By Greentech Lead Team: Mobile service provider Sprint announced agreements with
Itron, Lanner Electronics, Power Insight and Silver Spring Networks.
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 Nationwide Sprint
Network. This solution allows 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 highly reliable and secure Sprint 3G network.
Lanner Electronics is working with
Sprint to certify its Substation Automation computing platform. The solution
will give utilities the option of remotely managing substation assets without
relying on costly private networks. Lanner provides real-time monitoring and
edge computing and control of Substation Automation that is 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.
This gateway allows the automation,
scheduling and control of sensors, large energy loads, HVAC and lighting that
can be easily installed and result in immediate energy savings. The Power
Insight software platform allows the end user to monitor and control their
energy consumption. It also provides a rich API allowing easy customization of
device automation.
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 supports multiple smart
grid applications running over a unified network and leveraging common
back-office software.
Utilities from small to large
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.