The government’s plan is for every home to have smart electricity and gas meters installed by 2019. Providing universal communications coverage, that can reach smart meters in every home, wherever they are, is critical to the success of the programme. A smart meter and grid communications network from SmartReach, based on Long Range Radio (LRR), offers the best coverage across GB with significant advantages in terms of cost, convenience and future flexibility:

• Universal smart metering coverage from within densely populated cities to countryside and mountainous regions
• Our solution has been proven in North America where utilities operate across all types of terrain with connection rates of 99% plus
• Some other communications technologies may only reach 70% to 80% of meters – LRR means less time and cost is needed to build additional communications solutions to access ‘difficult to reach’ meters
• Fewer base stations, with no street level collectors and hence less communications infrastructure, are necessary with LRR as it is designed to reach over far greater distances
• Connects reliably to meters in areas where other communications technologies, for example cellular, struggle; areas such as cupboards, under stairs and into basements
• With SmartReach, meters can simply be replaced in their existing locations, secure in the knowledge that the communications network will reach them – avoiding the costs previously associated with site surveys and return visits regarding the relocation of meters

Find out how SmartReach is also resilient, reliable and flexible for the future.