V Business Partners with Trilliant to Provide Integrated IoT Solutions for Smart Metering Projects in India
Lucknow: This partnership will provide a one-stop solution to empower the advanced metering infrastructure in the country and enable the DISCOMs to provide excellent services to the citizens. V Business is the leader in smart utilities, 2 out of every 3 smart meters in the country are powered by V.
V Business, the enterprise arm of leading telecom service provider Vodafone Idea Limited, announced a partnership with Triliant®, a world-class provider of utility solutions for advanced metering and smartgrid systems. This partnership will leverage the combined domain expertise of WeBusiness and Triliant to build and implement integrated IoT solutions for advanced metering infrastructure in India.
This partnership will strengthen the Government’s Digital India mission and bring about a paradigm shift in the power distribution sector by converting the targeted 250 million electricity meters into smart meters across the country.
The synergy between the two sides will lead to enhanced connectivity, cloud and HES with managed services, enabling Master System Integrators (MSIs)/Advanced Metering Infrastructure Service Providers to make sustainable delivery of critical SLAs for AMI projects in India. As part of this partnership with Trilliant, We Business will utilize its world-class experience in Unity Suite Head End System (HES) that will enable daily meter reading and interval data, compliant with IS 15959. Under this partnership, DISCOMs will be able to ensure complete transparency in operations and SLA management for network and complex AMI projects.
Arvind Nevatia, Chief Enterprise Business Officer, Vodafone Idea Ltd. said, “We Business Discoms, being the market leader in integrated IoT and with vast experience in smart metering, empower citizens and service providers and promote smart and sustainable practices. trying to give. We believe that our partnership with Triliant will enhance our ability to deploy large-scale AMI projects and provide utility service providers with state-of-the-art IoT solutions, as well as help accelerate AMI implementation in India. This partnership reflects our strong commitment to the country’s energy and utility space, which will enable DISCOMs to reap the benefits of AMI in a secure and integrated manner.”
Over the years, VBusiness has enabled India’s energy infrastructure by providing state-of-the-art IoT solutions and today plays a partner role in AMI projects for several power distribution companies. At present VBusiness is working closely with 25 DISCOMs and has successfully connected around 3 million meters across the country – 2 out of every 3 smart meters in the country are powered by V.
“We are delighted to have the opportunity to associate with a leading communication service provider like VBusiness. Dan Lambert, Chief Solutions Officer, Trilliant said, “Till date, Trilliant has installed 1.5 million smart meters with six different meter vendors in India, including seven utilities in Uttar Pradesh and Haryana. In the times to come, we will continue to support utilities in the AMI and IoT space by using Trillion and V’s expertise, best-in-class solutions and excellent track record.”
Under the existing Smart Meter National Programme, 250 million conventional meters will be replaced with smart meters in India. Smart meters are connected through a web-based monitoring system (ie HES), thereby reducing utility losses, increasing efficiency, increasing revenue as well as promoting reforms in the power sector. The adoption of IoT is critical for the digital transformation goals of large enterprises, especially power distribution companies, which suffer huge AT&C losses every year. Most of the AMI stakeholders are working with the silos, due to which the discoms are not able to avail the benefits of AMI. Together, VBusiness and Trilliant will manage the current and future opportunities for AMI projects in the country through connectivity, cloud and HES. VBusiness provides a one-stop shop for AMI players, enables DISCOMs and SPs to deliver superior customer experience, while ensuring success in long-term projects.
