04 May 2022

Event roundup: techUK & Water Innovation Series: All-IP Industry briefing

On Thursday, 28 April we held a water innovation briefing on All-IP solutions for the water market.

At this virtual event, Welsh Water and Scottish Water presented the scale of the challenge in replacing the PSTN and finding an alternative solution for endpoints across their network. Each of the companies took us through their current infrastructure – e.g., there are currently c400 endpoints in Welsh Water’s network that do not have identified solutions.

Furthermore, each utility identified why these services are important and what impact would they have on e.g., drinking water and the environment. Welsh and Scottish Water showcased their current strategy in approaching the challenge together with what technologies they are considering installing in the field.

This session is part of a two-step engagement strategy for tech companies to be able to engage in this challenge with water companies. At this session, we learnt that Welsh Water and Scottish Water require a robust, resilient, cost-effective and secure communication solution with a minimal implementation footprint to address gaps in our current mobile coverage areas.

As a next step, we are hosting a forum for technology companies to present alternative solutions to these utilities.

Please click on the speakers' names, to download their slides Dale Walker, DWRC and Paul Maxwell, Scottish Water. You can listen to the recording for this session here.

Showcase – Tuesday, 10 May 10:00 – 12:00

We are hosting a hybrid event at our London offices in which Welsh and Scottish will recap the challenge and opportunity for the tech sector in providing an alternative connectivity solution to replace the PSTN network.  

Companies/consortia will have the opportunity to showcase and pitch a series of viable solutions to Welsh Water, to solve the remote monitoring challenges. 

In preparation for this session, please contact us to secure a place.

More about the challenge we are addressing

The move to an All-IP solution will be delivered by Communications Providers (CPs) by 2025, and customers and businesses that rely on the PSTN are seeking a reliable and resilient communications solution in its place. Use cases in the water sector include remote points of presence, such as river and flood monitoring. For very rural and hard-to-reach locations, mobile technology may not offer the coverage required by water companies. 

For more information about the event series please do not hesitate to get in touch with the below team: