Eka Systems has announced an agreement with Landis+Gyr to integrate its AMI residential FOCUS meter with the EkaNet Smart Network AMI solution. Under the terms of the agreement, the companies have addressed the technical, functional, and solution delivery required for utilities to deploy a true mesh, fully supported Smart Network Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI) solution.

”With a focus on customer satisfaction, we are committed to providing an advanced AMI solution in terms of capability, technology and affordability,” said Steve Schamber, director Product Management – Landis+Gyr. “By uniting our metering expertise with Eka Systems’ technology, we are providing utilities like the City of San Marcos with smart AMI metering solutions that cover all their residential needs.”

The FOCUS family of metering products provides the utility industry with a reliable, quality, solid state meter platform that easily adapts to various AMI technologies. The FOCUS AX and AXSD meters provide Demand, TOU, and Load Profile information. The FOCUS AX-SD also offers remote connect/disconnect features.

EkaNet Smart Networks provide true, scalable mesh networking of meters and other Smart Grid devices in support of Distribution Automation, Demand Response, and Distributed Generation.