Sunday, April 29, 2012

Space Data teams for wireless smart grid communications - St. Louis Business Journal:

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Chandler-based Space Data announced the plan Mondahy to offer up a portion of the wireless spectrunm it owns to be used in conjunction with equipmentg fromMenlo Park, Calif.-based Full Spectrum. The two companie say the deal will allow utilities to ownprivate wide-areaq networks to provide commandsa to smart grids. “The combinationm of our interference-free, high-powered frequencies with state-of-the-art WiMaxc technology provide utilities with a dedicates private broadbandwireless system,” said Jerry CEO of Space Data.
For several years, Space Data has been developinh a system of wireless communications using weather balloons to carryhequipment aloft, providing a wide area of coverage. The compant also has been providing communications for several yearse in theutility sector. Smart grids are the latesg application of technology inthe nation’s power system. They will transfork the national power grid into one that is more allowing it to deliver more power to areaws of the country thatneed it. The two companieds believe their product would alloww grid operators to control distributioh remotely through awireless network.
“In terms of grid much of the focus to date has been directedf toward automatic meter readingand However, real-time command and control of higher-level grid devicees are of equal, if not importance in the drive for overall grid efficiency,” said Stewart Kantor, CEO of Full

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