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In August this year, EDMI shipped its 1.8 millionth meter/device based on GSM/GPRS communication technology.
This technology has been shipped to many countries and topologies such as NZ, Africa and Thailand among others and in build-up cities as well as rural environs.
The technology has been proven to deliver 99.5% and higher first time read for AMI infrastructure and other advanced uses.
Commercially it has been proven and accepted as a viable medium for many applications ranging from mass rollouts to smaller sub metering systems.
EDMI offering for communications for M2M now comprises of multiple communications options.
For more information or esquires contact:
UK
David Stroud
General Manager, EDMI Europe
david.stroud@edmi-meters.com
Singapore
Elvin Lin
Marketing Manager, EDMI Singapore
elvin.lin@edmi-meters.com
Australasia
Andrew Thomas
Executive Director, EDMI Australasia
andrewt@edmi.com.au
Arqiva have been selected as the preferred bidder as the Communications Service Provider (CSP) for the northern region as part of the rollout of smart meters in Great Britain, subject to contract. The smart meter rollout will aim to install 53 million meters in 30 million homes and small businesses across the UK by 2020.
EDMI will be responsible for the design, manufacture and supply of the communications hub. The hub will enable communication with electricity meters, gas meters, and the in-home display allowing consumers to effectively monitor and manage energy usage.
Lee Kwang Mong, Group Managing Director, EDMI, commented: “The selection of Arqiva is a strong reflection of the technical superiority of the overall solution. We are dedicated to the design, development and manufacture of innovative and technologically advanced metering and communication systems for the global utility industry. This selection further underlines our expertise in the market and the robust, reliable product offerings which we provide.”
Te Kuiti-based networking specialists, The Lines Company, has looked to EDMI NZ Limited (EDMI) to deliver flexible and robust solutions for their network wide roll out of smart metering in New Zealand.
Brent Norriss, CEO The Lines Company, a firm advocate of demand based pricing, wants to help his customers understand how engineering requirements and their supply charges are linked.
The Lines Company will begin expanding the project scale before the end of the third quarter 2013. They will work with EDMI to deliver the new technology to the largest network area in New Zealand without a major urban center.
“We can only do this with the right metering technology and we are excited to work with EDMI on this project,” said Mr Norriss.
This announcement follows a successful pilot that involved EDMI’s advanced smart meters, with GPRS communications and inbuilt ripple receivers.
During the pilot, The Lines Company also trialed new In Home Displays. These customer information devices communicate over ZigBee RF technology and let consumers make more sustainable energy choices by helping them understand their electrical usage behavior.
Anak Lumb, General Manager of EDMI NZ Limited said, “Working with The Lines Company has been a great experience for EDMI. The Lines Company have had some very specific and innovative technical requirements which made use of the full feature set and flexibility that EDMI’s meter platform offers. The constructive engagement we had with The Lines Company has meant we have gotten the best out of our technology.”
About The Lines Company Ltd
The Lines Company is the Electricity Network Company that covers the King Country Region of New Zealand. The Lines Company’s network covers an area of 13,700 square km’s (9% of NZ North Island). It covers some of the remotest parts of NZ and is the largest network area in New Zealand without a major urban centre. The Lines Company are internationally recognised as specialists in providing power to remote customers, including to the highest points in the North Island of New Zealand (the Turoa and Whakapapa ski-fields on Mount Ruapehu).
