Greenland Corp. Installs Latest Version Of AirLink Automated Meter Reading System At Oregon Utility.SAN DIEGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 6, 1997--Greenland Corp. (OTC OTC See: Over-the-counter. OTC See over-the-counter market (OTC). :GLCP GLCP Georgia Land Conservation Partnership GLCP general(ized) linear complementarity problem GLCP Glacial Lakes Corn Processors GLCP Global Leadership Certificate Program GLCP Global Linear Collider Project ) Monday announced today that the company has installed units of its AirLink fixed-network, wireless automated meter reading system for Emerald People's Utility District. Emerald is a consumer-owned electric utility serving approximately 16,500 customers in the Willamette Valley The Willamette Valley (pronounced [wɪˈlæ.mɪt], with the accent on the second syllable) is the region in northwest Oregon in the United States that surrounds the Willamette River as it proceeds northward from its in southern Oregon This article is about the southern region of the U.S. state of Oregon. For the University, see Southern Oregon University. Southern Oregon is a region of the U.S. . The Emerald installation incorporates the latest version of the AirLink system, including full 2-way wireless communications wireless communications System using radio-frequency, infrared, microwave, or other types of electromagnetic or acoustic waves in place of wires, cables, or fibre optics to transmit signals or data. from each electric meter to the utility central station. The system will enable EPUD EPUD Emerald People's Utility District (Eugene, OR) EPUD Emerald People's Utility Department (Eugene, OR) to read each meter every 15 minutes and to monitor the status of each meter in service. "I am very pleased to be deploying AirLink AMR (1) (Adaptive Multi-Rate) A variable rate speech codec selected by the 3GPP for the 3G evolution of the GSM cellphone system (WCDMA). Using the Algebraic CELP (ACELP) compression technology, AMR provides toll quality sound at transmission rates from 4.75 to 12. technology for our service area," said Jeff Shields, general manager of Emerald People's Utility District. "We are excited about the result of our testing of the system," he added. "We are seeing accurate reads of our single-phase electro-mechanical meters from remote residential locations that will allow for saturation of our total service area." "Our service area represents an ideal location for Greenland's AirLink system," said Shields. "Based upon our review, AirLink provides us with a price/performance ratio In economics and engineering, the price/performance ratio refers to a product's ability to deliver performance, of any sort, for its price. For instance, if you have a whole day to travel 100 km, spending $50 to do the journey in two hours is a better price/performance ratio than that is the best of the competing AMR technologies we have seen. The AirLink technology provides us about five times the transmission distance at faster speeds than competitive systems." Greenland's AirLink system enables utility companies to read meters and transmit the data to a central computer for use in customer billing and load/resource management. It is a combination of digital hardware, radio transmission circuitry, and software. The AirLink system also enables utilities to monitor resource usage by consumers and to institute differential billing based upon use of the resource and the time of use. The company's patent-pending technology will also inform the utility of power outage Noun 1. power outage - equipment failure resulting when the supply of power fails; "the ice storm caused a power outage" power failure equipment failure, breakdown - a cessation of normal operation; "there was a power breakdown" and allow service personnel to pinpoint the source of the problem within seconds of such an event. "The AirLink installation and its positive acceptance by Emerald personnel is very timely as we are currently preparing our 1998 budgets," said Shields. "The deployment of AirLink technology provides us with alternatives to hiring additional meter reading staff." "We are especially pleased that Emerald has selected the AirLink AMR system," said Eric Gaer, president and chief executive officer of Greenland Corp. "Emerald has a distinguished reputation for the implementation of new technologies to advance customer service and system reliability." Emerald People's Utility District has been recognized by the American Public Power Association and the U.S. Department of Energy for its use of advanced technology and the implementation of new concepts in resource management and delivery. Greenland Corp. is a public company, located in San Diego, that has developed patent-pending wireless communication technology for use in automated meter reading for utilities, a market with vast possibilities. The company's AirLink system serves the information gathering needs of utility companies, a multi-billion dollar market worldwide. At present, there are more than 600 million residential utility meters installed throughout the world to monitor the use of electricity, natural gas, and water. CONTACT: Greenland Corp. Eric Gaer, 619/566-9604 |
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