On Jan. 18, 2012, Smart Grid News in conjunction with Qualcomm presented another in its Lessons from the Real World webinar series for power industry professionals. Topic: Comparing cellular with other communications technologies for the smart grid. Panelists included Joseph Ho from Qualcomm Corporate R&D Group; Brian Huey, smart grid specialist at Sprint Nextel; and Matt Gillmore, Director of Enterprise Architecture and Standards at Consumers Energy. As you listen to the replays, you'll hear details from some rigorous testing and comparisons of communications options as well as real-world lessons learned from a utility that recently selected cellular after a lengthy screening process.

The webinar has been broken into six segments for ease of replay. Click the Watch the replay link for the first installment which includes an introduction and overview from SGN Chief Analyst Jesse Berst, who moderated the discussion.

Use the links below to access the remaining video segments:

·         Part 1 of 6: Comparing cellular with other communications technologies

·         Part 3 of 6: Comparing cellular with other communications technologies

·         Part 4 of 6: Comparing cellular with other communications technologies

·         Part 5 of 6: Comparing cellular with other communications technologies

·         Part 6 of 6: Comparing cellular with other communications technologies

You may also be interested in:

·          Webinar slide deck: Comparing cellular with other communications technologies (pdf)

·         Jesse Berst: Comparing communications technologies - the 6 most important questions (and where to get answers)

·         Additional resources: Communications technologies and trends