smart grid

IBM and Cable & Wireless Worldwide are collaborating to support the UK’s smart meter implementation programme, which aims to rollout more than 50 million smart meters in the UK.

Shipments of home energy management systems (HEMS) are expected to accelerate rapidly from 2014, according ABI Research.

Mobile operator O2 has signed a multi-million pound contract with UK smart meter operations service provider G4S Utility Services to simplify the remote management and monitoring of the company’s national smart meter network.

Event date: March 9-10, 2015 London, UK SMi is delighted to announce its 5th annual European Smart Grid Cyber Security Conference on 9th and 10th March, 2015 at the Marriott Hotel, Regents Park in London.

Smart cars, smart homes, smart grids – the world is getting serious about energy conservation and environmental protection,

Beyond the existing billion of PCs, tablets and mobile phones, more and more devices embed communication capabilities. Soon there will be more machines communicating with each others than humans! This is the hidden world…

Jasper Wireless and Telefónica, Spain’s incumbent communications network operator, have partnered to wirelessly connect M2M and consumer electronics devices.

It is an exciting time to be involved in smart grid, says Amy Cooke, Strategic Business Development Director at Cable&Wireless Worldwide. At the time of writing, there are a number of positive stories on the subject:

Telecom service providers need to help energy utilities understand the value of the smart grid. Around the world, governments are requiring energy companies to prepare for the smart grid – a two-way network for the distribution of energy,