Motorola, GE and Grid Net are part of a group of companies looking to bring a WiMax 4G-based smart grid program to Australia. Officials say the initiative will create the first smart grid based on the WiMax wireless platform. The program includes the installation of smart meters in almost 700,000 households and businesses in Australia by 2013.
– Motorola, Grid Net and GE Energy Services are among a number of partnering
companies tapped to develop a WiMax-based smart metering program in Australia.
The program, which aims to bring smart meters to almost 700,000 homes and
businesses in the state of Victoria,
will be the first WiMax-based 4…