-Veolia Water and Orange are joining forces in the smart metering sector and are launching m2o city, an operator specialized in remote environmental data and water meter reading services. Building on the expertise of Veolia Water – which already operates over 200,000 water meters – and Orange’s expertise as a telco, the m2o cityjoint-venture offers as of today a complete turnkey service based on an ultralow consumption radio network* to local authorities, through their municipal agencies or agents for water services. In addition to information from water meters, this network will be able to collect data from environmental sensors (to combat noise or pollution for instance) in line with the expectations of any authorities.
The worldwide water services leader, Veolia Water joins forces with Orange, Europe’s leading telco group, to benefit from its expertise for designing and operating networks, especially Machine-to-Machine (M2M). Orange has established itself as a natural partner for moving on to an industrial scale with M2M projects. Veolia Water will use the water metering service provided by m2o city to improve the quality of the service for consumers, optimize the water service’s performance and in this way safeguard resources more effectively.
