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Meter Maker Shakedown: The 5 That Will Survive By Jesse Berst Nov 10, 2009 - 11:12:43 AM
Pity the utility just starting to shop around for smart meters – or the investor hoping to cash in on smart metering market projections that predict growth to 250 million smart meters by 2015. As I’ve been warning for a while, there are too many meter vendors with similar product lines. What’s more, profit margins are migrating away from the hardware and towards the communications, network and software.
So I called on all of the insiders and vendors I’ve been interviewing to come up with the top five meter makers who will still be around for Smart Grid 2.0. See if you agree with me, then vote in the Quick Poll and use the Talk Back form at the bottom to post your opinion (even if you are foolish enough to disagree with me).
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