Category: Smart Grid

  • New Telco Services Enable the Connected Home – Part 1

    New Telco Services Enable the Connected Home – Part 1

    Introduction For years, analysts have been saying that telcos must offer compelling new services to prevent being disinter-mediated or marginalized. Otherwise, they are just purveyors of “dumb pipes,” – a mere provider of connectivity which does not benefit from all of the value being generated by customers using their networks. In particular, telcos are not…

  • Integrated Critical Communications Infrastructure for Smart Grid at Connectivity Week

    Integrated Critical Communications Infrastructure for Smart Grid at Connectivity Week

    This article is a summary of a very informative panel session that took place on May 25th at the Connectivity Week conference in Santa Clara, CA.  It was one of the best sessions I attended at the conference.  Note that the focus was on wireless- not wireline networks- to be used for Smart Grid Critical…