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SAGEMCOM IS PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE ITS MEMBERSHIP TO THE OPEN METERING SYSTEM GROUP (OMS-GROUP), AS AN ACTIVE MEMBER TO ENSURE THE GLOBAL SUCCESS OF THIS STANDARDIZATION.

Sagemcom with strong technical background in smart grid infrastructure will be participating to develop and promote this open and patent-free smart metering solution standard for electricity, gas, thermal energy, water and building automation markets.

The OMS is the only system specification across Europe which integrates all applications within a smart metering and multi-energies into one system definition.
Sagemcom is involved in the development of multi-energies meters and its motivation in supporting such a specification is to guarantee a future-proof communication standard which would be interoperable among all meter suppliers. Furthermore, the OMS-Group’s certification programs will also secure interoperability among various meter manufacturers which are belonging to the various applications.

“We are pleased to participate by sharing and offering more high-profile international experts for the OMS-Group”, as stated by Mr. Kaveh Razazian, CTO of Energy Department. “Participation of Sagemcom along with experts from various industries will result in development of more effective and mature specifications in smart metering/grids and smart gateways promoted by OMS-Group. This will lead to new applications in the field of multi-energies meters with greater efficiency."

About OMS-Group
Since 2007, the OMS-Group is a 54 members strong interest group of companies from eleven European countries and China. With the Open Metering System (OMS) specification, the industry group has developed an open, multi- vendor, interoperable communication standard for electricity, gas, thermal energy, and water meters, as well as submetering. OMS is based on the EN 13757-x standard. For more information on the OMS standard and the OMS-Group, refer to www.oms-group.org

Among the first compagnies worldwide to propose a residential media gateway, F@ST 3890, certified DOCSIS 3.1 by Cablelabs, Sagemcom supports TDC group in deploying gigabit services to the danish homes covered by the Yousee cable network.

Sagemcom is enabling the Danish Operator, TDC Group, in its large-scale deployment of gigabit Broadband services to the consumers and will deliver the next generation cable gateway, F@st 3890, integrating DOCSIS 3.1 technology that has been early certified by Cablelabs in March 2016. This product integrates as well superior Wave 2 Wi-Fi.

Ahmed Selmani, Deputy CEO of Sagemcom Broadband comments: “We have been partnering with TDC Group for years in providing advanced residential and business gateways, and we are strengthening our relationship in deploying the first DOCSIS 3.1 gateway on the Yousee cable network in 2016.”

As major player in broadband, Sagemcom today announces that the cable media gateway f@st 3890 is certified DOCSIS® 3.1 by Cablelabs.

CableLabs®, the research and development lab for the cable industry, has certified Sagemcom cable media gateway F@st 3890 against DOCSIS 3.1 specifications in the first certification wave (CW 116).

Thanks to this DOCSIS 3.1 media gateway, cable operators can provide multi-gigabit throughput to their subscribers and enable a new world of ultra-broadband experiences.

Sagemcom DOCSIS 3.1 media gateway can operate simultaneously DOCSIS 3.1 and DOCSIS 3.0 32x8. It includes the last generation Wi-Fi 4*4 11ac wave 2 for 5GHz, 4*4 11n for 2.4GHz, and implements MU-MIMO advanced Wireless technology.

Ahmed Selmani, Deputy CEO of Sagemcom Broadband comments: “We are very proud of achieving this certification milestone. Integrating the DOCSCIS 3.1 technology, our next generation cable gateways are designed to meet the demand for higher speeds with the shortest Time-To-Market and most attractive cost. Our customers will be able to deploy multi-gigabit services over their existing Hybrid Fiber Coax networks to offer ultra-fast Internet, upcoming IoT services and all-IP, multi-room, UHD video”.

Enexis selects Sagemcom as one of the suppliers for LTE smart meters for the large scale roll out in the Netherlands.

Sagemcom has been selected for the development and supply of the ESMR5.0 smart electricity meters in the Netherlands, which will contribute to the smart metering program of Enexis for the period Q4 2016 – 2021 (with optional extensions to 2026).

Based on the Dutch DSMR4.2 specifications, these LTE adapted ESMR5.0 smart electricity meters will provide new features to enhance the communication interface with the consumer gas meters and aim to improve security for customer privacy concerns. This new solution, which complements the Enexis installed base of smart electricity meters with GPRS, offers real time information on energy consumption in order to reduce energy usage and significantly decrease energy costs for customers.
The Dutch DSO has made the decision to adopt LTE (Long Term Evolution) as the standard mobile communication technology between the central system and its 2 million smart electricity meters, making this smart metering program the most important LTE large scale roll out in Europe. These smart electricity meters will belong to the latest generation of industrial LTE, with an early deployment of LTE CAT1. In a second phase the project foresees an evolution to deliver new smart electricity meters with the evolved LTE technology for Machine-Type Communications (LTE-MTC), which enhances radio coverage for low data rate applications while still providing all the performance, economic, and longevity advantages of LTE.

