| What is the PRIME Alliance? |
The PRIME ALLIANCE ( PRIME = PoweRline Intelligent Metering Evolution) is focused on the development of a new open, public and non-proprietary telecom solution which will support not only smart metering functionalities but also the progress towards the Smart Grid. Power line communications is the most suitable and natural technology to provide the needed telecoms performance, even in complex underground electricity grids.  More
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OFDM (orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing) Powerline Communication |
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Public, open and non-proprietary |
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Targeted for electricity networks of the future, or SmartGrids |
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Focus on interoperability among equipment and systems from different manufacturers |
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| Who Can Join? |
| PRIME Alliance is open to all potential partners who agree to actively support and promote an open and public specification for the benefit of the end-user and all industry stakeholders. There are 2 different levels of membership : Principal and Regular. |
| Why Join? |
| Collaborate and share expertise with key industry players to develop and help direct this global open, public and non-proprietary telecom solution. For more benefits of becoming a member, click link. Click here |
| How To Join? |
| If you are interested in joining, please contact us at info@prime-alliance.org |
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PRIME is based on OFDM multiplexing in CENELEC-A band. The end objective of PRIME is to establish a complete set of standards on an international level that will permit interoperability among equipment and systems from different manufacturers.
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The PRIME Alliance has attracted some of the most well-known key industry players as members. Our growing membership includes Utilities, Meter and
Chipset manufacturers, IT and Service and other Smart Grid industry related companies. For more information and to contact our members Click below…
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Metering/Billing CRM Europe 2012
9th - 11th October |
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| Booth C66 - Rai Convention Centre
Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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ITU Approves New World Wide Smart Grid Standards - 21st December, 2011 |
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| PRIME has been accepted and officially consented as ITU-T Recommendations G.9955 (PHY layer) and G.9956 (Link Layer). The approved ITU NB-PLC family of standards includes three separate and self-contained specifications with PRIME as one of the established and field-proven NB-PLC technologies. For more information please see ITU's full press release.
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Not ready to join us yet but want to keep up‑to‑date with our news? Click on link below to register and we will keep in touch.Register |
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