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Pacific Power to deploy 22,000 smart meters in Oregon

Pacific Power announced it is in the process of deploying smart meters for corporate and residential customers to replace aging electric meters in Easter Oregon. The firm said that about 22,000 new meters will be installed in Adams, Arlington, Athena, Boardman, Echo, Enterprise, Helix, Hermiston, Imnaha,...

Lubbock plays catch-up with smart meters, to advance with smart city apps

Itron has signed with Lubbock Power & Light (LP&L) to deploy smart electricity meters and management software to improve service for around 107,000 electricity customers in Texas. The move will bring LP&L up to speed with most other utilities in the state. The new equipment...

Nokia, du launch NB-IoT network in the United Arab Emirates

Arab telco du, working with Nokia, Affirmed Networks and MediaTek, has announced the launch of a narrowband internet of things network in the United Arab Emirates based on the latest 3GPP Release 14 standard, du said in a statement. The carrier said that the new...

Itron to deploy IoT solution for water utility in Texas

  Through a deal with the city of Waco, the local utility will install 45,000 modules and 12,000 leak sensors   Itron has signed a contract with the city of Waco, Texas to install Itron’s OpenWay Riva IoT solution, including smart water communication modules and leak sensors. Itron...

Zigbee claims record sales with surge in lighting, meters and climate control

Annual shipments of Zigbee chipsets will reach one billion by 2023, mostly in smart home sensors, accounting for 85 per cent of IEEE 802.15.4 mesh network devices. Half a billion Zigbee chipsets are already circulation, according to research firm ON World. The Zigbee Alliance said...

Itron on track to fully integrate Silver Spring Networks business, says CEO

Itron said it is seeing a high level of interest from customers for the firm’s new smart gas and water meters   U.S. firm Itron, which focuses on technology solutions for energy and water water resource management, is on track to complete the full integration of...

Itron secures contract to deploy IoT-based system for a water utility in Texas

Itron said the deployment of sensors and software-as-a-service will allow the city of Pearland to improve delivery of water to the city’s 120,000 customers   U.S. firm Itron, a technology company that specializes in products and services for energy and water resource management, will install its...

China leads global smart meter deployments at end-Q1, study finds

A report by Navigant Research said the Asian country ended March with a total of 496 million installed smart meters   China continues to lead the global smart meter market with 496 million meters installed at the end of the first quarter of 2018, according to...

Comcast launches IoT solution for water utilities via new partnership

The new IoT-based solution combines Comcast’s IoT service machine with Neptune LoRa-enabled water meters Comcast’s internet of things service, machineQ, and U.S water technology company, Neptune Technology Group, have announced a collaboration on an IoT solution designed to accelerate smart city projects focused on advanced...

Proximus proclaims twin LPWA strategy on back of NB-IoT launch in Flanders

Proximus is launching a narrowband internet-of-thing (NB-IoT) network to run alongside its LoRaWAN infrastructure in the Flemish Region in the north of Belgium. The NB-IoT deployment, commissioned by IBM and Sagecom, is initially trained on 1.3 million digital smart meters for monitoring the supply...

Singtel to develop smart metering infrastructure in Singapore

Singtel announced a collaboration with smart metering solutions provider EDMI Singapore telecommunications firm Singtel and global smart metering solutions provider EDMI Limited have announced a collaboration to develop a smart electric metering infrastructure for Singapore. The partners said they have successfully tested smart electric meters on...

British Gas to deploy advanced smart meters next year

The utility firm is working with Landis+Gyr to implement a nationwide deployment of smart meters Global provider of energy management solutions Landis+Gyr said it is working with British Gas to deploy new smart meters in the U.K. The company said that the first of the...

Vodafone to invest $12 million to deploy NB-IoT in Italy

The announcement follows the recent launch of NB-IoT technology by rival TIM The Italian subsidiary of U.K.-based telecom group Vodafone announced plans to invest more than 10 million euros ($11.8 million) to deploy its NB-IoT network across the country. The European telco confirmed the network...

M1 launches commercial NB-IoT network in Singapore

The Asian telco said the NB-IoT network will support a range of internet of things projects Singapore telecom operator M1 has launched what it claims to be Southeast Asia’s first commercial, nationwide NB-IoT network. This network will enable solution providers and businesses to launch smart...

Looking to drive efficiency, Dubai taxis get smart meters

Almost 5,000 taxis in the emirate have been already equipped with new smart meters A total of 4,850 taxis in Dubai have already been equipped with new smart meters, according to Dubai’s Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) The government entity said that 3,000 more taxis...

Sagemcom target smart metering business through acquisition

 The French firm has fully acquired Italian smart metering competitor, which will operate under the Sagemcom Italia brand French company Sagemcom has fully acquired Italian provider of smart metering solutions Meter Italia. The acquisition was made through its subsidiary Sagemcom Energy & Telecom SAS. Following...

Aussie utility to deploy smart meters with IoT operator Thinxtra

Under the deal, WaterGroup’s IoT-based smart meters will be connected with the Sigfox LPWAN technology Australian smart meters company WaterGroup has inked a five-year partnership with IoT network operator Thinxtra to use IoT to enable large water users to detect water leaks. Under the agreement, WaterGroup’s...

Huawei launches NB-IoT smart meter pilot in Portugal

The NB-IoT project is being carried out with local partners including telecoms operator NOS Chinese vendor Huawei has developed a narrowband internet of things (NB-IoT) smart meter for Portuguese utility EDP Distribuição in partnership with Janz CE and u-blox. EDP Distribuição is using this technology for...

LTE smart meters set for large deployment in the Netherlands

French firm Sagecom to provide smart meters with mobile LTE Cat1 technology to utility companies Dutch power networks operator Enexis Netbeheer has started to deploy French firm Sagemcom’s smart meters with mobile LTE Cat1 communication technology. The French firm said this massive rollout follows achievements in...

Vodafone uses the IoT for mobile diabetes management

 With the deal, Vodafone’s customers will have access to Smart Meter’s iGlucose platform U.K. telecom group Vodafone is working with Smart Meter LLC., a mobile health services provider for diabetes management, to bring accessibility to its customers around the world. With this cooperation agreement, Vodafone’s customers...

Vodafone uses the IoT for mobile diabetes management

 With the deal, Vodafone’s customers will have access to Smart Meter’s iGlucose platform U.K. telecom group Vodafone is working with Smart Meter LLC., a mobile health services provider for diabetes management, to bring accessibility to its customers around the world. With this cooperation agreement, Vodafone’s customers...

10,400 new smart meters coming to India in major enterprise order

The smart meters will be deployed by Indian utility Tata Power in Mumbai U.K. firm CyanConnode Holdings, a specialists in narrowband radio mesh networks that enable internet of things (IoT) communications, has won a new purchase ordersfor 10,400 smart meters from Larsen & Toubro (L&T),...

Kuwait leveraging IoT for smart electricity and water metering

In $72 million deal, Zain, with partner Ericsson, will install and operate the IoT smart systems for a seven-year period Middle East telecommunications operator Zain has signed an agreement with the government of Kuwait for the development of IoT-based interconnectivity support of the country’s smart meters...

Smart meter projects are major IoT use case

Italian utility Enel is expanding smart meter initiatives to Romania Italian utility Enel announced plans to expand its smart meter program in Romania with the expected roll out of more than 150,000 smart devices in the country during 2017. The European firm had rolled out a...