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Smart Grid Communications: The BRICS Outlook (2012 - 2020) - Market to Grow from $1.5 Billion in 2012 to $9.5 Billion in 2020(M2 PressWIRE Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) Dublin - Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/njlwfx/smart_grid) has announced the addition of the "Smart Grid Communications: The BRICS Outlook (2012 - 2020)" report to their offering. In this report, Zpryme examines the smart grid communications market in Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa. Additionally, the report highlights 46 key vendors who are serving the communications market. Several network technologies can be used for communications in the transmission, distribution and customer domains in the smart grid, but none of them suits all the applications. An integrated, two-way communications and networking platform is necessary for the smart grid. Methods of providing these communications include cellular communications, power line communications, broadband over power lines, ZigBee, Radio frequency (RF) mesh network, long term evolution (LTE), wireless broadband (4G), and satellite communications, among others. Smart grid communications infrastructure connects an enormous number of electric devices and manages the complicated device communications. It is therefore, constructed in a hierarchical architecture with interconnected individual sub-networks and each taking responsibility of separate geographical regions. In general, the communication networks include wide area networks, field area networks, home area networks, local area networks (LAN), private networks, public networks, wired and wireless networks. Our forecast indicates that the BRICS countries will accounted for 24% of the global smart grid communications market in 2012. China will drive the growth of the overall BRICS smart grid communications market, but lucrative opportunities will also develop in Brazil and Russia by 2020. Among the five BRICS countries, India will grow the fastest, with a projected compound annual growth rate of 30%. Communications for advanced metering infrastructure, enterprise and operations architecture, and distribution automation will make up the lion's share of the BRICS market, accounting for 76% and 72% of the market in 2012 and 2020, respectively. However, communications systems that enable customer systems and distributed energy resource integration will see significant gains during this time period. Key Takeaways by the Numbers - The global smart grid communications market is projected to have been $6.4 billion in 2012. By 2020, the global market is projected to reach $21.6 billion. The market is projected to grow at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 16% from 2012 to 2020. - In 2012, the combined smart grid communications market for BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa) nations reached $1.5 billion. By 2020, the market among BRICS nations will reach $9.5 billion. - The BRICS nations, as a whole, are projected to grow at a compound annual growth rate of 26% from 2012 to 2020. - In 2012, BRICS nations are projected to account for 24% of the global market. By 2020, they will account for 44% of the global market. Key Topics: - Executive Summary - Key Takeaways by the Numbers - BRICS Country Segmentation - Application Segmentation - Recommendations and Opportunities - Smart Grid Communications and Networking Technologies Defined - Communications Technologies - Network Types - Market Overview - State of the Market - Regulations, Policies & Government Initiatives - Technology Definition and Drivers for Innovation - Technology Segments - Implementation Challenges - Global Market Value Forecasts - Global and BRICS Smart Grid Communications Market Value Forecast, 2012 -- 2020 - BRICS Smart Grid Communications Market Value Forecast by Country, 2012 -- 2020 - BRICS Smart Grid Communications Market Value Forecast by Application Area, 2012 -- 2020 - Key Players and Solutions For more information visit http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/njlwfx/smart_grid CONTACT: Research and Markets, Laura Wood, Senior Manager. [email protected] Fax from USA: 646-607-1907 Fax from rest of the world: +353-1-481-1716 Sector: Utilities (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/categories.asp cat_id=48&campaign_id=njlwfx) ((M2 Communications disclaims all liability for information provided within M2 PressWIRE. Data supplied by named party/parties. Further information on M2 PressWIRE can be obtained at http://www.presswire.com on the world wide web. Inquiries to [email protected])). (c) 2013 M2 COMMUNICATIONS |