Singapore, November 20, 2010 - gridComm, a provider of power line communications (PLC) solutions that enable the transformation of the electricity grid into a smart grid, today announced that it has signed partnership agreement with Shenzhen Meijixing to jointly develop and provide integrated PLC digital power supply solutions, By making use of a MCU, Meijixing's patented Digital Power Supply solution combined with gridComm's GC2200-enabled OFDMA PLC module can be conveniently modified to customize for use in different applications such as smart street lights, smart metering, solar energy inverter/micro-inverter, building automation and other M2M applications. This partnership also gives gridComm sales and technical support coverage across all of China with a fully-equipped laboratory set up in Shenzhen.
Leveraging its multi-frequency technologies, gridComm has developed devices that enable the world's most reliable communications over power lines. According to Mike Holt, CEO for gridComm, "Demand in China is strong for reliable power line communications solutions, including more advanced PLC OFDM communications devices. By partnering with Shenzhen Meijixing, we effectively address the exploding market to feature robust PLC communication in digital power supplies that could serve the vast different applications. This strategic partnership also expands our presence in China and gridComm is now able to work very closely with customers to enable next generation power line communications systems."
"Narrowband power line communications and digital power supplies are the most natural partnership. Partnering with gridComm is a perfect marriage made in heaven as Meijixing needs to leverage the most reliable and robust PLC solution in order to better realize the advantages of our unique digital power supply technology which brings convenience, ease-of-development and reliability to different kind of applications," noted Michael Wang, CTO at Meijixing. "Many times, our customers not only require high quality digital power supply but also fast time-to-market deployment with PLC capability- and gridComm's products enable us to meet this demand by delivering a proven canned solution integrated with adaptive link network routing software."
As both China and Singapore share a common goal of developing smart and sustainable cities, we are very pleased to witness the collaboration of Meijixing with gridComm, a company supported by Infocomm Development Authority (IDA) and National Research Foundation of Singapore, to bring together high-value and innovative technologies that contribute to the development of smart and sustainable cities in China. " said Chng Ken-Wei, IDA's Centre Director for China
About GridComm
gridComm provides the systems and devices that enable the transformation of the electricity grid into a smart grid. By connecting utilities to their customers, gridComm's devices help to transform homes into energy-aware "smart homes" that react to conditions on the grid, thus implementing a worldwide communications network based on the existing power grid. gridComm is headquartered in Singapore. For more information, visit www.gridcomm-plc.com
About GridComm
Meijixing Technology is a company focused in combining PLC and its patented digital power supply as core technology platform to enable smart and user-friendly energy control systems such as its remote-control intelligent street light management system that receives and reacts to commands to perform dimming or switching on/off the lights. The world-leading Meijixing smart street light technology has been reliably deployed in Europe and Meijixing develops high-end energy-saving systems providing one-stop solution with customization and after-sales service to meet customers' relentless demands