Aeris Adds Smart Metering Article to Website; Outlines Benefits
of M2M for Utilities
Released
on: May 6, 2008, 11:25 am
Press
Release Author: Aeris Communications
Industry:
Energy
Press
Release Summary: Aeris Communications added an article regarding
Smart Metering to its Website. The article, available for viewing
at http://www.aeris.net/articles/smart-metering.html,
provides an overview of how M2M technology can benefit Smart Metering
applications.
Press
Release Body: San Jose, Calif. – May 6, 2008 – Aeris®
Communications, the leading wireless communications service
provider dedicated exclusively to the Machine-to-Machine
(M2M) and telematics marketplace across
North America, today announced the company has added an article
regarding Smart Metering to its Website. The
article, available for viewing at http://www.aeris.net/articles/smart-metering.html,
provides an overview of how M2M technology can
benefit Smart Metering applications.
The
article discusses what makes these new meters so "smart,"
provides an overview of how smart meters, M2M and
cellular technology can work together and outlines the differences
between wireless and fixed-line networks.
Traditionally,
commercial and residential energy consumption data has served
the sole purpose of allowing the utility company to bill customers.
Collected manually from meters by technicians physically visiting
each site, the process was labor intensive, making it expensive
for utilities and consumers. Manual data collection also led to
errors, including skipped meter readings. Advancements in automatic
meter reading (AMR) technology now allows the automation
of the data collection process—resulting in lower operational
costs and fewer errors.
Advanced
Metering Infrastructure (AMI) technology and smart meters
provide utilities with timely, granular data from all meter customers
remotely and then apply that data to improve reliability and efficiency,
expand customer choices, and create new rates and programs. These
technologies offer water and energy utilities similar functionality
with interval data collection to build customer load profiles
to define who is using how much and when.
About
Aeris Communications, Inc.
Aeris® is the leading wireless communications
service provider dedicated exclusively to the Machine-to-Machine
(M2M) and Telematics marketplace across
North America. Aeris has assembled and seamlessly integrated its
top tier carrier partner networks through AerFrame™
to provide customers with simplified, unified, reliable, and even
customized network services for M2M and Telematics applications.
Since 1992, Aeris has developed expertise and
patented technologies now proven on millions of devices and billions
of messages per year. Aeris provides expert services, superior
reliability, broader coverage, lower latency, and unsurpassed
customer support and managed services. For more information, please
visit http://www.aeris.net
or call 1-888-GO-AERIS.
Web
Site: http://www.aeris.net
Contact
Details: Christina Cassell
PR for Aeris Communications
aeris@bockpr.com
3750 S. Susan Street, Ste. 100
Santa Ana,CA 92704
phone 714 540-1030
fax 714-540-1060
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