Moreover, within this project, Sagemcom will participle in the Fair meter concept, which will help Enexis to contribute to sustainability in the energy sector.

According to Rutger van der Leeuw, Director Customer and Market of Enexis: “With the ESMR5.0 project and by selecting LTE as our communication technology of choice, Enexis further enhances the long term availability and quality of its smart grid. Developing the ESMR5.0 LTE smart meter is an integral part of our large scale roll out roadmap and helps us to achieve our goal of deploying smart meters to at least 90% of our customer’s homes with a view on increasing awareness about energy consumption and enhancing grid management capabilities.”.

"This awarding emphasizes the trust & confidence Enexis has given to Sagemcom and highlights the long term relationship between our two companies. It rewards the strategic innovation investments done by the Group in the industrial M2M / IOT technologies, which has contributed to this success”, said Eric Rieul, Deputy CEO of Sagemcom Energy & Telecom.

About Enexis
Enexis is the regional network operator in the north, east and south of the Netherlands. The company is tasked with the development and construction of energy distribution networks (gas and electricity) and the maintenance and management of these networks. Acting as the link between the customer and the energy supplier, Enexis is responsible for the supply of energy to more than 2.7 million customers. Enexis has 4,300 employees.

At the CES 2016, Sagemcom demonstrates its next generation range of multi-gigabit media gateways, 4K video gateways and 4K set-top boxes interlacing Pay-Tv and OTT worlds. Sagemcom will also showcase its internet of things solution, based on Lora™ technology.

Sagemcom showcases at the CES a new range of broadband gateways ready for paving the way to the next generation 10G:

- The F@ST 3890 that can operate simultaneously DOCSIS 3.1 and DOCSIS 3.0 32x8. This new gateway includes the Wi-Fi 4*4 11ac wave 2 for 5GHz, 4*4 11n for 2.4GHz, and implements MU-MIMO superior Wireless.

- The F@st 5360 that supports multi-WAN technologies: G.fast and A/VDSL vectoring up to 35B, fiber via SFP module, and also Gigabit Ethernet. The WAN can be extended “on demand” with LTE aggregation. The product implements a MU-MIMO DBDC 4x4 Wi-Fi, DECT CAT-iq for HD Voice, Bluetooth and NFC.

- The PON optical fiber portfolio that offers TR-247 certified solutions for open and seamless deployments with compact and powerful multi-play gateways for a broadband connection over a G/EPON fiber access.

All these next generation broadband gateways integrate Sagemcom SWAN™ software suite. With a matured experience in multiple operators environments, SWAN™ allows an easy access to a world of applications and services, embeds a full set of smart diagnostic tools, enabling to provide new standards for user experience.

Without forgetting the future, Sagemcom will unveil its innovations in progress for 2016 of its next generation media gateways which will enable to offer up to 10 gigabit on the WAN, on the LAN, and on WiFi.

Sagemcom also demonstrates its new 4K UHD Video Gateway: a single product integrating an Ultra HD personal video recorder and a broadband gateway, either cable DOCSIS 3.0 or fiber GPON, with a Gigabit dual band concurrent Wi-Fi ac – first deployed in 4K in November 2015.

Sagemcom showcases as well a complete range of Ultra HD hybrid Pay-TV/OTT set-top boxes: the compact yet powerful 4K IP STBs, embedding a unified user interface, aggregating all contents (live IP, VOD, OTT such as Netflix or YouTube), featuring a seamless navigation between all contents for a greater user experience ; the new 4K Satellite PVRs – with 8 (or more) tuners, integrating a hi-grade Wi-Fi ac for content redistribution and an easy cable-free access to the Internet for VOD and OTT services ; the certified Android TV box, integrating Android Lollipop, for an access to YouTube, Google Store, Android TV apps, live TV apps, games… ; the dual band concurrent Wi-Fi ac PVR acting also as Access point, Hot Spot or Wi-Fi Extender.

To enrich the user experience, Sagemcom integrates innovative features in its STB range, such as mosaic and fast channel change, NFC for easy pairing with other connected devices, and – last but not least – support of High Dynamic Range Ultra HD content, for a superior immersive video entertainment.

As a founding member of LoRa Alliance, Sagemcom also showcases Siconia™, its integrated and end-to-end offer dedicated to the Internet of Things based on LoRaWAN protocol. With this offer, Sagemcom targets services which required low consumption devices with several years of autonomy, low rate, long range, cost effective and longtime life solutions. By offering the entire technologies required (communication modules, outdoor and indoor gateway, LoRa Network Server and IoT Platform) to connect millions of objects through an open standard solution, Sagemcom will allow operators to deploy an efficient costless network.