Ericsson will be showcasing a variety of its smart grid, utilities, cloud and sustainability solutions at the Water, Energy, Technology, and Environment Exhibition (Wetex) 2016 in Dubai, UAE, next month.

Ericsson is the Platinum Sponsor at the event, to be held from October 4 to 6 at the Dubai World Trade Centre.

The company’s global head of utilities Marco Li Vigni will discuss digital transformation and the Internet of Things (IoT) in the utilities industry in light of the theme ‘At the Forefront of Sustainability’.

The front-runners in industries such as utilities, transport, public safety, and mobile financial services, are starting to shift information and communications technologies from the backroom to the boardroom, from support act to main stage. To address this, Ericsson will demonstrate its Smart Grid Node and Cellular IoT and Sustainable Water solutions.

Moreover, the company will have flash demonstrations of its smart meter to cash, analytics, and Cloud and data centre capabilities; in addition to videos showcasing smart grid nodes, digital utilities and smart meter as a service.

On October 6, Li Vigni will discuss how increased focus on emission reductions, new business models and operational efficiency are changing the nature of the utilities business and creating new challenges and opportunities.

Ericsson creates platforms with multi-industry relevance and scale, that focus on delivering transformational offerings to the Smart sustainable cities, utilities, transport, public safety and mobile financial services industries, the company said. - TradeArabia News Service