Water Utility Business Water Utility Business ApplicationsApplications

2 Agenda

Industry overview and trends

Our application visionary solution • Business values

• Wireless network components

Netronics Customer success stories

3 Industry overviewUtility • Service

“Traditional” - Water, Power, Gas Other – roads and transportation, telecoms

• Ownership Public Cooperative Private

Trends• Liberalization, de-regulation and privatization -> Profitability oriented • Environmental

“Clean” or renewable energy sources – solar, wind “Environmental friendly”

• Security • Adopt new methods and technologies

Migrate Legacy SCADA Systems To Modern Backhaul Technologies AMR – Automated Meter Reading

4 Industry overview

Why focus on water utilities?• Large / Rich organizations

• Great potential for our offering Dispersed operations Remote and rural locations Own potential facilities for mounting wireless

devices

• We see more and more deployments

5 Our visionary application solution

Wireless Data Networks for Efficient Monitoring and Control• What is monitored

Flow Quality of water

• Offer for the infrastructure• Migrate Legacy SCADA Systems To Modern Backhaul Technologies • More reliable and secure connection • Lower maintenance costs – move from proprietary to standard protocols

6 Our visionary application solution

Automated Meter Reading (AMR) • What is AMR?

AMR technologies Technology growth

7 AMR (1)

AMR

• Remote collection of consumption data from utility (Electric, Gas or Water) meters using radio frequency, telephony, power-line or satellite communications.

Why use AMR?• Enable conservation of resources –

reduce waste

• Improve meter reading accuracy and Improve customer service

• Enable faster, more efficient reading times and billing process

• Significantly increase operational efficiency by providing real time pricing and time-of-use metering

8 AMR (2)

AMR Market growth • Worldwide AMR enabled meters 2004-2008

• Source: On World Report: Wireless AMR & Submetering: A Market Dynamics Study on Fixed Wireless Technologies

9 AMR (3)

AMR technology • US AMR Meters Deployed, By Technology 2004-2008

• Source: On World Report: Wireless AMR & Submetering: A Market Dynamics Study on Fixed Wireless Technologies

10 Our visionary application solution

Automated Meter Reading (AMR) • What is AMR?

AMR technologies

Technology growth Offering for the infrastructure

• Advanced backhaul • Security and reliability network• Better network management • Use common infrastructure for different services

11 Our visionary application solution

Effective Communication for Office Operations• “Enterprise type” application

Building connectivity for access and voice services

Shared IT ERP application resources

Offering for the infrastructure• Common and standard infrastructure

• ROI and reduced IT costs

12 Our visionary application solution

Real-time Surveillance • Enhanced Safety and Security

Comprehensive security solution Integrate video with other sensors

• Offering for the infrastructure High capacity broadband network for

video application Commonly deployed solution Share network with other services

13 Our visionary application solution

The WISP opportunity• The “Wild card”

Create new revenue, new business

• Leverage assets: Presents in rural areas Mounting rights (water towers)

Back office and billing expertise

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Netronics Customer Netronics Customer Success StoriesSuccess Stories

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Netronics Customer Success Stories

Emaya, Spain • Voice and Data connectivity

to all EMAYA's facilities.• Smooth and transparent

operation of the SAP ERP system and VOIP service

• Remote monitoring and control for pumps and valves

• Considerable cost-saving • Network built using

Netronics NetLink MP and NetLink F product lines.

Palma de Mallorca, Spain.

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Netronics Customer Success Stories

West Australia Water Company

• Australia’s most challenging region of rural country

• Network Design From Water Corporation Head Office in Perth to Dam Site link travelling total sum over 300 Km

• Applications: Access, Voice Monitoring Devices and Services High Capacity Remote Access Video Surveillance Wireless Internet provisioning

Western Australia

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Netronics Customer Success Stories

Wheatland Electric, US • Deploy broadband access to

customers in a demographically sparse region

• Compete on par with DSL and cable services

• Full customer coverage within two years of deployment

• Expanded coverage beyond electric service area

• Reliable broadband services for the entire community at an affordable price

• Network Based on NetLink

Kansas, US

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Netronics Customer Success Stories

GAEB, Sweden • Sweden's largest energy company• Supplies energy as well as broadband

services to the inhabitants of the Island of Gotland, Sweden - GEAB customers get a single bill for broadband and energy services

• Fulfill the Swedish Government's requirement that every Swedish business and home should have access to broadband

• Network using NetLink• Gotland is now a model for

communities throughout Sweden

Gotland, Sweden

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