GRIDCOM ECOSYSTEM PARTNERS
GridCom™ is continuing to build its network of solution partners to deliver a complete ecosystem enabling utilities to build their Smart Grid vision.
To build a Smart Grid requires multiple applications, systems and communication networks. GridCom Ecosystem Partners have demonstrated interoperability with GridCom, making them easier to deploy and support.
Smart Meter and Metering Networks
Aclara serves its water, gas, and electric utility clients with unique, custom solutions that combine fixed-network advanced metering infrastructure and automated meter reading (AMI/AMR) systems with sophisticated meter data management software. The company integrates the strengths of the industry's most proven technologies - the Aclara STAR Network, Aclara TWACS Technology, and Aclara Software - and serves utility clients with superior solutions that meet even the most rigorous requirements.
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Billion Electric Co. Ltd. Is a leading provider of network equipment and power supply products in Asia Pacific rim. Since its Communication Division was established in 1992, Billion has re-enforced its investment in developing next generation network equipment and Internet access devices for home, telecommuters, and SME users. Billion Electric has been awarded a number of honors on their networking products and have acquired a considerable customer base across Europe, America, Middle East, Africa, and Asia Pacific markets.
In the past few years Billion has been dedicated in developing and offering comprehensive products to meet the growing demands of varying broadband market segments. The product lines include R&D and manufacturing of Smart Grid business to illustrate Billion's long-term focus on “Green” product development.
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Echelon Corporation is leading the worldwide transformation of the electricity grid into a smart, communicating energy network, connecting utilities to their customers, enabling networking of everyday devices, and providing customers with energy aware homes and businesses that react to conditions on the grid.
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Elster, world leader in smart metering systems and solutions for the Smart Grid, serves electric, gas and water utilities worldwide. We help customers maximize and deploy the latest smart metering systems, demand response technologies, proven Smart Grid management solutions… all in the effort to improve revenue cycle services, customer service, delivery reliability and workforce utilization.
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Itron Inc. is a leading technology provider to the global energy and water industries. Our company is the world’s leading provider of intelligent metering, data collection and utility software solutions, with nearly 8,000 utilities worldwide relying on our technology to optimize the delivery and use of energy and water. Our products include electricity, gas, water and heat meters, data collection and communication systems, including automated meter reading (AMR) and advanced metering infrastructure (AMI); meter data management and related software applications; as well as project management, installation, and consulting services.
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Distribution Automation
ABB is a leader in power and automation technologies that enable utility and industry customers to improve their performance while lowering environmental impact. The company operates in more than 100 countries and has offices in 87 of those countries to give its global and local customers the support they need to develop and conduct their business successfully.
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Cooper Power Systems has long been a provider of comprehensive reliability and productivity solutions for utility, commercial and industrial customers and is a leading provider of innovative smart grid technologies and solutions that enable customers to optimize their electrical grid performance.
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Beckwith Electric was founded in 1967 and is a premier provider of innovative and high quality products, technical services and solutions that meet the needs of customers involved in the production, transmission, and distribution of electric power. Beckwith Electric's products include tapchanger, regulator, and capacitor controls, protective relays, custom services and solutions, and equipment for synchronizing and fast motor bus transfer. Worldwide customers include electric utilities, large industrial companies, original equipment manufacturers and owners of alternative sources of energy.
For more information on Beckwith Electric or its products, visit the Beckwith Electric website at beckwithelectric.com.
Video Security
Axis Communications is the global market leader in network video products with about 700,000 professional network video products sold since 1996. Axis has the experience and depth of products to meet customers' IP video surveillance needs. These products are based on in-house developed chip technology, which enables devices to be securely and rapidly connected to virtually any wired or wireless network.
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Sony offers comprehensive turnkey monitoring and surveillance solutions that run on IP infrastructure and offer digital video capture, real-time viewing, remote monitoring and management, recording, and archival/retrieval. Tropos MetroMesh Wi-Fi broadband networks can extend the standard IP infrastructure to wireless environments enabling Sony solutions to provide economical video surveillance for public safety, homeland security and industrial applications on an unprecedented scale.
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On-Net Surveillance Systems Inc. is a market leader in IP network based digital video surveillance products & solutions for IP network & wireless cameras in the applications ranging from remote video access to mobile & wireless access to video over IP. OnSSI and Tropos MetroMesh technology makes video surveillance deployable for local and federal government, city-wide systems, homeland security projects & more.
