Public Carrier Networks for Smart Grids

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Public Carrier Networks for Smart Grids
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GSM, GPRS, EDGE, 1xRTT, UMTS, HSPA, EVDO, WiMAX, and LTE Technologies for Smart Grid Communications

The use of public cellular networks for smart grids is slowly gaining acceptance and momentum across the world. Cellular is now commonly seen as an additional connectivity option, just like power line communications (PLC) and radio frequency (RF) mesh. Recent acquisitions of cellular smart grid vendors like SmartSynch and Metrum have proven that cellular cannot be ignored. While cellular has been used for some time by European utilities, only recently have North American firms begun to commit to public networks for critical smart grid applications. Cellular networks are also expected to play a significant role in supporting multimillion smart meter rollouts across the Asia Pacific region.

Issues like security, reliability, latency, cost, and technological obsolescence still plague the market, but have more to do with market perception than market reality. Recent advancements in 4G Long Term Evolution (LTE), combined with multimode chipsets and aggressive pricing from the carriers, have helped build a case for cellular. As smart grids become more complex, utilities will have to face a key question: Do they continue to invest, operate, and manage their own communications networks or do they allow communications specialists (i.e., cellular carriers) to do it for them? Navigant Research forecasts that total annual shipments of cellular-based communications nodes will grow from 2.7 million in 2012 to 16.3 million in 2020.

This Navigant Research report examines the global market opportunity for cellular smart grids. The study provides an analysis of the drivers, market challenges, and technology issues that will shape the market over the coming decade. Global market forecasts for public cellular communications nodes, segmented by application, region, and technology, extend through 2020. The report also profiles the key vendors, utilities, and carriers related to the cellular smart grid ecosystem.

Key Questions Addressed:

What significant obstacles are preventing cellular networks from entering the mainstream in smart grids?
What are the main characteristics of the regions where cellular technologies are becoming a popular choice for smart grid communications?
How are equipment and service revenues evolving and how will that affect technology choices in the future?
How and when is the shift from 2G to 3G to 4G in cellular smart grid networks likely to occur?
What are some of the key recommendations for vendors that want to take advantage of the market opportunity for cellular smart grids?

Who needs this report?

Mobile network operators
Network integrators
Smart grid hardware and software vendors
Wireless chipset and M2M module makers
Utilities
Government agencies
Industry associations
Investor community
1. Executive Summary

1.1 Introduction
1.2 Market Outlook
2. Market Issues
2.1 The Market for Smart Grid and Communications Technologies
2.2 Market Drivers and Challenges
2.2.1 Improved CAPEX and OPEX Dynamics for Public Cellular Networks
2.2.2 Regional Market Structures
2.2.3 Geographic Coverage
2.2.4 Grid Reliability
2.2.5 Latency
2.2.6 Core Focus on Utility Operations
2.2.7 Cellular Technology Obsolescence
2.2.8 Module Costs
2.2.9 Interoperability
2.2.10 Integrated Mobile Workforce Communications
2.2.11 Utility Preference for Private Networks
2.2.12 Security
2.2.13 Market and Public Perception Issues
2.3 Market Opportunity
2.3.1 Wireless Chip/Module Vendors
2.3.2 Grid Equipment Vendors
2.3.3 Carriers
2.3.4 Utilities
2.4 Regional Market Trends
2.4.1 North America
2.4.2 Europe

2.4.3 Asia Pacific
2.4.4 Latin America
2.4.5 Middle East & Africa
3. Technology Issues
3.1 Introduction
3.2 Smart Grid Network Architecture
3.2.1 Smart Grid Communications Devices and Applications
3.3 Network Communications for Smart Grids
3.4 Public Wireless Technologies
3.5 GSM-Based 2G and 3G Technologies
3.5.1 GSM, GPRS, and EDGE (2G and 2.5G)
3.5.2 UMTS, WCDMA, and HSPA
3.6 CDMA-Based 2G and 3G Technologies
3.6.1 CDMA2000 1xRTT and EV-DO
3.7 4G Standards
3.7.1 Long Term Evolution
3.7.2 WiMAX
3.8 Comparison of Public Cellular Technology Standards
4. Key Industry Players
4.1 Vendors

