Space Data teams for wireless smart grid communications - Phoenix Business Journal:

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Chandler-based Space Data announced the plan Monday to offerr up a portion of the wireless spectrujm it owns to be used in conjunctiomn with equipment fromMenlo Park, Calif.-based Full The two companies say the deal will allosw utilities to own private wide-area networks to providde commands to smart grids. “The combination of our high-powered frequencies with state-of-the-arf WiMax technology provide utilitiexs with a dedicated private broadbandwireless system,” said Jerry Knoblach, CEO of Spacwe Data. For several years, Space Data has been developing a systemm of wireless communications using weather balloons to carrygequipment aloft, providing a wide area of coverage.
The company also has been providing communications for several years in the utility Smart grids are the lates t application of technology inthe nation’s power system. They will transformk the national power grid into one that ismore flexible, allowing it to deliver more power to areas of the countru that need it. The two companiea believe their product would allo w grid operators to control distribution remotely through awirelesd network. “In terms of grid automation, much of the focusw to date has been directed toward automatixc meter readingand control.
However, real-time command and control of higher-leve l grid devices are of equal, if not greater, importance in the drived for overallgrid efficiency,” said Stewart Kantor, CEO of Full