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Assam and Bihar lead in smart meter installations under RDSS
By December 9, 2024December 9, 2024

Assam and Bihar are leading states in smart meter installations under the Revamped Distribution Sector Scheme (RDSS), with a total of 7.54 million smart meters installed across India. This includes 7.30 million consumer meters, 0.18 million distribution transformer (DT) meters and 0.06 million feeder meters. The total number of smart meters sanctioned under RDSS stands at approximately 2.03 billion, indicating that only 3.7% of the meters have been installed so far. Assam has installed 2.29…

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EQT and GIC acquire majority stake in UK company Calisen
By December 4, 2024December 4, 2024

EQT Active Core Infrastructure Fund and GIC have announced an agreement to acquire a majority stake in Calisen Group, a UK-based smart metering company, from Global Infrastructure Partners, BlackRock, Goldman Sachs Alternatives, and Mubadala Investment Company. Equitix will retain a minority stake. The transaction is subject to regulatory approvals. Headquartered in Manchester, Calisen owns, installs, reads, and maintains smart meters, with an installed base of 16 million units. The company aims to expand its smart…

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Tata Power reduces AT&C losses in Odisha distribution business in H1 FY25
By November 4, 2024November 4, 2024

Tata Power reported reduced Aggregate Technical & Commercial (AT&C) losses in its Odisha power distribution business during the first half of FY25. The investor presentation indicated improvements in two of the four discoms, TPCODL and TPSODL, while AT&C losses in TPWODL remained constant and slightly increased in TPNODL. Overall, AT&C losses across the Odisha discoms, weighted by electricity purchase volume, decreased to 22.6% in H1 FY25 from 23.9% in H1 FY24. Electricity purchases rose to…

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Deveritec and Wirepas launch new NIC for Wirepas 5G Mesh in Europe
By October 21, 2024October 21, 2024

Deveritec GmbH and Wirepas have unveiled a new Network Interface Card (NIC) tailored for the Wirepas 5G Mesh implementation of the non-cellular 5G standard, NR+. The NIC, developed using Nordic Semiconductor’s nRF9151 chip, is designed for smart electricity meters and aims to accelerate Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI) development using the NR+ standard. This collaboration marks a push towards deploying NR+ technology in smart meters across Europe, leveraging the ultra-resilient RF mesh networking capabilities of NR+….

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Iskraemeco to establish new development centre in India
By October 21, 2024October 21, 2024

Switzerland-based Iskraemeco Group, after selling its smart meter manufacturing unit in India to Kaynes Technology India Ltd, has announced plans to set up a new software development centre in India. The centre will focus on electricity metering and data processing, reinforcing Iskraemeco’s ongoing presence in the country. The sale of Iskraemeco India aligns with the group’s strategy to emphasize digital energy and water management solutions using platforms like Symbiot Head-End Systems (HES) and Symbiot Meter…

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