Leading electricity meter suppliers are striving to deliver services and technologies that will reduce utilities' meter reading costs. The AMR metering business in the commercial and industrial (C&l) segment has traditionally been shared between the utility, AMR system provider and meter supplier. Recently, though, some major European utilities have started to look closely at operating costs. They have raised specific concerns about meter defects and weaknesses in communication infrastructures, availability of metering data, the development costs of specific device drivers and the issues associated with AMR systems such as limited flexibility, licence costs and maintenance fees.
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