Telit has secured a supply contract valued at up to US $220 million as one of the technology providers for Great Britain’s ambitious, world-leading £11.3bn Smart Metering infrastructure project. Telit IoT cellular modules are to power a portion of the nearly 30 million “comms” hubs bridging ZigBee data communication between the smart meters and either RF or cellular networks. Telit equipped cellular comms hubs will use a specially developed UE910 UMTS/HSPA module delivering the 3G backhaul communication, leveraging the company’s extensive experience in the energy market. Telit has invested solidly in the special SMIP UE910 project as well as the manufacturing and logistics framework necessary to fulfil integration and rollout requirements from government as well as the various vendors involved in the project. Supplies are expected to commence in Q4 2016 and continue through to the end of 2021.
Organized and run by the UK’s Department of Energy & Climate Change (“DECC”), the GB SMIP proposes to install smart meters in homes and businesses across the UK, targeting the vast majority of gas and electricity utility customers by 2020. The system will monitor consumption and provide information to help consumers and businesses use energy more efficiently. The DECC also expects GB SMIP to deliver a number of direct benefits to consumers, including an end to estimated billing, better support for microgeneration and exported energy billing, savings from better access to energy tariff price information, more reliable next-day switching and opportunity for new smart consumer products and services.
