The European Utilities Telecom Council (EUTC), in response to the concerns of it's members and other like minded parties within the utility sector, has engaged with the Spectrum Policy Group at the European Commission's Directorate General for Information Society in an attempt to understand the position for utility companies to access additional radio spectrum. Companies responsible for the transformation of existing energy grids into the future smart grids believe wireless services will play a major role in meeting the increased requirements for communications services.

In response, EUTC has decided to host a half day Radio Spectrum Workshop on 21 March 2011 to discuss and debate the issues and benefits of utility companies having access to unified spectrum in support of smart grids. Read more »