Interview: NSN's Sue Spradley on LightSquared's Wholesale Mobile Data Paradigm     by Sue Spradley       Home         Topics: Main | VoIP | Wireless | Undersea Cables | Security | IPTV | MSOs | CDNs  | Ethernet | Mergers  | Financials  | People  | Europe | Canada | China | Japan | Korea | India | Latin America | Archive   AT&T To Offer Wireless SmartMetering to Electric Utility Companies AT&T plans to offer a residential SmartMetering machine to machine (M2M) service to electric utility companies. Specifically, AT&T will partner with SmartSynch, which already has smart grid solutions deployed at more than 100 utilities throughout North America. The solution offers a point-to-point configuration model in which each meter communicates directly with the utility over the AT&T wireless network. Smart grids combine "smart meters", wireless technology, sensors and software so customers and utilities can closely monitor energy use and cut back when the availability of electricity is stretched to its limit. The companies said an IP-based smart grid model ultimately helps consumers understand the economics of their consumption patterns so they can make intelligent decisions about their power consumption. The smart grid technology will also help to enhance reliability and energy efficiency, lower power-line losses and provide utilities with the ability to remotely automate service, providing cost-savings for consumers. Key benefits of the point to point smart meter solution to utility companies include: improved speed of deployment over traditional meshed networks the simplicity of an open standard, IP-based network the ability to communicate directly with each meter. AT&T noted that it has invested significant resources in implementing security features on its global network and best practices that comply with national and international standards. AT&T has employed such practices in order to help secure network resources, data centers and customer facing network interfaces, in line with many of the North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) Critical Infrastructure Protection (CIP) recommendations. In addition, AT&T offers security management services and business continuity and disaster recovery http://www.att.com http://www.smartsynch.com 17-Mar-09     Learn How to Get Your Video on this Site Recent Service Provider News BT Revenue Declines as Profit Increases 7/29/2010 AT&T Selects Alcatel-Lucent, Cisco, and Juniper for IP/MPLS/Ethernet/EPC Domain 7/29/2010 France Telecom Reaches 182 million Customers Accesses 7/29/2010 Portugal Telecom Selects Alcatel-Lucent's HLN Strategy 7/28/2010 Telefónica gains control of Brazil's Vivo 7/28/2010 Sprint Nextel Adds 111K Subscribers in Q2 7/28/2010 Wholesale Applications Community Sets Course 7/27/2010 Speedtest.net Ranks Comcast as Fastest U.S. ISP 7/27/2010 BT Employs "SmartWater" Invisible Paint to Deter Cable Theft 7/26/2010 Clearwire Sells WiMAX Operations in Ireland to Imagine 7/26/2010 Verizon Sees Continued Wireless Growth, Confirms LTE on Track for Q4 7/24/2010 AT&T U-verse Achieves First Billion-Dollar Revenue Quarter 7/23/2010 AT&T Adds Nearly 900,000 Connected Devices in Q2 7/23/2010 NTT Com Opens Data Centers in Vietnam and Singapore 7/22/2010 AT&T Posts Q2 Revenues of $30.8 billion, 3.2 Million iPhone Activations 7/22/2010 > More news...     Search  this site   Search the Web   Get Your Column Published Interview: NSN's Sue Spradley on LightSquared's Wholesale Mobile Data Paradigm by Sue Spradley Mobile Backhaul Transition Requires New Testing by Joe Zeto Cybersecurity Requires Public/Private Coalition by Greg Oslan A Rethinking of Cloud Services and Network Architecture by Jim Theodoras Delivering Scalable Video Solutions <br><i> Advantages of SVC-Optimized QoS</i> by Andy Singleton Does Network Neutrality Impact DPI? by James Brear