Trilliant and Motorola Introduce iDEN-Based Communications Solutions for Advanced Energy Meters

Trilliant Incorporated, and Motorola, Inc. announced co-developed advanced meter communications solutions for iDEN® public and private utility customers. These real-time solutions allow utility companies to better service customers and reduce expenses with flexible and scalable solutions that can be integrated with other technologies and applications to meet the evolving needs of the utilities market.

"Our relationship with Trilliant has enabled us to co-develop the industry's first 'underglass' standards-compliant two-way advanced meter communications products for commercial electric meters and advanced gas meter instruments that can operate over both Public and Private iDEN® networks," said Jim Hanson, energy and utility industry principal of Motorola's Enterprise Mobility business. "Together, Motorola and Trilliant have developed an ideal wireless communications solution for commercial and industrial solid state electric meters -- saving customers time and money with secure communications and data transfers."

Motorola and Trilliant offer support for four of the major energy meter brands, including Elster A3 Alpha®, GE kV2c+, Itron SENTINEL®, and Landis+Gyr S4 families of meters. AMI solutions for these meters are available now and use Trilliant CellReader® Communications on Motorola's private Harmony™ and iDEN® communications networks and on Sprint/Nextel public iDEN® networks. These advanced meter communications systems can also support over-the-air switching between public Sprint/Nextel and Motorola Private Harmony systems. The combined meter brands represent the majority of all ANSI meters being sold into commercial and industrial (C&I) metering applications.

Motorola's Harmony system is a user-owned wireless voice communications network designed to provide mobile workforces with fast, flexible communication services. These digital private wireless systems range from large, multi-state utility networks to small, single-site private systems. The Trilliant CellReader meter communications modules with integrated iDEN® communications provide utilities with an optimum solution for ensuring complete regional coverage while fully leveraging investments in private wireless networks. Thousands of meters with integrated iDEN® CellReader communications are already deployed at utilities in the United States. The same module can support both Motorola Private Harmony systems, as well as public Nextel networks. These latest CellReader offerings are the result of continued collaborations and joint development utilizing the latest iDEN® technologies.

"Motorola is an established leader in providing communication solutions for utilities," said Paul Karr, vice president of marketing of Trilliant Incorporated. "The CellReader solution with iDEN® communications delivers the market's most flexible and cost effective solution for utilities who have invested in Harmony™ wireless network platforms."