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Sprint Announces Key Smart Grid Agreements
January 19, 2012
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Sprint recently announced agreements with Itron, Lanner Electronics, Power Insight and Silver Spring Networks in which these companies will offer Sprint wireless network connectivity in support of their automated products and services.
Itron has enabled their advanced metering infrastructure (AMI) solution for use on the Sprint network. This solution is designed to allow water, gas and electric utilities to wirelessly collect metering data from Itron meters and a wide variety of other manufacturers' meters using Itron ERT modules (100W / 100G), over the Sprint 3G network.
Lanner Electronics is working with Sprint to certify its substation automation computing platform. The solution is designed to give utilities the option of remotely managing substation assets without relying on private networks. Lanner provides real-time monitoring and edge computing and control of substation automation that is designed to be ruggedized and easily installed.
Power Insight provides residential and lite commercial building automation platforms that give utilities and business owners the option of using public cellular without having to rely on local broadband and contend with private network firewall configurations. The gateway is designed to allow the automation, scheduling and control of sensors, large energy loads, HVAC and lighting that are intended to be easily installed and result in immediate energy savings.
The Silver Spring Smart Energy Platform combines networking, software and services to enable utilities to build the smart grid. A standards-based system, from the customer's home or business to the back office, the Silver Spring solution is designed to support multiple smart grid applications running over a unified network and leveraging common back-office software. The goal is to enable utilities from small to large to benefit from a lower total cost of ownership and the flexibility to focus on advanced metering, distribution automation and demand-side management in any order and combination they need.
"With the rising demand for energy and natural resources, machine-to-machine (M2M) solutions give utilities and their customers a powerful emerging tool for managing demand and promoting sustainability," said Wayne Ward, vice president-Emerging Solutions Group, Sprint. "These new agreements underscore our continued commitment to the utility industry. Sprint has a dedicated team to fast track bringing M2M solutions to market. To date, Sprint has certified hundreds of M2M solutions and has millions of devices running on its network today."
Source: Sprint
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