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[Earth2Tech] AT&T Taps Into Smart Grid With SmartSynch: SmartSynch is a decade-old company based in Jackson, Miss., that makes a smart meter system that uses Internet protocol (IP) networks, like cellular or Wi-Fi, to connect smart meters at buildings to utilities. The benefit of SmartSynch’s system for utilities is that they don’t have to build their own network to run smart meters, they can use existing networks, which means a much lower cost to deploy the system.

[TreeHugger] AT&T Offering Wireless Network as Smart Grid Solution : TreeHugger: A new suite of services by AT&T, designed for SmartSynch's grid solutions, will enable machine to machine communication and create a cheap way for utilities to hook up with smart grid technology. With this package, each meter will communicate with the utility via the AT&T wireless network.

[SmartMeters] SmartSynch and AT&T announce new partnership: “Utilities throughout the U.S. face tremendous challenges to increase renewable energy sources and efficiency, as well as manage new applications, which place new complexities on an already complex system,” said Chris Hill, vice president of mobility product management for AT&T Business Solutions.  “To meet these changing demands in support of the recent economic stimulus bill, AT&T and SmartSynch are offering this new solution to help the industry migrate to smart grids.”

[A Green Zone] A Green Zone » AT&T Offering Wireless Network as Smart Grid Solution: Photo via mightyboybrian AT&T and SmartSynch feel that their resources combined provide a better way to get the s mart grid up and running. SmartSynch will use AT&T’s

[HotCellularPhone.com] AT&T to Offer Wireless Smart Grid Technology to bring smart grid ...: &T and SmartSynch, electric utility companies will now be able to concentrate on efficient electricity delivery rather than being distracted by building, maintaining, expanding and upgrading a communications network. This new solution offers a cost-effective point-to-point configuration model in which each meter communicates directly with the utility over the

[Cisco] AT&T, SmartSynch Plug Into Smart Grid - Mobile - IT Channel News ...: The AT&T/SmartSynch solution offers a point-to-point configuration model whereby each meter communicates directly with the utility over the AT&T wireless network. Although proponents of smart grid technology say that customers and .

[Financial News USA (OTC: FNWU)] AT&T To Offer Wireless Smart Grid Technology To Utility Companies ...: AT&T and SmartSynch are for the first time providing utilities with a cost-effective solution by combining a new suite of service plans from AT&T designed specifically for machine to machine (M2M) communications with SmartSynch's smart grid solutions already deployed at more than 100 utilities throughout North America. With this new solution from AT&T and SmartSynch, electric utility companies will now be able to concentrate on efficient electricity delivery rather than being distracted by building, maintaining, expanding and upgrading a communications network.

[VentureBeat] AT&T partners with SmartSynch to bring the smart grid to your ...: AT&T has had its hat in the smart grid ring for a while but has more plans in store. On top of these efforts, it says it has also cemented useful relationships with U.S. utilities by providing them with mobile applications that track fieldworkers, detect power outages and remotely monitor electrical systems.

[Atlas Solar Solutions] AT&T Working With SmartSynch on Smart Grid Communication | Atlas ...: Utilizing AT&T’s national network instead of having to build new networks could ultimately mean a cheaper and faster set up for smart grid communications.

[Home:blogs] AT&T Jumps Into Smart Grids: SmartSynch’s technology does not contain a proprietary link, so a smart meter simply latches onto an existing network. Not only does this allow utilities to unleash pretty much wherever they want, but also it saves SmartSynch quite a bit of money on setup costs.

[Zigbee News by FreakLabs] Freaklabs - Open Source Zigbee Blog - Your Electrical Meter ...: By exploiting an existing robust network, SmartSynch will effectively reduce the cost and fear factor among utilities when it comes to deploying smart meters. The deal also effectively gives momentum to the movement to base smart metering networks on open standards rather than proprietary protocols.

[Tech stories - TechChuck] AT&T plugs into grid, powers smart meters’ conversations - TechChuck: Smart meters can now get a little more talkative through a deal between AT&T and SmartSynch, a firm that creates networked utility meters designed to provide two-way communication between an operator and a customer's services and appliances.

[TagSO] AT&T Angles for a Piece of the Smart Grid Market Pie | TagSO: When a smart, ambitious executive who isn’t the CEO leaves a company, it isn’t necessarily a sign of trouble. Sometimes that executive isn’t performing all that well, or he/she wants to see if they can make it at their own...

[Blogs] Greentech Media: Green Light » Blog Archive » Zero Interest Loans ...: Smart grid vendor SmartSynch will use AT&T's sprawling wireless network as the backbone for its residential smart meters. It paves the way for proliferation, the companies say.

[USA TODAY] AT&T inks deal to provide smart appliances equal time on the grid ...: Up until now, if you had dreams of managing your household energy consumption with some sort of smart appliance, you had to either live in an area where a utility built its own network (Corpus Christi or Burbank, for example) or rely on .AT&T has announced a deal with smart meter manufacturer SmartSynch that will see the carrier provide two-way communications between the your home and the grid, a “first of its kind” agreement that will allow you to get the most out of .

[Earth2Tech] Solar Consolidation Continues: Recurrent Energy Buys Assets of UPC ...: Recurrent has the capital to buy up its competition, because last July Recurrent raised a whopping $75 mil”¦ Intersolar: News From 5 Solar Startups · Blog-AroundHarlem.com » Blog Archive » Obama Watch From Harlem-March 18, 2009: second-largest U.S. cell phone company from using its wireless network to angle for a piece of the smart grid .

[Green Light] Greentech Media: Green Light » Blog Archive » Smart Grid Cross ...: Digi makes networking technology that connects electronic devices via Ethernet, WiFi and cellular networks, which will give Itron enhanced abilities to connect capacitor banks, metering products and other in-grid devices in a communications network, the companies said.

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