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Ambient Corporation Enhances Smart Grid Cellular Network Choices for Utilities
January 25, 2012
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Ambient Corporation announced today that its smart grid communications nodes now include Qualcomm's mobile broadband solution, the MDM6600 chipset. This chipset is intended to add a new level of communications flexibility to the Ambient communications platform, and is certified by Verizon Wireless for use in its wireless network.
For many utilities deploying smart grid networks, cellular backhaul is the most logical, easy-to- deploy and cost effective method of providing connectivity to assets in the field due to its breadth of coverage and carrier-supported reliability. The certification by Verizon Wireless is intended to assures utilities and other users of the Ambient Smart Grid Communications Platform that the architecture will seamlessly deploy anywhere with Verizon's extensive network, for both application communications and system backhaul.
"Smart grid deployments continue to shift towards cellular technologies due to high network reliability, low latencies, ubiquitous coverage, remote field upgradability, low cost of ownership and a strong standards based ecosystem," remarked Andy Wood, Director of Business Development for Qualcomm. "Qualcomm is pleased to support Ambient's product introduction and their close engagements with major utilities in defining 3G cellular-enabled neighborhood transformer communication nodes."
Source: Ambient Corporation
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