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BT and Partners Propose Secure Long Range Radio for National Smart Meter Rollout
UK based landline operator, BT has announced it is joining forces with Arqiva and Detica to offer a dedicated and secure long range radio communications platform for the UK government's proposed smart metering initiative. The radio project is due to cover 28 million homes and small business properties by 2020.
The envisaged solution will create a dedicated network specifically for the smart metering programme and use Arqiva's radio spectrum and radio infrastructure, with BT providing IT and telecommunications skills with and Detica providing information and infrastructure security services. The partners will be supported by Sensus who specialise in enabling smart meters and smart grids and they will be providing their long range radio technology, FlexNet. Their technology is already widely proven in other countries and this experience will ensure that the companies benefit from lessons learnt elsewhere.
The Government will soon publish a prospectus that will provide details about the project and the possible commercial opportunities. The partners will review this document and will then formally launch their proposal in September.
"A communications network designed to meet the unique needs of all of Britain's utilities - electricity, gas and water - must be able to deliver universal connectivity and long term resilience. And the only way to achieve this is through a dedicated network based on long range radio. The collaboration of three of Britain's leading communications and security organisations provides further weight to this argument and provides the most effective way of delivering the government's target of rolling out smart meters to all homes in the shortest time possible," added John Cronin, Managing Director for Arqiva Wireless Access.
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