4.1.1 Aclara/Metrum
4.1.2 Ambient Corp.
4.1.3 Gemalto M2M (Formerly Cinterion)
4.1.4 Digi International
4.1.5 Elster Group
4.1.6 EnerNOC
4.1.7 Itron/SmartSynch
4.1.8 Jasper Wireless
4.1.9 Landis+Gyr
4.1.10 Qualcomm
4.1.11 Sensus
4.1.12 Silver Spring Networks
4.1.13 Trilliant Inc.
4.2 Utilities
4.2.1 British Gas
4.2.2 Consumers Energy
4.2.3 Duck River Electric Membership
4.2.4 Duke Energy
4.2.5 Texas New Mexico Power
4.2.6 Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO)
4.3 Carriers
4.3.1 AT&T
4.3.2 Deutsche Telekom
4.3.3 Telefónica
4.3.4 Verizon Wireless
4.3.5 Vodafone Group plc
5. Market Forecasts

5.1 Forecast Methodology and Assumptions
5.1.1 Notable Trends
5.2 Global Forecasts
5.2.1 Forecasts by Application Type
5.2.2 Forecasts by Region
5.2.3 Forecasts by Technology
5.2.4 Forecasts by Service Revenue
5.3 Forecast Risks
5.4 Conclusions and Recommendations
6. Company Directory
7. Acronym and Abbreviation List
8. Table of Contents
9. Table of Charts and Figures
10. Scope of Study, Sources and Methodology, Notes

List of Charts and Figures

Public Cellular Communications Node Unit Shipments by Region, World Markets: 2012-2020
Public Cellular Communications Node Unit Shipments by Application, World Markets: 2012
Public Cellular Communications Node Unit Shipments by Application, World Markets: 2020
Public Cellular Communications Node Unit Revenue by Application, World Markets: 2012-2020
Public Cellular Communications Node Unit Shipments by Region, World Markets: 2012-2020
Public Cellular Communications Node Unit Shipments by Technology, World Markets: 2012-2020
Public Cellular Communications Node Unit Shipments by Technology, World Markets: 2012
Public Cellular Communications Node Unit Shipments by Technology, World Markets: 2020
Public Cellular Communications Node Unit Shipment Revenue by Technology, World Markets: 2012-2020
Public Cellular Communications Node Service Revenue by Application, World Markets: 2012-2020
Public Cellular Communications Node Unit Shipments by Application, North America: 2012-2020
Public Cellular Communications Node Unit Shipments by Technology, North America: 2012-2020
Public Cellular Communications Node ASPs by Technology, North America: 2012-2020
Public Cellular Communications Node Unit Shipment Revenue by Technology, North America: 2012-2020
Public Cellular Communications Node Unit Shipments by Technology, Europe: 2012-2020
Public Cellular Communications Node Unit Shipments by Technology, Asia Pacific: 2012-2020
Public Cellular Communications Node Unit Shipments by Application, Latin America: 2020
Public Cellular Communications Node ASPs by Technology, Middle East & Africa: 2012-2020
Public Cellular Communications Node Unit Revenue by Region, World Markets: 2012-2020
Public Cellular Communications Nodes, Annual Service Revenue by Region, World Markets: 2012-2020
Public Cellular Communications Node ASPs by Region, World Markets: 2012-2020
Smart Grid Networking Architectural Model

List of Tables

Public Cellular Communications Node Unit Shipments by Application, World Markets: 2012-2020
Public Cellular Communications Node Unit Revenue by Application, World Markets: 2012-2020
Public Cellular Communications Node Unit Shipments by Region, World Markets: 2012-2020
Public Cellular Communications Node Unit Revenue by Region, World Markets: 2012-2020
Public Cellular Communications Nodes, Annual Service Revenue by Region, World Markets: 2012-2020
Public Cellular Communications Node Unit Shipments by Technology, World Markets: 2012-2020
Public Cellular Communications Node Unit Shipment Revenue by Technology, World Markets: 2012-2020
Public Cellular Communications Nodes, Average Monthly Service Revenue per Node by Application, Europe: 2012-2020
Public Cellular Communications Nodes, Annual Service Revenue by Application, Europe: 2012-2020
Public Cellular Communications Node Unit Shipments by Application, Western Europe: 2012-2020
Public Cellular Communications Node Shipment Unit Revenue by Application, Western Europe: 2012-2020
Public Cellular Communications Node Unit Shipments by Technology, Western Europe: 2012-2020
Public Cellular Communications Node Service Revenue by Application, World Markets: 2012-2020
Public Cellular Communications Node ASPs by Region, World Markets: 2012-2020
Public Cellular Communications Node Unit Shipments by Application, North America: 2012-2020
Public Cellular Communications Node Revenue by Application, North America: 2012-2020
Public Cellular Communications Node Unit Shipments by Technology, North America: 2012-2020
Public Cellular Communications Node ASPs by Technology, North America: 2012-2020

