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Building the business case for satellite IoT

Envirotec Magazine

Eric Ménard writes The Operational IoT market continues to expand as organisations across the world imagine an extraordinary range of opportunities to leverage sensor technology. The shipping industry is improving cargo traceability to mitigate on-going disruption.

IoT 130
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Why water companies choose LAISON for smart prepaid water meters

Smart Energy International

Recently, some water companies in the Middle East have started to tender for the STS prepaid water meter, arousing new discussion on smart water metering, as a solution for improving billing efficiency, in African countries and beyond. Prepaid water meters are not a new thing, even in Africa, but most projects failed before 2010.

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Placing consumers at the heart of smart metering

Smart Energy International

Edwin Sibiya, chairperson of the South African Metering Industry Association, stated during Enlit Africa 2022 that consumers should become more of a priority when utilities develop and install smart metering systems as part of efforts to future-proof the grid in Africa. Edwin Sibiya.

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How do smart water meters help drive revenue?

Smart Energy International

Nowadays, there is a growing discussion in the newspapers and media about smart water meters. But each person has a different understanding of the smart water meter and how it helps to improve the operational performance of water companies. Smart water meters: challenges in Africa. Smart water meter technology.

IoT 105
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DEWA nanosatellite improves management of power and water networks

Smart Energy International

Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA) plans to offer satellite-as-a-service to the utility industry globally. The initiative is part of DEWA’s Space-D programme to research the use of space technology to support utilities to improve their operations and planning. Have you read?

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Smart meters: Which next-gen cellular and why

Smart Energy International

Smart meters have the potential to improve sustainability of our energy distribution grids by reducing losses in energy distribution and reducing new network build-out. Whilst this stands on its own “green” credentials, this also benefits the energy distribution companies by reducing op-ex and cap-ex costs.

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Key aspects of smart water meter reliability for African water utilities

Smart Energy International

The conventional standard ISO4064/OIML R49 mainly refers to the metering and mechanical features of the water meter, such as R100 or R160, the length of the meter is 165mm or 190mm. There is currently no unified standard for smart water meters except IEC62055-41,51 which is the standard for STS prepayment functions.