Vi Business, the enterprise arm of leading telecom operator Vodafone Idea Limited (VIL), has announced its partnership with Trilliant®, a leading global provider of utility solutions for Advanced Metering and Smart Grid systems. The partnership will help Vi Business and Trilliant leverage joint domain expertise to create and implement integrated IoT solutions for Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI) projects in India.
Collaboration with Trilliant will allow Vi Business to leverage its global experience of Unity Suite Head End System (HES) that complies with IS 15959, enabling both daily meter reads and interval data. The partnership offers Discoms complete network visibility, transparency of operations and SLA management of complex AMI projects. The partnership also seeks to strengthen the Government’s Digital India mission and transforms the country’s power distribution sector by converting the targeted 250 Mn electricity meters into Smart Meters, across the country.
According to Arvind Nevatia, Chief Enterprise Business Officer, Vodafone Idea Limited “This collaboration also demonstrates our strong commitment in the energy and utility space in the country and will help DISCOMs reap the benefits of AMI solutions in a secure and integrated way.”