Water Intel. Regulatory News (WATR)

26 Apr 2006 07:01

Qonnectis plc26 April 2006 Qonnectis plc Major customer wins in new market sectors in the UK Qonnectis plc ("Qonnectis"), the energy and water conservation IT servicesprovider, announces that it has won orders from and begun deliveries to twomajor UK customers in new market sectors. Local authority caravan parks A UK national water conservation consultancy has introduced Qonnectis' remotemeter reading and myMeter web services to caravan parks on behalf of its localauthority customers. This will allow the local authority to remotely read andanalyse the water consumption of these traditionally high consumption sites,thus enabling maximised water efficiency and minimised leakage. The firstinstallations are taking place with a major county council in England. Countycouncils typically have several thousand council buildings and sites under theirresponsibility for water and energy use. Emergency services A large UK emergency services authority with over 100 sites is also beginningmulti-site use of Qonnectis' products and services. This is a true added-value,multi-utility solution encompassing water, gas and electricity smart metering,whereby the authority's meters will be read automatically every 15 to 30 minutesfor energy and water efficiency purposes. Emergency services represent anothernew market segment for Qonnectis. Both of the above organisations chose Qonnectis because they saw the inherentvalue-add in its smart metering solution, which allows energy and waterconsumption data to be communicated remotely and securely from multiple highlydispersed sites throughout the UK back to a central data centre and to be madeaccessible via simple web interfaces. Qonnectis now has over 45 national and international utilities, end userbusinesses and public sector organisations utilising the system, and enquirylevels remain high. Michael Tapia, Chief Executive, stated: "We are extremely pleased that these new customers have selected Qonnectis tohelp them meet their water and energy efficiency objectives. It is furthertestimony to the fact that many public sector organisations are seeking to makereal financial savings in terms of their energy and water consumption, whilstsimultaneously benefiting the environment. "We look forward to assisting these and the many other organisations who haveexpressed an interest in our technologies in achieving their goals and inpropagating the solution throughout their sites." 26th April 2006 For further information, please contact: Qonnectis plcMichael Tapia, Chief Executive 020 8893 4766 Bankside ConsultantsMichael Padley/Daniela Hale 020 7367 8888 Editors' note - About Qonnectis Qonnectis' patented technologies enable the analysis of remote meter data tofacilitate water leakage control, customer profiling, and energy and watermanagement efficiency. Its products are already being used by a wide range of UKand overseas utilities including Scottish Water, Cambridge Water, Aquavitae,Generale des Eaux and Lyonnaise des Eaux as well as large commercial anddomestic users of energy or water. The iStaq family of products work by sending meter readings to Qonnectis' securedata centre via SMS text messaging over the GSM network. The data is thenaggregated and published online via utility-branded "myMeter" websites operatedby Qonnectis. The data can also be sent directly to utilities' billing systems.Customers can access real-time information via a web browser using the "myMeter"service. For more information, please visit www.qonnectis.com. ENDS This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange