As green energy management becomes a global imperative, the idea of implementing intelligent systems and wireless technology to more efficiently use energy and other natural resources has become a pervasive reality. It began with a relatively simple idea. If you add embedded intelligence and a communications link to a traditional metering device, you have the ability to remotely access the data that the smart meter has collected. However, through this seemingly simple enhancement of a communications link, a network was born, and with it came an explosion of applications and innovations transforming the way energy is measured, priced and consumed.

Rome, 16 December 2010 - Telit Wireless Solutions, an international leading specialist in machine-to-machine (M2M) technology, has developed a testing environment for eCall applications. eCall is an automatic emergency call system being planned by the EU for cars. Effective tests are the basis for rapid and smooth market launches of eCall solutions. A white paper on Telit’s website describes the set-up and scope of the testing environment, as well as the implementation of eCall on the Telit GE864-QUAD Automotive V2 module.

Efficient line operation and quality standards accounted for this year’s strategic partner award

Seoul, 2010-12-06 - Telit Wireless Solutions, an internationally leading specialist in machine-to-machine (M2M) technology, today announced that it will give the ‘Telit Strategic Supplier 2010‘ award to Chinese company BYD.

BYD is a major electrical car manufacturer in China and has been highlighted as a leading manufacturer aided by Warren Buffet’s investment

[img:Phillip.thumbnail.jpg|Philip Lewis,
CEO, VaasaETT
Global Energy
Think Tank]Helsinki, Finland --- (METERING.COM) --- December 22, 2010 - 2009 was a record year for electricity customer switching, with a global average switching rate of 6.12 percent – around one percentage point higher than two years ago, according to the World Energy Retail Market Rankings 2010.

[img:KH.thumbnail.JPG|Grant signing in
New Delhi]New Delhi, India --- (METERING.COM) --- December 22, 2010 - The Bangalore Electricity Supply Company Limited (BESCOM) has been awarded a grant from the United Sates Trade and Development Agency (USTDA) to support a smart grid feasibility study.

The $453,350 study will help to develop the requirements and specifications for a smart grid implementation plan that will enable the integration of smart meters and automated meter reading into BESCOM's distribution system. Ultimately, this program will advance BESCOM's efforts to meet the challenge of growing demand for energy from its diverse customer base.

[img:ofgem-logo.thumbnail_0.gif| ]London, U.K. --- (METERING.COM) --- December 22, 2010 - A review of metering arrangements in the U.K. in the transition to smart metering by the regulator Ofgem, has found several specific areas where a change of policy is required, including commercial interoperability, vertical integration and network companies' obligations, and gas metering price controls.

[img:water_drop_0.jpg| ]Essen, Germany and Jiangxi, China --- (METERING.COM) --- December 22, 2010 - Elster and the Jiangxi Sanchuan Water Meter Company Limited have entered into a joint venture agreement to produce and supply C&I water meters to the Chinese water industry.

Elster will have a 55 percent stake in the joint venture and will be enabled to introduce its advanced C&I water metering technology into China, the world's largest water meter market by units.

[img:Peter_8.jpg|Peter Porteous,
CEO, Blue Line
Innovations]San Francisco, CA, U.S.A. --- (METERING.COM) --- December 22, 2010 - Google PowerMeter™ has broadened its device partners by adding connectivity to the PowerCost Monitor™ from Blue Line Innovations.

Using energy information provided by the PowerCost Monitor, Google PowerMeter enables a user’s home energy consumption to be monitored from anywhere online.  It incorporates features such as tracking energy over time, always on power, predicting costs, budget tracking and community sharing.

[img:ofgem-logo.thumbnail_0.gif| ]London, U.K. --- (METERING.COM) --- December 21, 2010 - Britain’s smart meter trial program, which was started in 2007, is beginning to wrap up, with data collection having finished in September and final analysis of the data now under way.

According to the latest progress report on the project, the final database contains over 800 million meter readings as well as a “huge amount” of other information that was collected.

[img:pl_desgagnes.thumbnail.jpg|Pierre-Luc Desgagné,
Senior Director,
Strategic Planning and
Government Affairs,
Hydro-Québec]Montreal, Canada --- (METERING.COM) --- December 21, 2010 - Hydro-Québec and Mitsubishi Motor Sales of Canada Inc. have launched an electric vehicle trial with the arrival of the first five all-electric i-MiEVs in Boucherville.