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• Connected home brings new revenue opportunity for telcos: Ovum

  The rise of the Internet of Things could allow telcos to provide a “quint-play” of services, according to an Ovum report.

• Gallery: Internet of Things startups at Vivid Sydney

  Five Australian startups pitched ideas for the Internet of Things at a Vivid Sydney event.

• Intermoco wins $2.5m utility network deal

  Smart grid technology developer Intermoco (ASX:INT) has signed a $2.5 million deal to provide embedded network installations for a Melbourne property developer.

• EnergyAustralia rolls out WiMAX over smart grid

  EnergyAustralia has announced the rollout of a 4G wireless network across its smart grid. The two-way network will be used to transmit crucial information between field devices, back-end systems and households.
  

• Smart Grid cash up for grabs

  The Federal Government is calling on the energy industry to [[xref:www.environment.gov.au/smartgrid|submit bids]] for the $100 million smart grid. The ‘Smart Grid, Smart City' initiative will oversee the deployment of Australia’s first commercial-scale smart grid, touted as having the potential to cut the price of household energy bills and reduce carbon.

• Cisco forms smart grid ecosystem

  Cisco is lining up partners in its smart grid initiative, an effort to upgrade utility information infrastructures with Cisco routers and switches.