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[Earth2Tech] John Steel, project director for SP AusNet, told us in an interview that open standards and interoperability (in contrast with a proprietary system) were a major reason why the Australian utility chose Grid Net’s smart meter software and the WiMAX standard. SP AusNet plans to build it’s own WiMAX network using Motorola hardware, using Unwired Australia’s wireless spectrum, and Steel says the network will cost some “hundreds of millions”

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