RE: Strange aboutlack of ssub contractor news20 Aug 2024 17:39
Just skim read HPL earnings call Q3 24. Very interesting questions regarding the rollout of smart meters that HPL have won from AMISPS so far, and good dicussion about how existing meters won, will be delivered in slices over next 3 years.
executive " so we are not an AMISP, nor are we -- so although we do have certain orders where we are doing value adds a little beyond the meters, just the smart meters, but still bulk of it, I would say, almost 95%-plus or almost 100% is the supply of meters. So we are not into financing or not -- we are not into the other parts. Though on the communication technologies, we are working on it, where we will have a specific value-add to our AMI customers along with the smart meters"
Analyst ".So if I understand this scenario correctly, we are not servicing the communication technology as of now, but we are going to enter?"
Executive "Yes. We have -- like last time, we did -- we have a tie-up with a company. And as we are developing that. So those things will become value-add as we go forward."
So using HPL as an example , and assuming that they are talking about Cyan being the company in question then it would seem there is a great deal of work required , and HPL whom are manufacturing the actual smart meters have not yet got their head around the add on communication part, but are aiming too- and sell it as an add on possibly .
Have a read as its nearly all about AMISP, smart meters, etc
https://www.alphaspread.com/security/nse/hpl/earnings-calls/q3-2024