Public Cellular Communications Node Unit Shipment Revenue by Technology, North America: 2012-2020
Public Cellular Communications Nodes, Average Monthly Service Revenue per Node by Application, North America: 2012-2020
Public Cellular Communications Nodes, Annual Service Revenue by Application, North America: 2012-2020
Public Cellular Communications Node Unit Shipments by Application, United States: 2012-2020
Public Cellular Communications Node Unit Revenue by Application, United States: 2012-2020
Public Cellular Communications Node Unit Shipments by Technology, United States: 2012-2020
Public Cellular Communications Node Unit Shipment Revenue by Technology, United States: 2012-2020
Public Cellular Communications Nodes, Annual Service Revenue by Application, United States: 2012-2020
Public Cellular Communications Node Unit Shipments by Application, Canada: 2012-2020
Public Cellular Communications Node Unit Revenue by Application, Canada: 2012-2020
Public Cellular Communications Node Unit Shipments by Technology, Canada: 2012-2020
Public Cellular Communications Node Unit Shipment Revenue by Technology, Canada: 2012-2020
Public Cellular Communications Nodes, Annual Service Revenue by Application, Canada: 2012-2020
Public Cellular Communications Node Unit Shipments by Application, Europe: 2012-2020
Public Cellular Communications Node Revenue by Application, Europe: 2012-2020
Public Cellular Communications Node Unit Shipments by Technology, Europe: 2012-2020
Public Cellular Communications Node ASPs by Technology, Europe: 2012-2020
Public Cellular Communications Chipset Unit Shipment Revenue by Technology, Europe: 2012-2020
Public Cellular Communications Nodes, Annual Service Revenue by Application, Northern Asia (Japan and South Korea): 2012-2020

Public Cellular Communications Node Unit Shipments by Application, China: 2012-2020
Public Cellular Communications Node Unit Revenue by Application, China: 2012-2020
Public Cellular Communications Node Unit Shipments by Technology, China: 2012-2020
Public Cellular Communications Node Unit Shipment Revenue by Technology, Western Europe: 2012-2020
Public Cellular Communications Nodes, Annual Service Revenue by Application, Western Europe: 2012-2020
Public Cellular Communications Node Unit Shipments by Application, Eastern Europe: 2012-2020
Public Cellular Communications Node Unit Revenue by Application, Eastern Europe: 2012-2020
Public Cellular Communications Node Unit Shipments by Technology, Eastern Europe: 2012-2020
Public Cellular Communications Node Unit Shipment Revenue by Technology, Eastern Europe: 2012-2020
Public Cellular Communications Nodes, Annual Service Revenue by Application, Eastern Europe: 2012-2020
Public Cellular Communications Node Unit Shipments by Application, Asia Pacific: 2012-2020
Public Cellular Communications Node Revenue by Application, Asia Pacific: 2012-2020
Public Cellular Communications Node Unit Shipments by Technology, Asia Pacific: 2012-2020
Public Cellular Communications Node ASPs by Technology, Asia Pacific: 2012-2020
Public Cellular Communications Chipset Unit Shipment Revenue by Technology, Asia Pacific: 2012-2020
Public Cellular Communications Nodes, Average Monthly Service Revenue per Node by Application, Asia Pacific: 2012-2020
Public Cellular Communications Nodes, Annual Service Revenue by Application Asia: 2012-2020
Public Cellular Communications Node Unit Shipments by Application, Northern Asia (Japan & South Korea): 2012-2020
Public Cellular Communications Node Shipment Unit Revenue by Application, Northern Asia (Japan and South Korea): 2012-2020

