smart meters

Sequans Communications S.A. and Verizon announced joint activities to accelerate commercial realisation of Category M (CAT M) LTE products based on the coming Release 13 of the 3GPP LTE standard. Release 13 defines new features such as extended coverage, lower data rate and lower power consumption called for by a new class of LTE applications

At CES this year, one of the key topics has been Internet of Things adoption. The IoT has gone from an industry buzzword to a very real phenomenon affecting every one of us.

Cyan announced a follow-on order for a further 5,000 meters from Larsen & Toubro to expand the deployment of Cyan’s smart metering solution at Tata Power Mumbai (Tata Power).

Starhome Mach, a global provider of mobile inter-carrier and M2M/IoT services, has now integrated business intelligence into the creation of embedded SIM subscriptions (eUICC), allowing for complete automation of the process.

AMIHO Technology and LAPIS semiconductor, a ROHM Group company, has announced the launch of the compact AM060 radio module aimed at connecting Smart Meters and other devices needing to communicate to a local hub or gateway.

AMS Nord, an alliance of six power utilities in Troms and Finnmark, has chosen Kamstrup as the supplier of 100,000 smart electricity meters. Installation of the meters will begin in 2016 continue for two years.

Event date: September 30 – October 2 2015 Berlin, Germany European Forum on Smart Metering & Data Management for Utilities Industry is an excellent event, gathering leading market players and creating a flexible and dynamic platform for most relevant experts to exchange their ideas and to network in a business friendly environment.

Landis+Gyr, has chosen Ericsson to provide smart meter reading and related field operations as a service for Landis+Gyr’s utility customers in Finland. For Ericsson, this is a breakthrough deal in the Finnish energy sector that underlines the company’s commitment to using ICT to meet the needs of the utilities industry.

Zug, Switzerland, July 22, 2014 – Swiss smart grid company Landis+Gyr has won a contract to provide smart meters in Poland for energy utility RWE for use inside residential buildings in the capital city of Warsaw.  RWE, based in Essen, Germany, is working to meet regulatory targets for smart meter installation and says the Landis+Gyr system

Kranj, Slovenia and San Jose, California, USA (Business Wire) June 17, 2014 – Iskraemeco and EnVerv have announced their partnership for the development of next generation multi-standard residential, commercial and industrial smart meters where EnVerv’s EV8000 Power-Line Communications (PLC) modem System-on-Chip (SoC) serves as the multi-protocol, multi-band communications engine supporting legacy G1 S-FSK and the new

Austin, Texas, USA – Silicon Labs, a developer of high-performance, analog-intensive, mixed-signal ICs, has introduced a software solution designed to simplify the development of wirelessly connected smart meters for electricity, gas, water and heat resources based on the proven Wireless M-Bus standard.

Munich, Germany – Using the ZON™ M3 (MAX71315) single-phase electricity meter SoC (system on a chip) from Maxim Integrated Products Inc., engineers now have a highly accurate, low-cost design system for e-meters and solid-state meters.

Skanderborg, Denmark – Kamstrup, the Danish manufacturer of meters and meter solutions, has announced its 2013 results, which headline 3% growth and record sales of €173 million, with earnings after tax of €20 million.

Stockholm, Sweden, March 26, 2014 – Maingate and Norwegian NTE are collaborating on a pilot project to ascertain how clients relate to floating energy prices in real time.

Boulder, Colorado, USA, March 20, 2014 (Business Wire) –  According to a recent report from Navigant Research, worldwide revenue from public cellular communications nodes for smart grid applications will grow from US$75.4 million annually in 2013 to US$348.3 million in 2018.

Shanghai,China — Quectel Wireless Solutions, a global supplier of GSM/GPRS, UMTS/HSPA/LTE and GNSS modules, solutions and services, has announced its UC15 module, the latest UMTS/HSDPA module featuring a maximum data rate of 3.6Mbps downlink and 384Kbps uplink in the LCC castellation packaging.