Press release
Vodafone and Alcatel-Lucent team up to develop smart metering in Germany
Stuttgart, Düsseldorf, Germany, December 10, 2009 – Vodafone Germany and Alcatel-Lucent
today announced they will work together to develop an extensive offer for the German market
that makes smarter use of energy by enabling consumers to access real-time information about
their energy usage and make more informed decisions about their energy consumption of
electricity, gas and water. Both subsidiaries will be marketing the smart metering offer as a
managed service through their respective sales organizations and will promote the benefits that
this service can bring to the energy sector.
The smart metering managed service will enable German utilities to adhere to recent and
forthcoming European Union’s rules and will be implemented for the first time by Stadtwerke
Pasewalk, a municipal utility that operates in the German state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern.
The new service offering is the result of matching the core competencies of the two companies.
In this engagement Alcatel-Lucent, through its German subsidiary, is providing its Smart Metering
Management System SMM 8617 as well as its services expertise to integrate all the components
of the planned smart metering service into a seamless solution, including the connection to the
operational management systems of energy suppliers (Enterprise Resource Planning - ERP and
Energy Data Management – EDM).
Vodafone Germany provides a secure connection between the intelligent meters -- installed in
consumer households -- and the Smart Metering Management System. This type of Machine-toMachine-Communication (M2M) will be realized over a fixed-line DSL connection or a wireless
GPRS connection and will be managed over a highly available M2M service platform.
“The Machine-to-Machine communications market is expanding and smart metering is one of the
most promising segments in the future, not alone because of EU rules. We are present in this
segment in Germany with strong partners like Alcatel-Lucent and our specialized M2M product
portfolio,” says Thomas Strehl, Senior Business Development Manager Industry & New Business,
Vodafone Germany.
Underlining the benefits of the partnership, Christof Hecker, Alcatel-Lucent’s head of the Global
Vodafone Account and VP of Sales for Germany, Benelux, Eastern Europe says “The partnership
with Vodafone and Alcatel-Lucent will enable our customers to shape energy demand patterns in
the future and meet their "green agenda" by integrating our smart metering service offering”.
The German subsidiaries of Vodafone and Alcatel-Lucent intend to develop their cooperation
beyond the energy supplier market and are working closely on innovative smart metering
solutions that would apply to the health care field, specifically in patient monitoring or for
applications in the development of electric cars.
About Vodafone Germany
Vodafone Germany is one of the largest and most modern telecommunications providers in Europe. It realises turnover of
more than EUR nine billion and has 15,000 employees. As an innovative integrated communications technology and
service provider headquartered in Düsseldorf, Vodafone Germany offers mobile communications, fixed network
telephony, internet and broadband services for businesses and consumers. Continuous development, numerous patents
and investments in new products, services and the modern network have made Vodafone an innovation leader in the
German telecommunications market. Vodafone is also committed to CSR and it supports numerous projects through the
German Vodafone Foundation.
The company is part of the Vodafone Group. Visit the website at www.vodafone.de for further information.
Vodafone Germany Press Contact
Thomas Krick
Tel.: +49 69 – 2169-2788
thomas.krick@vodafone.com
About Alcatel-Lucent
Alcatel-Lucent (Euronext Paris and NYSE: ALU) is the trusted partner of service providers, enterprises and
governments worldwide, providing solutions that to deliver voice, data and video communication services to endusers. A leader in fixed, mobile and converged broadband networking, IP technologies, applications and services,
Alcatel-Lucent leverages the unrivalled technical and scientific expertise of Bell Labs, one of the largest innovation
powerhouses in the communications industry. With operations in more than 130 countries and the most experienced
global services organization in the industry, Alcatel-Lucent is a local partner with a global reach. Alcatel-Lucent
achieved revenues of Euro 16.98 billion in 2008 and is incorporated in France, with executive offices located in Paris.
For more information, visit Alcatel-Lucent on the Internet: http://www.alcatel-lucent.com
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