The U.S. should find more commercial spectrum to promote mobile...
The U.S. should find more commercial spectrum to promote mobile smart grid technologies, said wireless manufacturers at a Hill briefing Friday afternoon, hosted by the Telecommunications Industry Association. Spectrum is critical to new cellphone apps designed to help users conserve…
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energy, said Jason Scism, a lobbyist for Research in Motion and former aide to Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Calif. “More spectrum and allowing that spectrum to be used by marketplace demand would go a long way” to spurring smart-grid growth, agreed Qualcomm Vice President Dean Brenner. “Cellular networks are very well situated” to provide the communications platform for the smart grid, he said. Requiring utilities to provide consumers with machine-readable data about their energy usage would also promote the development of new smart grid devices and applications, said TIA energy consultant Joseph Andersen. That was a recommendation in the National Broadband Plan. Government incentives for buying and developing smart grid technologies, and a coordinated awareness campaign by the White House, utilities, and federal and state governments are other ways to promote adoption of smart grid equipment, Andersen said. The Qualcomm and RIM officials cited several smart grid tools that use cellular technology. Qualcomm is working on putting cellular technology into electric vehicle charging stations to help drivers find a location to charge up, Brenner said. RIM has an app that adjusts home heating and air-conditioning based on the user’s proximity to their home, Scism said.