Don Jacobs works for the Sacramento Municipal Utility District (SMUD), where he leads a Smart Grid Project Management Office responsible for 51 smart grid projects. You learn a lot of lessons running 51 real-world projects. Jacobs shared some of those learnings in a recent webinar, and the folks at EE Times have summarized two of the most important tips in an article.
2015-01-29
Mobile operators could face a 30% failure rate for M2M and Internet of Things (IoT) sessions. So says one provider of self-organising networks (SON) solutions for wireless operators, Cellwize. Amid forecasts of up to 26 billion IoT devices by 20201, the solution vendor believes it has identified the potential pitfalls and the opportunities for mobile network operators. But when and why is this going to be an issue? Jeremy Cowan investigates.
2014-07-16
Zug, Switzerland, July 22, 2014 – Swiss smart grid company Landis+Gyr has won a contract to provide smart meters in Poland for energy utility RWE for use inside residential buildings in the capital city of Warsaw. RWE, based in Essen, Germany, is working to meet regulatory targets for smart meter installation and says the Landis+Gyr system will lead to benefits for customers and efficiency gains for its business.
2014-06-13