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locate, communicate, accelerate
Water, Water Everywhere...
Moti Tabulo, Cellular Product Strategy
March 2015
Confidential
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• By 2025 – 4 bn people
• half of the global population may be facing water scarcity/shortage
• By 2050 – 9 bn people, less than 100 litres per day
• 1 bn people < 100 litres of fresh water for basic needs
• Right now western world consumes 200-380 litres daily
Smart Water Metering Communications; what they say and want
• ‘fit and forget for 20 years’ meters; long battery life
• Connect first time to back-end systems
• Reliable managed bandwidth; ability for OTA upgrades
• Anything that reduces revisits
• Data management and data analytics
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Cellular IoT to provide Massive Volume Low Power Wireless Connections
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Billions of connections Low cost devices
Low power operation
Deep penetration
100K per Cell
20dB+ Cell Edge
<US$5 per module
10-year battery life
CIoT
Integrates into cellular system
Easy deployment
Network
Platform
Water Meter
Cellular IoT
MDMS
(Meter Data Management
System)
Head-end System
(Meter Data Collection
System)
ApplicationCRM Billing Prepaym
entERP EMS GIS
Data bus
DMS
Module
The end to end smart meter solution
Substantially reduced deployment cost
• Case of rollout of 1.1m smart meters in a large UK catchment area
• With proprietary wireless technology
• Equipment Capex: 1700 Base Stations, 5600 Relays
• Site Acquisition & Install, Rental
• Equipment Maintenance & Spares
• ~£25M real cost, not including
• Rollout Project Management
• Server hardware
• Logistics/shipping to site
• Risk due to unlicensed spectrum
• CIoT is an upgrade to existing base stations = no need for above
Money saved, happier customer experience
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• Reduced OPEX – fewer manual meter reads
• Reduce customer complaint handling – instant verification of bill queries
• Leakage detection (Supply and customer side)
• Streamlined meter reading – no need to access property
Increased Revenue
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• Improved accuracy of meter reads
• Streamline special meter read process
• Reduce non-revenue water
Community and social
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• Increase goodwill in community
• Proactive approach approved by community
• Better education and awareness of water value
Enabling the Internet of (Real) Things
• By 2022 there will be over 3 billion low power, wide area, wireless access connections*
• CIoT will enable applications such as
• Utilities: Gas and water metering
• Smart cities: Lightening, parking sensors, waste control
• Building automation: Alarm systems, HVAC, access control
• Consumer: White goods, people/animal tracking
• Agriculture/environmental: Monitoring of land , pollution, noise, rain etc
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* Source Machina Research