Demand for machine to-machine (M2M) communications has been rejuvenated by the global push for smart cities and intelligent metering, but there are still barriers to cross before the technology can realize its potential, say industry observers. Defined as the relaying and receipt of data between machines in the absence of human involvement and intervention, M2M Continue reading →
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As utilities shift to smart meters and more customer-oriented systems under new government-mandated Smart Grid initiatives, they will quickly face the need to handle billions of real-time energy utilization transactions. In this new energy arena, the high volume, low-cost model of M2M is the optimal solution to support energy utilities’ communications infrastructure needs. Indeed, the Continue reading →
I think a lot about which companies that I’ve been covering for zillions of years will be around 10 years from now, as the Internet moves into its next phase of innovation around things like machine to machine communications, which is sort of personified in the smart grid. If you think Microsoft and IBM and Continue reading →
While Verizon Wireless and Qualcomm are starting a new joint venture to provide machine-to-machine (M2) wireless communications and smart services to a wide range of markets including utilities, the Federal Communications Commissions (FCC) has hired an energy and environmental director to look at how the U.S. broadband/communications infrastructure and policies can support the nation’s energy Continue reading →
Communications company Sprint (NYSE:S) announced that it is strengthening it technology portfolio to support smart grid initiatives. The company said it will provide utilities with advanced telecommunications products, data services, secure IT solutions and partnerships that are needed to support a wide range of utility automation initiatives that will make up the so-called smart grid. Continue reading →
Smart grid – it’s where every major telecommunications provider wants to be nowadays, and Sprint is no exception. AT&T, Verizon, T-Mobile and many other carriers are increasingly announcing partnerships and projects using their networks to link utilities to the floods of data coming from devices like smart meters, distribution monitors and grid control systems. Sprint Continue reading →
Driven in part by the Obama Administration’s focus on energy independence and smart-grid initiatives, Sprint is now strengthening its portfolio to supply electric utilities with advanced telecommunications products, data services, secure IT solutions and partnerships that are needed to support a wide range of utility automation initiatives and the electric smart grid. Sprint says it Continue reading →
All you have to do to get a peek at the future of machine-to-machine (M2M) technology is take one look at the U.S. Department of Energy’s manifesto for reforming the nation’s electric grid. Phrases like “integrated communications” and “killer apps” leap off the page as the department discusses the national initiative to make the electric Continue reading →
