Google will be bringing its PowerMeter energy management application to the UK with first:utility, a gas and electricity provider with around 30,000 customers.
first:utility, which provides free smart metres to its customers, said the service will launch in early November and be available to customers at no extra charge.
Mark Daeche, first:utility’s Chief Executive, said: “Ever since [...]
The Australian government is launching a A$100m tender for smart grid projects in the country, but at least one commentator notes that few energy companies have shown interest in the topic, according to a report in our partner publications, Communications Day.
The joint announcement by the ministers in the communications, environment and energy sectors calls for [...]
The ITU, in a public statement calling for the inclusion of ICT in the UN’s COP 15 Copenhagen Climate Change Conference in December, reiterates that ICTs are “the only tool powerful enough to serve as the ‘circuit breaker’ to our current climate-hostile strategies, and to effect the true paradigm shift needed to make a difference.”
Specific [...]
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Nokia Siemens Networks is looking to revolutionise the mobile network with is Liquid Radio architecture, which not only promises to re-architect today’s base station infrastructure, but also to ultimately bridge the gap between highly specialise (and expensive) telecoms equipment and commoditise (cost competitive) computer components. Green Telecom Live talks to Mike Murphy, head of Technology [...]
Interview with Telenor Connexion: Inside the world of M2M
Telenor Connexion, the unit of the Telenor Group focused on the machine-to-machine market, has been developing and deploying M2M applications for customers for the past decade. Green Telecom Live speaks with Gwenn Larsson, head of marketing at Telenor Connexion, about what makes M2M different from the rest of the mobile industry and the kinds of [...]
Verne Global outlines Iceland data centre plans
Two years after we first published the Icelandic government’s plans to promote the building of data centres on its shores, a venture capital-backed start tup, Verne Global, is looking to make it a reality.
Verne Global, backed by General Catalysts from Boston, Novator in London and the Wellcome Trust, is now constructing a wholesale data centre [...]
Next gen data centre architecture Part 2: Cisco’s Unified Computing
Cisco this month unveiled what some company executives dubbed one of the biggest announcements for the network equipment maker – ever. With the announcement of its Unified Computing, Cisco officially enters the computing space, although not quite as previous speculation in the industry had outlined. Instead of just producing its own blade server, Cisco unveiled [...]
Next gen data centre architecture Part 1: Juniper’s single switching fabric
In the past couple of weeks, cloud computing has really taken off, with both service providers, server makers, and switching vendors all making big announcements on service deployments and new gear designed for cloud operating environments.
Specifically, both Juniper and Cisco made significant announcements in their vision of a next generation data centre environment that can [...]