Network Communications News (NCN) April 2017 | Page 18

WIRELESS NETWORKS
How to build tomorrow’s
smart utility – today!
Todd Rigby, director of sales at Rajant Corporation; and Steven Griggs,
Rajant’s senior sales engineer, highlight three ways a utility benefits from
reliable communications – and 10 must-haves when selecting a network.
Steven Griggs
Todd Rigby
18 | April 2017
I
n an effort to prepare for
future demands, power
utilities are looking for new
ways to be more efficient,
better serve customers and
improve asset management.
A critical par t of future
proofing a utility is implementing a
power ful, reliable communications
network. It’s no longer possible
to truly progress without
one: According to the Smar t
Cities Council, ‘Super fast, high
capacity broadband networks
are considered essential to
economic growth, job creation
and competitiveness’.