Convergys and Plug Smart provide real-time rating and billing for electric...
Cincinnati, Ohio, USA. 5 October, 2011 — Today at Metering, Billing/CRM Europe 2011, Convergys Corporation (NYSE: CVG) announced a partnership with Plug Smart to provide real-time rating, billing and...
View ArticleUtility cyber security in a state of near chaos says senior analyst
The security vulnerabilities facing the electrical grid have been a major topic of discussion as utilities around the world forge ahead with their smart grid deployment initiatives, which utilise...
View ArticleGlobal public cellular service revenues for Smart Grid to reach US$1bn by 2020
Boulder, CO, USA — Electric, gas, and water utilities have long used public cellular networks (pictured) to link field devices to the utility’s central operations systems. Until recently, however, the...
View ArticleElectric substation automation market forecast to reach $4.3bn by 2020,...
Boulder, Colorado, USA. August 7, 2012 — The integration of substation automation functions into the broader smart grid architecture is shifting the substation automation opportunity toward newly...
View ArticlePike Research forecast market for smart grid renewable energy integration to...
According to a new report from Pike Research, a part of Navigant’s Energy Practice, the market for smart grid technologies that help integrate renewable energy sources will expand steadily over the...
View ArticleSatellite-based communications node shipments for smart grids will quadruple...
Boulder, Colorado, USA (BUSINESS WIRE) — While alternative communications options are generally more practical and cost-effective for home area and neighbourhood area network smart grid applications,...
View ArticleNeed for Utilities to meet consumer expectations with energy saving programmes
Pike Research’s just published Smart Grid Consumer Survey indicates that U.S. consumers have fairly realistic – or perhaps optimistic – expectations when it comes to saving money on their electric...
View ArticleSmart appliance market to reach nearly $35 billion annually by 2020,...
According to a recent report from Pike Research, a part of Navigant’s Energy Practice, the annual value of the smart appliance market will grow from $613 million in 2012 to $34.9 billion in 2020. As...
View ArticleWeightless Specification silicon for M2M launches
The Weightless Special Interest Group (SIG) has announced the release of the world’s first transceiver chip using the Weightless Specification and operating over white space spectrum. Developed by...
View ArticleSilicon Labs targets China’s smart metering market with wireless transceiver
Silicon Labs, a leader in high-performance, analog-intensive, mixed-signal ICs, introduced a high-performance, ultra-low-power wireless transceiver optimised for China’s rapidly growing smart metering...
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