E.ON steps up to big data metering with Ericsson

E.ON, part of one of the largest private energy companies in the world, has chosen Ericsson (NASDAQ: ERIC) to provide a hosted solution including consulting and systems integration services using big data and smart grid solutions for its customers. Ericsson’s solution will gather data from energy meters and provide collected data to E.ON’s internal IT environment. This will step up the rate of data measurements from monthly to daily readings, increasing data delivery by 3000%. The agreement stretches over the next five years, and includes more than 600,000 metering points in northern Stockholm, Malmö, Örebro.The Ericsson Smart Metering solution, provided as a service, helps providers like E.ON become more efficient. The solution combines managed services, consulting and systems integration.