FET assists in the start-up and construction of communication module of 240000 smart meters of TPC

        In support of the government's smart grid policy, Far EasTone Telecommunication started the establishment of communication modules of about 240000 AMI smart meters this year in Taipei, New Taipei, Taichung, Changhua County, Yunlin County, Penghu County, Lianjiang County, etc, after its previous assistance to TPC in building smart MDMS, and it will be completed in the first half of 2021. Smart meters can automatically send back power consumption data without manual meter reading process, and can be used for remote reading of power consumption data by TPC to restrain peak power consumption and achieve grid balance; in case of outage, the meters can send information at the moment of outage to improve the efficiency of inspection and repair.

        In September 2018, FET obtained the bidding of smart MDMS of Taiwan Electric Power Co., Ltd., which can receive the power consumption data of all AMI smart meters. At the end of last year, it obtained the construction project of AMI smart meter communication module, which shows that FET has been a leading brand with the ability of integrating upstream and downstream technology of smart meters.

        Zeng Shiyuan, executive vice president of FET enterprise and international business group, said: "FET is committed to promoting the diversified development of Taiwan's Internet of things (IOT) industry and engaged in innovative application of smart city. The smart energy management platform built by Far EasTone Telecommunication team used the NB-IoT Internet of things (IOT) technology of wide area transmission and the construction of monitoring equipment to provide remote monitoring and emergency warning through data recording, and combined with big data Analysis and artificial intelligence application to help the government to implement the construction of three smart meters (water meter, electricity meter and gas meter),  so as to strengthen the effective use of resources, and achieve the goal of intelligent energy management. "

        According to FET, the 240000 households are smart meters for low-voltage residential and commercial consumers. As the meters for residential and commercial consumers are often set indoors or even in the basement, FET can overcome the dead corner of signal transmission through its own fast and stable 4.5G network and two other communication technologies, assisting TPC in mastering power consumption information, and contributing to the infrastructure construction of Taiwan's smart grid.

        Far EasTone Telecommunication has actively developed energy management technology. Last year, it cooperated with NAR Labs to build a smart energy management platform with resource control, environmental regulation, demand management and green electricity integration functions in Sharon smart green science city, a key green energy technology demonstration site in Taiwan, which fully combined with FET’ specialities in Internet of Things (IOT) communication technology, artificial intelligence application and big data management. Far EasTone Telecommunication is actively deploying 5G innovative application services for commercial purpose this year, hoping to help the government and business partners achieve the goal of energy use optimization and contribute scientific and technological expertise to Taiwan's energy development.