AT&T has entered an agreement with Smart Grid solutions company Silver Spring Networks to offer 3G wireless communication services to Silver Spring’s subscribers in United States. This agreement is next phase of AT&T’s machine to machine communications space expansion effort.
AT&T’s nationwide, high speed, cellular data network allows aggregation of data collection and transport of smart grid information to the Silver Spring’s UtilityIQ back-office application suite.
Chris Hill, vice president, mobility product management, AT&T Business Solutions, said “We are thrilled to be working with Silver Spring and their growing number of successful deployments, as we continue to expand our smart grid solutions that enable utilities to utilize wireless technology as backhaul for customer data.”
Judy Lin, chief product officer at Silver Spring, said “This relationship exemplifies Silver Spring’s commitment to bring the broadest ecosystem of companies to deliver an open, end-to-end and highly secure IP platform for the utility industry. 3G is capable of supporting portions of a smart grid implementation and we are pleased to team with AT&T.”
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