Saturday, June 30, 2012

Space Data teams for wireless smart grid communications - Tampa Bay Business Journal:

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Chandler-based Space Data announced the plan Monday to offefr up a portion of the wireless spectrumk it owns to be used in conjunction with equipmenty fromMenlo Park, Calif.-based Full Spectrum. The two companies say the deal will alloew utilities to ownprivate wide-are networks to provide commands to smar grids. “The combination of our interference-free, high-powered frequencie with state-of-the-art WiMax technology provide utilities with a dedicated private broadbandfwireless system,” said Jerry CEO of Space Data. For several Space Data has been developing a systek of wireless communications using weather balloons to carrhequipment aloft, providing a wide area of coverage.
The compang also has been providing communicationsz for several years in theutility sector. Smarr grids are the latestg application of technology inthe nation’s power system. They will transform the national power grid into one that ismore flexible, allowing it to deliverf more power to areas of the country that need it. The two companieds believe their product would allow grid operators to contro l distribution remotely through awireless network. “Ijn terms of grid automation, much of the focus to date has been directe toward automatic meter readingand control.
However, real-time command and controp of higher-level grid devices are of if not greater, importance in the drive for overallgrid efficiency,” said Stewart Kantor, CEO of Full

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