Latin America

The national water utility, Obras Sanitarias del Estado (OSE), has just awarded a contract to the Israeli smart water meter supplier ARAD for 45,000 communicating positive displacement water meters.

Austin, Texas, USA. July 10, 2012 – IMS Research forecasts that the market for equipment supporting smart grid communications and networking will grow from US$700 million in 2011 to nearly $950 million by 2016. This growth is projected even as smart meter shipments are forecast to decline

According to a new research report from the analyst firm Berg Insight, the number of fleet management systems deployed in commercial vehicle fleets in North America was 2.8 million in Q4-2011. Growing at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 15.9 percent, this number is expected to reach 5.9 million by 2016.

Sierra Wireless has announced a new addition to its AirPrime™ Q Series of embedded wireless modules. The Q2698 adds support for 3G HSPA+ on five frequency bands to the AirPrime Q Series, along with support for 2G GSM/GPRS/EDGE on four frequency bands.

Mexico is poised to become a major smart grid market over the course of the next decade. So says a new report from northeast group llc, Mexico Smart Grid: Market Forecast (2011–2020). According to the Washington DC-based analysts, this will provide

Location Based Technologies (LBT) is to provide its Pocketfinder family of location devices and services to Mexico and Latin America through Radiomovil Dipsa (America Movil).