Embedded connectivity for sustainable smart metering

With smart ultrasonic water meters, Deutsche Telekom and Heitland enable water suppliers to precisely detect water losses in pipelines at an early stage and to extend meter use – at lower overall costs.

„With our high-end ultrasonic water meters and Deutsche Telekom's NB-IoT network, we offer our customers a holistic solution that not only absorbs the effects of the shortage of skilled workers in the industry but also enables a more sustainable use of water as a resource.“

Jan Bangert, Deputy Managing Director, Ernst Heitland GmbH & Co. KG

3 steps to a successful IoT Use Case

Challenge

Water suppliers must detect water losses due to damaged pipes at an early stage. This is time-consuming and expensive and often not efficient. Localization is often done at night. The already small number of staff is then missing during the day and other work remains undone. In addition, water meters should measure accurately for as long as possible so that an accurate billing of the amount of water consumed per household can be billed. Consumption data is only received once a year today, so this cannot be solved.

Solution

Heitland has developed a high-end ultrasonic water meter with energy-optimized premium embedded SIM (eSIM). It transmits the encrypted measurement data on water consumption automatically and daily via NarrowBand IoT (NB-IoT). This is something special, there is no comparable product in Germany yet. At present, the ultrasonic counter is made of composite material, and soon there will also be a brass version.

Customer benefit

Deutsche Telekom offers a worldwide mobile network and cross-border roaming agreements. Thanks to this global NB-IoT coverage, the water meters are connected even in remote locations without a power supply. Thanks to the existing network infrastructure, the customer can get started right away and can rely on Deutsche Telekom in terms of availability, maintenance and protection of the networks.

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