ABB's wireless communication products provide utilities with
a high quality, reliable, and cost-effective foundation for smart
grid infrastructures
SANTA CLARA, Calif.,
March 6, 2018 /PRNewswire/
-- Based on its recent analysis of the digital grid
communication industry, Frost & Sullivan recognizes ABB with
the 2018 North American Company of the Year Award for its wireless
communication products that provide utilities with high-quality and
real-time data, low operating costs, superior customer service, and
strategic asset management.
"ABB Ability based technology offers a unified, cross-industry
digital capability—extending from device to edge to cloud—that
provides a robust wireless communication platform that lays the
foundation for a utility's smart grid communications
infrastructure," said Farah Saeed,
Principal Consultant, Frost & Sullivan.
ABB sets the benchmark for digitalization with its grid
communication portfolio, enabling utilities to build a highly
reliable, secure, manageable and scalable foundation that meets the
performance and capacity required for multiple smart grid
applications. One of ABB's key value propositions is that its
wireless communication products are backward-compatible with legacy
meters, sensors, and other devices across the grid. This allows
utilities to upgrade their communications infrastructure without
replacing existing electric assets, leading to lower operating and
replacement costs that will improve their bottom line. The
company's full range of communications solutions provides utilities
with one vendor that can help them address all their needs for
advanced metering infrastructure (AMI), distribution automation,
substation automation, security, and mobile workforce applications.
In addition to supporting smart grids, ABB's multi-purpose
products, which include both wireless networks and optical fiber,
also serve a wide range of industry verticals including oil and
gas, industrial control systems, automotive and transportation,
mining, and smart cities.
ABB also implements industry-leading best practices to achieve
operational excellence. These follow its Operational Excellence
Program, which is based on the European Foundation for Quality
Management Business Excellence Model. The program helps ABB offer
its customers standardized products and services, consistent
quality, and global processes worldwide. The company also employs a
global people satisfaction survey that maps expectations and
satisfaction. ABB's Service Knowledge Portal allows the company's
service employees to contribute to and access the collective
knowledge of the company and respond quickly to customer concerns
and needs.
"ABB is a market leader in digital communications, as well as a
pioneer with substation technology, leading the way with its ABB
Ability platform and private wireless mesh networks," said Saeed.
"The company has taken a visionary approach in developing
innovative products that can address changing requirements and
technological expectations in today's dynamic digital grid
communications market."
Each year, Frost & Sullivan presents a Company of the Year
Award to the organization that demonstrates excellence in terms of
growth strategy and implementation in its field. The award
recognizes a high degree of innovation with products and
technologies, and the resulting leadership in terms of customer
value and market penetration.
Frost & Sullivan Best Practices awards recognize companies
in a variety of regional and global markets for demonstrating
outstanding achievement and superior performance in areas such as
leadership, technological innovation, customer service, and
strategic product development. Industry analysts compare market
participants and measure performance through in-depth interviews,
analysis, and extensive secondary research to identify best
practices in the industry.
About ABB
ABB (ABBN: SIX Swiss Ex) is a pioneering technology
leader in electrification products, robotics and motion, industrial
automation and power grids, serving customers in utilities,
industry and transport & infrastructure globally. Continuing a
history of innovation spanning more than 130 years, ABB today is
writing the future of industrial digitalization with two clear
value propositions: bringing electricity from any power plant to
any plug and automating industries from natural resources to
finished products. As title partner of Formula E, the fully
electric international FIA motorsport class, ABB is pushing the
boundaries of e-mobility to contribute to a sustainable future. ABB
operates in more than 100 countries with about 135,000 employees.
www.abb.com
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