KORE Telematics Chosen By Arizona Utility To Provide Wireless Services For Large-Scale Automated Metering Expansion

More Than One Million Meters Will Rely on KORE Telematics in Elster Integrated Solutions Deployment

San Diego, CA — KORE Telematics, the worlds largest digital wireless services provider specializing in machine-to-machine (M2M) communications, recently announced that Arizona Public Service (APS) has selected KORE to provide wireless communications services as part of the large scale expansion of the utilitys automated metering infrastructure (AMI). APS has contracted with Elster Integrated Solutions for 800,000 new meters, all of which rely on the KORE M2M network for two-way cellular data communications.

KORE has provided reliable wireless services to APS since 2005, when the utility began its initial AMI deployment of over 160,000 meters. The new 800,000 meter expansion began in December 2008.

As a pioneer in the M2M industry, KORE is at the forefront of innovation and excellence in engineering to ensure that the network works reliably, all the time. Machine communication requires far more robust support and service capability than standard wireless networks. KORE is 100 percent focused on delivering the specialized communications services and management tools necessary for M2M applications such as AMI to function reliably and cost effectively.

APS is leading the way toward a utilities infrastructure that is fully automated, to achieve the vision of utilities and consumers collaborating to conserve energy, said Alex Brisbourne, president and COO, KORE Telematics. Not only are utilities now able to adjust power consumption across millions of homes and businesses, but in the near future the AMI will allow consumers to control their own homes environment remotely.

Economically speaking, KORE provides the industrys first and most comprehensive pay-for-use network services model. KORE charges for only the data services consumed - based on bandwidth as opposed to per connection pricing - to drive costs out of the overall spend. This is especially important in the utility industry where many devices each transmit a very small amount of data.

SOURCE: KORE Telematics