 
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Peripheral Devices
Digi International is making wireless M2M easy by developing reliable products and solutions to connect and securely manage local or remote electronic devices over the network or via the Web. Digi offers the highest levels of performance, flexibility and quality, and markets its products through a global network of distributors and resellers, systems integrators and original equipment manufacturers (OEMs).
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PePWave is a market leader in delivering broadband devices and integrated solutions for citywide broadband access. The PePWave Surf Customer Premises devices provide network operators and customers with a Tropos Metro Compliant (TMCX) device that easily connects citywide Wi-Fi service to individual households and businesses, and is a vital component for high citywide availability of wireless high-speed Internet access. Its software management capability will enable the Tropos MetroMesh™ Operating System to remotely query the device for performance information,and its powerful transmission and outstanding reception capability ensure the best service for customers throughout a coverage area. Headquartered in Hong Kong, PePWave's products have been deployed by service providers, public safety agencies, city governments and enterprise customers around the world.
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Ubiquiti Networks was founded in 2005 with the mission of enabling ubiquitious wireless broadband networking. Our patent-pending technologies and innovative designs have in recent months produced ground-breaking products with a large OEM, distributor, and carrier customer following. Ubiquiti develops mobility card solutions that meet TMCX specification compliance, ensuring superior operating performance with Tropos MetroMesh networks.
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Network Infrastructure
For more than 30 years and with over one million power systems installed worldwide, Alpha Technologies has provided the communications industry with the most reliable, technologically advanced and cost-effective powering solutions available. The increasing demand and sophistication of networks that deliver voice, video and data services have made ensuring reliable power more critical than ever before. Alpha offers innovative powering solutions that are designed for the future, built to support expansion and provide unlimited opportunity. Widely used in wireless, cable television, telecommunications and data networks worldwide, Alpha products have earned a reputation for reliability and performance. Alpha provides a full line of power products including: standby, non-standby and uninterruptible power supplies, surge suppressors, enclosures and batteries.
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With more than 2 million units deployed in 150 countries, Alvarion is the worldwide leader in metro scale fixed wireless broadband, providing systems to carriers, ISPs and private network operators, and also in extending coverage of GSM and CDMA mobile networks to developing countries and other hard to serve areas.
Leading the WiMAX revolution, Alvarion has the most extensive deployments and proven product portfolio in the industry covering the full range of frequency bands with both fixed and mobile solutions. Alvarion's products enable the delivery of wireless broadband access, corporate VPNs, toll quality telephony, mobile base station feeding, hotspot coverage extension, multipoint backhaul into mesh clouds, public safety communications, and mobile voice and data.
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EDX Wireless produces powerful, sophisticated software tools for use in the planning, design, and optimization of wireless networks. As a Tropos MetroMesh Solution Partner, EDX's SignalMX(r) directly integrates with the Tropos Control element manager, ensuring seamless information transfer capabilities. SignalMX will also connect to the MetroMesh OS through Tropos-specific APIs in order to give customers the most integrated tools for metro-area network design and optimization.
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Juniper Networks leads the industry in enabling secure, assured communications over a single IP network.
Juniper Networks is revolutionizing the economics of global information exchange. Our purpose-built, high-performance IP platforms enable customers to support many different services and applications at scale. Service providers, enterprises, governments, and research and education institutions worldwide rely on the company to deliver products for building networks that are tailored to the individual needs of their users, services, and applications.
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Redline is a leader in the emerging WiMAX space, and the first in the world to market an 802.16-compliant product. The company has over 10,000 installations in 75 countries across six continents through a global distribution network of more than 80 partners. By combining metro-scale Wi-Fi products and WIMAX technologies, Redline and Tropos are cooperating to deliver an end-to-end, standards-based wireless broadband solution for metropolitan areas.
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Orlando-based Solis Energy is a privately held global provider of reliable outdoor solar power generation, connectivity and emergency/secondary back-up solutions for all low-voltage applications.
Whether reliable outdoor power generation, connectivity or emergency/secondary back-up is needed, customers can confidently rely on Solis to develop the best power solutions for their unique project requirements. Solis enhances its customers’ ability to control costs, increase service reliability, and reduce administrative and repair burdens. Customers benefit from such product features as reliability, durability, flexibility, convenience, ease of installation, and affordability – especially when compared to the cost of trenching or directional boring.
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SunWize manufactures highly reliable power system solutions for Muni WiFi mesh networks. The solar electric SunWize® Power Ready Systems and the online ups SunWize® Power Online Systems are low-cost solutions for providing continuous power to critical loads and are easy to install for rapid deployment. Highly reliable online systems are suitable for back-up allowing continual use during times of utility grid outages.
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