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CONNECTIVITY CHALLENGES, KEY FIGURES & USE CASES FOR WATER, GAS AND ELECTRICITY METERING
Smart metering Key figures
• 16 % Smart water meter installed base CAGR, 2022 – 27
• + 250M Smart water meters installed globally( 2022)
• 25 % Average water loss to leaks( Non-Revenue Water): $ 39B lost annually
• 154M Smart electricity meters installed base by 2025( NORAM)
• US $ 100M Annual cost of outages & power issues in the US
• 20 yrs Smart meter operational lifetime
Key challenges addressed by Thales
• Connectivity Reliability: Consistent data transmission in hard-to-reach areas, deepindoor basements and rural zones: minimizing data gaps and service failures.
• Battery Life Optimization: Keeping sealed, battery-powered water / gas meters running for the full 15 – 20 year asset life without a costly replacement.
• Operational Efficiency( Truck Rolls): Reducing physical field interventions for maintenance, SIM swaps and connectivity troubleshooting: the biggest cost in metering.
• Regulatory & Security Compliance: Meeting critical-infrastructure rules( NIS2, CRA, GDPR) for data privacy, device identity and cyber resilience.
• Cost & Logistics Management: Taming SKU proliferation and multi-country SIM logistics that delay and complicate global meter rollouts. •
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