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By: Which Wireless for the Smart Grid? « The Science Office at the French Consulate in San Francisco

Sat, 24 Apr 2010 01:11:17 +0000

[...] Thanks to its coverage capacity, Wi-MAX is becoming a potential actor for broadband communication. Mobile WiMAX also has the advantage of being more reliable and secure than “pure” unlicensed technologies like Wi-Fi. Wi-MAX can also count on support from leading companies like GE, Intel, Sprint Nextel, Clearwire, Motorola, Samsung and Google, among others. In the meantime, WiMAX-based smart meters are already available in the U.S. For instance, GE, in association with Intel and using Grid Net software, has built one of the first WiMAX-based smart meters. Most importantly, Wi-MAX will enable carriers, utility companies and other key players to build open-standards based smart meters. Ultimately, through WiMAX, third parties will be able to develop many applications and devices, helping to reduce cost. With WiMAX chipsets currently running about $36, some observers believe that the cost could become as lo.... [...]

By: Green:Net: 5 Hot Topics That Will Fuel the Future of the Smart Grid - A Collection of Latest Happening in Technology Field

Thu, 08 Apr 2010 20:09:12 +0000

[...] of its chief champion in the industry, San Francisco-based startup Grid Net. In the last six months Grid Net has landed some utility contracts and claimed two coups — an equity investment from Cisco and the hiring of Andres Carvallo, a [...]

By: Green:Net: 5 Hot Topics That Will Fuel The Future of the Smart Grid

Green:Net: 5 Hot Topics That Will Fuel The Future of the Smart Grid — Thu, 08 Apr 2010 15:28:31 +0000

By: Smart Meter Worries Crop Up In Australia

Smart Meter Worries Crop Up In Australia — Mon, 29 Mar 2010 02:10:13 +0000

[...] delay will be a worry for the vendors that have signed on to those Victorian smart meter rollouts. SP AusNet announced in October that it would be building a smart meter network based on the wireless [...]

By: Grid Net Scores Austin Energy CIO for Chief Strategist

Grid Net Scores Austin Energy CIO for Chief Strategist — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 12:01:35 +0000

[...] strides as of late, the startup still has a limited number of utility customers and deployments. Grid Net officially launched itself just last October, unveiling its software product and announcing Australian utility customer SP AusNet, as well as a [...]

By: WiMAX For Smart Grid: Arcadian Gets Connected

WiMAX For Smart Grid: Arcadian Gets Connected — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 21:08:45 +0000

[...] Clearwire for smart grid applications. San Francisco-based startup Grid Net has launched its first utility job in Australia to prove out its WiMAX-enabled smart meters and underlying software, and vendors such as General [...]

By: Sprint: 2010 Is a Major Year for The WiMAX Smart Grid

Sprint: 2010 Is a Major Year for The WiMAX Smart Grid — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 08:01:48 +0000

[...] of the U.S. a WiMAX-based smart grid could happen a lot more swiftly. In late October Grid Net announced that it would be supplying its software product for Australian utility customer SP AusNet. SP [...]

By: 5 Reasons Wi-Fi Will Take a Back Seat for the Smart Grid

5 Reasons Wi-Fi Will Take a Back Seat for the Smart Grid — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 16:38:13 +0000

[...] the past few months utilities like San Diego Gas & Electric and Australia’s SPAusNet have chosen WiMAX as the wide area network of choice for their smart grid deployments, and have [...]

By: The WiMAX Smart Grid Is Here, Brought to You By Grid Net « SmartGrid Current

Fri, 23 Oct 2009 23:07:47 +0000

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