China-based Linyang Electronics is integrating Cinterion’s BGS2 in their smart metering products and power utilization management terminals, to provide secure wireless data communications for a range of Linyang products and services including load monitoring and control. The services provider help utilities and consumers conserve energy, simplify reporting and billing procedures, and anti-theft and alarm applications to protect assets in the field.

Lu Hanxi, general manager of Shenzhen Linyang Electronic Technology, says, “We selected Cinterion as our M2M technology partner for its world renowned reputation for high-quality M2M modules, its advanced security expertise and outstanding design and engineering support. BGS2 is reliable in even the most extreme temperatures, it is cost-effective, and it provides highly efficient Land Grid Array surface mounting for easy and precise mass manufacturing - all of these features help strengthen our bids for smart metering contracts throughout China.”

According to a recent IHS iSuppli research report, China is investing $250 billion during the next five years to develop and build smart grids for more efficient power distribution. The State Grid Corporation of China (SGCC) requested bids for more than 44 million smart meter units, with Linyang Electronics the largest winner of those bids.

Norbert Muhrer, Cinterion chief executive officer, “The smart meter and smart grid market has clearly become a significant portion of the rapidly-growing M2M market in China. The quality and reliability of our products is very much appreciated by our customers, and definitely a key decision criterion in that segment. We are pleased to be a trusted partner of Linyang Electronics, and we’re committed to expanding the smart energy applications throughout China and the rest of the world, to optimize power utilization and contribute our innovative solutions to energy conservation.”

Cinterion products power M2M technology for vertical markets including: automotive, tracking and tracing, industrial mobile computing, metering and smart grid.

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