Ambient Smart Grid Communications Platform Helps Reduce Cost of Utility Outages
Integration of Ambient's Network Management System (NMS) speeds up outage resolution to serve utility customers better
NEWTON, Mass., Feb. 7, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- Ambient Corporation AMBT +4.89% , a leading provider of flexible and scalable smart grid communications platforms and technologies, announced today that it has successfully extended the integration of its communications Network Management System, AmbientNMS® into an industry standard Distribution and Outage Management System (DOMS). The result is the delivery of faster and more accurate critical information to outage notification and restoration systems - improving service to utility customers.
http://xrl.us/bij3ti A new report from Pike Research forecasts that 276 million smart grid communications nodes will be shipped worldwide from 2010 to 2016, with annual shipments increasing dramatically from 15 million in 2009 to 55 million by 2016... this will represent a total industry investment of $20.3 billion during the seven-year forecast period, with annual revenues increasing from $1.8 billion in 2009 to $3.1 billion by 2016..."
