. (BUSINESS WIRE), September 26, 2011 – Sprint (NYSE: S) and Neptune Technology Group Inc. (“Neptune”) are working together to modernize the nation’s utility infrastructure. By combining the Sprint wireless network and machine-to-machine (M2M) expertise…
Virtually any type of utility company could generate operational savings over the next 20 years by deploying smart meters, according to a new white paper from the Institute for Electric Efficiency (IEE) titled “The Costs and Benefits of Smart Meters…
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