A collaboration has been agreed between Etsi (the European Telecommunications Standards Institute) and the European Smart Metering Industry Group (Esmig), that is expected to ac-celerate the deployment of »Smart Meters« in Europe. The move is expected to bring many benefits to Utilities and their cus-tomers, including greater accura-cy, reduced costs, improved con-sumer choice and ecological benefits through better management of natural resources. The meter-ing market is currently undergo-ing considerable changes and, as smarter metering Systems be-come available, they are being viewed as the future for Utility metering, the term smart meaning »intelligent« and »connected«. Smart Metering entails the ex-change of various types of data between different entities and this implies communication Channels of various forms.
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