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It has often been said that rising tides lift all ships, but what happens when the tide is going out? Will all…
More The US Utility CIS market is plagued by questionable growth and excessive competition. These challenges result from the last decade’s development path…
More As discussed in our recent article, new business requirements in automatic meter reading (AMR) has increased market demand for AMR and repositioned…
More For most of the 20th century, reading utility meters had been a mundane process. Meter readers traversed neighborhoods, examined dials, and recorded…
More The wireless telecommunications revolution continues at a fast clip in areas that many of us never notice. We rarely think of the…
More The Automated Meter Reading (AMR) industry is big stuff. During the past decade, advances in radio frequency (RF) technology, software, and powerline…
More Pre-paid metering for utility services is a win-win-win proposition. Prepaid meter makers such as AMPY (www.ampy.co.uk) and Landis + Gyr (www.landisgyr.com) directly…
More When a utility purchases an Automated Meter Reading (AMR) system, they are making a very significant investment. Because of the size of…
More Business research indicates that most acquisitions fail to create value, but a rare few firms are capable of acquiring new businesses and…
More Itron has been on an acquisition spree but business research indicates that most mergers don’t add value. Why should Itron succeed where…
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