[April 24, 2013] Trilliant extends smart metering partnership with British Gas Tweet Apr 24, 2013 (Datamonitor via COMTEX) -- Trilliant Holdings, Inc., a provider of smart energy communications, has extended its smart metering partnership with British Gas for the foundation phase of the UK rollout and to develop pre-payment capability. Trilliant supplies the smart metering communications system to British Gas, including the communications hubs and Trilliant's UnitySuite Head-end software for management of the smart metering business processes and communications service. During the past four years, Trilliant and British Gas have worked together to extend Trilliant's communications platform to the requirements of the UK, and have developed the appropriate standards to ensure the deployment of a system based on open standards. The validation of this solution has led to British Gas and Trilliant reiterating their partnership commitment for the Foundation stage, both continuing to lead the industry in the roll-out of Smart Meters. The next phase of the deployment will see Trilliant and British Gas introduce pre-payment functionality and continue expansion across the country. Stuart Rolland, Managing Director, Smart Metering, British Gas said: "British Gas is leading the way to provide the benefits of smart meters to our customers. We are pleased to extend our partnership with Trilliant for the foundation phase of the UK rollout. "British Gas, Trilliant and our other partners have worked closely to build the right technical solution for our customers. We are committed to bringing this standards-based solution to the broader UK market supporting a smooth transition from the current rollout to the UK-wide mandated rollout." Andy White, CEO, Trilliant said: "Trilliant has spent the past four years building a critical component of British Gas's smart meter rollout. We are delighted that this has been such a success and that British Gas has the trust in us to deliver on a much larger scale. We will continue to invest to lead the way for the smart meter rollout in the UK." http://www.datamonitor.com Republication or redistribution, including by framing or similar means, is expressly prohibited without prior written consent. Datamonitor shall not be liable for errors or delays in the content, or for any actions taken in reliance thereon [ Back To TMCnet.com's Homepage ]