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Customer Projects Landis+Gyr supports interoperability in Poland Landis+Gyr helped TAURON Dystrybucja to conduct a successful pilot project in Poland to deliver a full end-to- end smart metering solution, integrating meters from three different vendors. Smart meter interoperability is crucial for utilities to ensure that their investment in modern energy management solutions is future- proof. Landis+Gyr has recently completed a pilot project for Polish utility Tauron where IDIS-certified meters from three different manufacturers are being used in the same meter park, all managed in the Gridstream AIM smart metering system. Landis+Gyr Poland CEO, Andrzej Szymanski, says, “We have been working with technology familiar to us from previous projects and at the same time integrating devices from other vendors – without experiencing a drop in system functionality.” While the majority of the nearly 12,000 devices in the field are Landis+Gyr meters, Tauron also had to integrate 1500 meters from other IDIS- certified manufacturers. The delivery includes Landis+Gyr data concentrators. For Tauron Dystrybucja the smart metering system needed to be a full end-to-end solution interoperable with third-party vendor devices. Two-way communication throughout the metering chain was imperative, as well as remote firmware upgrades. “The massive data flow increase is like a stress test for our customer’s IT infrastructure and challenges us to help them in the best possible 12