Billion Smart Energy Gateway Granted ZigBee SEP Certification

ZigBee Smart Energy Certification enables Billion to have access collaborating with utility companies

New Taipei City (I-Newswire) September 10, 2012 - Billion Electric Co., Ltd., a leading Asia Pacific-based provider in communications, smart grid and smart energy management solutions, announced its 3G Wireless-N Smart Energy Gateway, Billion SG6200NXL, has been certified with ZigBee Smart Energy Profile (SEP) recognized by ZigBee Alliance. With having the recognition from ZigBee SEP, a international interoperable standard for power management, Billion proves itself being capable of developing and offering comprehensive SEP- certified to give our partners even more flexibility in Home Energy Management (HEM) market.

To date, developing smart grid infrastructures has become the consensus for utility companies world wide for improving electricity- consuming efficiency; Billion has delved into smart energy field for a period of time, successfully bidding for the tender of Taipower company and so far still having some ongoing alliances under discussion with other utility companies. With the honor of getting ZigBee SEP certification, Billion confidently helps strategic partners in bidding for state- run tenders.

Embracing the world’s leading standard for interoperable feature, Billion SG6200NXL successfully integrates the functions like controlling, monitoring, informing and automation into one distinct product, further stretching the application scope. Furthermore, through honoring ZigBee Smart Energy version 1.1’s certification, Billion SG6200NXL can even prove itself a cutting-edge application with several important features including tunneling for other protocols, prepaid mechanism, dynamic pricing enhancements, over- the- air updates and advanced compatibility.
“With countless trial and error, Billion all along keeps the faith with rendering the people with a safe, reliable and easy-to-use solution for Home Area Network (HAN) to improve their lives.” said Tim Chen, CEO at Billion Says Billion CEO Tim Chen.

In terms of the standpoints of utility companies, initiating Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI) structure with existed powerlines not only requires more time but also expenses more money; thus, by using certified Billion SG6200NXL, besides it can interconnect with electricity meter, thought the build-in surfing function Billion SG6200NXL also can communicate the energy consumption information at least daily back to the utility for overall surveillance and billing purposes, furthermore, utility companies can also provide customers with in- time electricity- consuming information and electricity price through In Home Display (IHD). By adopting this advanced technique, utility companies can not only shorten and save the time and budget in construction, but also can take advantage of existed network to branch out into electrics- related field, further expediting the AMI construction. Finally, in the foreseeable future, Utility companies can even direct Customer Premise Equipment (CPE) through Demand Response Program to dynamically optimize the electricity distribution, realizing the ultimate target with better energy - controlling and - saving.


About Billion
Billion Electric Co., Ltd. (Taiex: 3027, trading as Billion), was established in Taiwan in 1973. One of Asia Pacific area’s leading providers of power supplies, communication equipments and Smart Grid and Smart Energy Solution Provider. Billion has in-house R&D laboratories with over 185 engineers specializing in the fields of communications, networking, power, and energy management. The R&D teams are located at Taipei and Hsin-chu in Taiwan, Nanjing and Dong-Guang in China. They work together to meet the needs of Billion’s OEM/ODM partners from across the globe. Billion now employs more than 1,630 people and has manufacturing locations in Taiwan, Malaysia, and China. All the factories are ISO9002 certified and every product is 100% tested twice to ensure the best quality and zero defects. For more information, please visit our websites at www.billion.com and www.smartgrid.com.tw.

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Media contact: press@billion.com / Sales contact: smartgrid@billion.com
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