NICIGAS Connects 850,000 Gas Meters in Japan with Soracom and UnaBiz

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NICIGAS Connects 850,000 Gas Meters in Japan with Soracom and UnaBiz
850,000 Nippon Gas Co.,Ltd (“NICIGAS”) gas meters across Japan will get a s
Making low-cost and real-time gas metering a reality
High-speed partnership solution
Tapping the possibilities of IoT
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Led by UnaBiz and SORACOM, the smart makeover will allow the collection of real-time data without the need for a network overhaul.
850,000 Nippon Gas Co.,Ltd (“NICIGAS”) gas meters across Japan will get a smart makeover by the end of FY2020, thanks to a retrofitted gas meter reader developed by UnaBiz and SORACOM.
SPACE HOTARU, an original concept by NICIGAS, is a reader that is easily retrofitted onto existing gas meters to enable “smart” features.
The Network Controlling Unit (NCU) collects and transmits gas consumption data to NICIGAS’ IoT data platform, “NICIGAS Stream”, via Sigfox’s Japan-wide 0G wireless network allowing the gas valve to be controlled remotely.
Making low-cost and real-time gas metering a reality
The SPACE HOTARU addresses key issues that the gas industry commonly faces: collecting data in a cost-effective way to allow for real-time insights.
Since the adoption of the reader, meter data that used to be read manually by agents once a month is now collected by the NCU on an hourly basis, and sent to NICIGAS Stream daily.
The SPACE HOTARU was made possible thanks to the strong collaboration between NICIGAS, SORACOM, UnaBiz, Sigfox, and Kyocera Communication Systems.
The team’s competence and dedication were the key success factors in developing this durable and cost-efficient smart gas meter, and their speed to market is simply unparalleled.”
NICIGAS anticipates that the NCU project will give the company a technology lead in both the shifting Japanese consumer market and the global energy front.
NICIGAS plans to offer SPACE HOTARU and the integrated system supported by NICIGAS Stream to other gas retailers and other energy retailers.
Tasked with designing and manufacturing NICIGAS’ hardware solution, UnaBiz points to how effective and affordable IoT solutions can be, going well beyond the utilities sector, in logistics and facilities management, for example, allowing companies to optimise on the digitalization of their processes

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