Public Cellular Communications Node Unit Shipments by Technology, Northern Asia (Japan and South Korea): 2012-2020
Public Cellular Communications Node Unit Shipment Revenue by Technology, Northern Asia (Japan and South Korea): 2012-2020
Public Cellular Communications Node Unit Shipments by Technology, Mexico: 2012-2020
Public Cellular Communications Nodes, Annual Service Revenue by Application, Mexico: 2012-2020
Public Cellular Communications Nodes, Annual Service Revenue by Application, Mexico: 2012-2020
Public Cellular Communications Node Unit Revenue by Application, Other Latin America: 2012-2020
Public Cellular Communications Node Unit Shipments by Technology, Other Latin America: 2012-2020
Public Cellular Communications Node Unit Shipment Revenue by Technology, Other Latin America: 2012-2020
Public Cellular Communications Nodes, Annual Service Revenue by Application, Other Latin America: 2012-2020
Public Cellular Communications Node Unit Shipment Revenue by Technology, China: 2012-2020
Public Cellular Communications Nodes, Annual Service Revenue by Application, China: 2012-2020
Public Cellular Communications Node Unit Shipments by Application, Other Asia Pacific: 2012-2020
Public Cellular Communications Node Unit Revenue by Application, Other Asia Pacific: 2012-2020
Public Cellular Communications Node Unit Shipments by Technology, Other Asia Pacific: 2012-2020
Public Cellular Communications Node Unit Shipment Revenue by Technology, Other Asia Pacific: 2012-2020
Public Cellular Communications Nodes, Annual Service Revenue by Application, Other Asia Pacific: 2012-2020
Public Cellular Communications Node Unit Shipments by Application, Latin America: 2012-2020
Public Cellular Communications Node Revenue by Application, Latin America: 2012-2020
Public Cellular Communications Node Unit Shipments by Technology, Latin America: 2012-2020
Public Cellular Communications Node ASPs by Technology, Latin America: 2012-2020
Public Cellular Communications Chipset Unit Shipment Revenue by Technology, Latin America: 2012-2020
Public Cellular Communications Nodes, Average Monthly Service Revenue per Node by Application, Latin America: 2012-2020
Public Cellular Communications Nodes, Annual Service Revenue by Application, Latin America: 2012-2020
Public Cellular Communications Node Unit Shipments by Application, Brazil: 2012-2020
Public Cellular Communications Node Unit Revenue by Application, Brazil: 2012-2020
Public Cellular Communications Node Unit Shipments by Technology, Brazil: 2012-2020
Public Cellular Communications Node Unit Shipment Revenue by Technology, Brazil: 2012-2020
Public Cellular Communications Nodes, Annual Service Revenue by Application, Brazil: 2012-2020
Public Cellular Communications Node Unit Shipments by Application, Mexico: 2012-2020
Public Cellular Communications Node Unit Revenue by Application, Mexico: 2012-2020

Public Cellular Communications Node Unit Shipment Revenue by Technology, Mexico: 2012-2020
Public Cellular Communications Node Unit Shipments by Application, Middle East & Africa: 2012-2020
Public Cellular Communications Node Revenue by Application, Middle East & Africa: 2012-2020
Public Cellular Communications Node Unit Shipments by Technology, Middle East & Africa: 2012-2020
Public Cellular Communications Chipset Unit Shipment Revenue by Technology, Middle East & Africa: 2012-2020
Public Cellular Communications Nodes, Average Monthly Service Revenue per Node by Application, Middle East & Africa: 2012-2020
Public Cellular Technology Comparisons
Public Cellular Communications Node ASPs by Technology, Middle East & Africa: 2012-2020
Public Cellular Communications Nodes, Annual Service Revenue by Application, Middle East & Africa: 2012-2020
Public Cellular Communications Node Unit Shipments by Application, World Markets: 2012 vs. 2020
Public Cellular Communications Node Unit Shipments by Technology, World Markets: 2012 vs. 2020
Smart Grid Networking Devices
Communications Attributes and Requirements for Smart Grid Networks