KDDI’s 4G Empowers Japan’s Utilities

Monday 8 Feb 2016 | Mobile IoT Initiative | Resources | Smart Cities | Smart Cities Resources | Smart Cities Utilities |

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By enabling utilities and their customers to monitor and control electricity and gas usage in real-time, smart meters are transforming the energy industry. Mobile technologies and services can provide cost-effective, reliable and secure connectivity between smart meters and the utility’s IT systems. In Japan, mobile operator KDDI is using 4G mobile networks to provide nine leading utilities with advanced metering infrastructure services, designed to ultimately support more than 10 million smart meters and process around half a billion meter reads each day.

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