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As we have so many positives but not quite signings what I would like to see is another open session to all comers in London so that newbies and others get a better idea of situation and the enthusiasm of the team.
Well Colour you may yet be forgiven.
I am ecstatic, LOL.
Seriously I feel good times ahead. You must have done your homework, not exactly the teachers pet but wise enough to know now is the time to dig in.
I feel that CC is about to burst forth.
Newbies, DYOR.
Nope, your calculation is about right tonyj. I was just hanging some Bunting down my street : )
Well in the absence of any ridicule I take it my conversion was about right.
£4m+ is a lot of savings.
The buyers I was referring to were the Utilities buying teams. They must now be under pressure to get it right.
Has any other Utility ever declared a stop loss of that size.
No wonder the Thailand visitors were so impressed.
Newbies, DYOR.
Morning Imperial.. Just read Indore article and had to run the calculations twice, 4m pounds savings in that time, amazing.
I am prepared to be told on this occasion that I have worked the sums out wrongly.
I should imagine the ears of Buyers from all over have pricked up.
Newbies, do your homework.
Good morning Imperiallondon,
Thank you for that news report and your analysis. It is appreciated.
Mysore was the IPv4 seed, which we hope will flourish into many Indore IPv6 branches. As you indicate, an excellent return on capital/investment, in a very realistic time-frame, which in itself should give the approriate agencies the confidence required to make an informed decision.
Thanks again Imperial.
LTI.
Good morning LTI and Tonyj,
We are making excellent progress in Indore as per the following article from today - keynote address by Mr. Vikas Narwal
http://epaper.freepressjournal.in/2522169/Free-Press-Indore-Edition/23-Jan-2020#page/3/1
1.2 Lakh or 120k smart meters installed in just ONE YEAR based on RF technology - not GPRS !
Estimated savings of Rs. 40 crores in a year, on an overall project base cost of about Rs.96 Crores (from memory)
Which reflects a phenomenal Return on Capital/Investment - the savings alone will pay for the entire project cost in about/less than 2.5 years. And then of course, ongoing savings from stopping AT&C will actually generate additional revenues on a recurrent basis in the years to come.
A total "no brainer decision" for anyone having to make an infrastructure capital investment decision - and no wonder the Indian Govt is showcasing this as a testament to their Government's achievements.
What will be the RoI on Heathrow 3rd Runway or HS2 ? - will help put Capex investment decisions in perspective.
What is also highly pertinent is that this achievement was announced at an event jointly organised by US AID (US Aid for International Development) , World Utility Summit and the Govt.of India.
This ties in nicely with a plausible explanation as to why the GoI may be in a tearing hurry to proceed with (what Tilly has posted) in terms of upcoming tenders in Madhya Pradesh of 2 tenders x Rs 236 crores = Rs. 472 crores or approximately £52.44 million.
It is my opinion that the massive, well publicised success of the Indore smart metering project has revitalised and rejuvenated the whole Indian smart metering ecosystem. Indore has been the test bed for implementation on a large scale and lessons would have been learned in terms of barriers and workarounds for installation issues. Given that Indore is effectively a reference site, Discoms from all around India will have ready access to a tried and tested formula/roll out plan to implement smart metering.
Why would any bureaucrat be bold enough to try an "untested" solution - as he /she would have a difficult case to answer if things don't work out ? There was an old adage of the 1980/1990s amongst the IT/Software guys that "Nobody got fired for buying IBM" - IBM was virtually the default hardware equipment anywhere and everywhere they used computers.
In my opinion, we are not far off seeing a similar kind of governmental mindset developing in terms of the technology adoption behind smart metering rollout in India with CYAN. Play safe, and stick with a tested recipe !
" CYAN inside" Genus, L&T and HPL meters control approx 50% of Indian market share and about 250 million smart meters needed in due course !
Either way, CYAN are on the move in India IMHO much to the chagrin, denials and discomfort of resident corporate archaeologists/ex- Chief Editors of Pravda (pre Glasnost/Gorbachev) who are going to be in for a rude shock in