San Diego Gas & Electric is the latest utility to look to WiMax as a piece of its smart grid plans. SDG&E will look to use the open standard, high-speed wireless technology as part of a larger-scale project that it’s asking the Department of Energy to support with $30 million in smart grid stimulus funds, Continue reading →
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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 →
Energy directives and billions of dollars in smart grid funding are driving hundreds of smart metering initiatives around the world. Over the next five years, $21 billion will be spent on smart metering infrastructure, according to a recent report by ON World. “Smart grid initiatives are transforming the metering industry,” says Mareca Hatler, ON World’s Continue reading →
Tatung Company and Arkados will be demonstrating products that combine HomePlug powerline communications and WiMAX (News – Alert) technologies at Computex 2009 in Taiwan this week. The products will include fully connected solutions that bridge Smart Energy, Internet connectivity and connected consumer electronics. Tatung and Arkados have combined their capabilities to connect Smart Grid applications Continue reading →
Space Data, a provider of wireless services, recently announced the rollout of its 930 MHz licensed spectrum for smart grid communications in collaboration with Full Spectrum’s Broadband Wireless System – FullMAX. Based on the Mobile WiMAX (News – Alert) standard, FullMAX is the first Sub 1 GHz, end- to-end, wireless system. The solution enables the Continue reading →
Jun 3, 2009 5:24 PM, By Lynnette Luna Backhauling data from smart meters to collection points is one potential application WiMAX deployments in the utility sector are heating up outside of the U.S., but at least one vendor believes momentum will come to North America. This week, WiMAX vendor Alvarion announced several contracts for WiMAX Continue reading →
Tuesday, 26 May 2009 19:16 Major players including General Electric and Intel are testing WiMAX as a smart grid communications platform. Start-up companies like Grid Net are using it as well. Now Alvarion has become a smart grid technology developer. It is a natural move for the WiMAX networking gear manufacturer. WiMAX, or Worldwide Interoperability Continue reading →
