CP Partenariat Ondeo Systems SFR_VA

PRESS RELEASE
27 March 2013
SUEZ ENVIRONNEMENT AND SFR BUSINESS TEAM HAVE SIGNED A STRATEGIC
INTERNATIONAL PARTNERSHIP TO DEVELOP TECHNOLOGICAL SOLUTIONS
FOR THE CITY OF TOMORROW
Ondeo Systems, a subsidiary of Lyonnaise des Eaux (SUEZ ENVIRONNEMENT
Group) and SFR Business Team have entered into a partnership of prospective
research on telecommunications infrastructures, monitoring tools and new
services for the smart city of tomorrow. Ondeo Systems, a European leader in the
field of remote fluid metering 1 (water, gas, etc.), together with SFR Business
Team, aims to develop future solutions for cities, in France and internationally.
Ondeo Systems is partnering with SFR Business Team, the French leader in Machine to
Machine (M2M) telecommunications services to develop a "universal" remote metering
solution adapted to the evolution of the needs of cities and their residents. This partnership
aims to provide support for the exponential growth of the remote metering market, which, in
water, is estimated at 20 billion dollars from now to the year 20202.
In a context of growing urban development 3 and the increasing scarcity of resources,
information technologies open up the path to smarter, controlled, more resource-saving
management.
This partnership purports to respond to these new stakes, particularly through two
strategic thrusts in research and technological innovation:
- The development of a "universal" remote metering solution allowing for the transport
and management of all types of data on cities and their inhabitants, thanks to the use of a
digital console for instance;
- The implementation of a sole, so-called "single-layer" M2M telecommunications
network, ensuring direct and automatic data transmission to a central system, from smart
meters to an invoicing system for example.
The development of universal gateways and infrastructure sharing, by eliminating
duplicate networks, will minimise the cost and environmental impact of remote
metering for local authorities.
For the international deployment of these solutions, the two partners will rely on the
Vodafone group, the leading mobile operator worldwide, and a member of SFR Business
Team’s “Network Team” of international operators.
In the area of remote metering, Ondeo Systems is distinguished today by its 169-MHz longrange radio frequency solution4, inter-operable (water/gas)5 and easy to deploy due to the
1
Remote automatic meter reading
Source: Global Water Intelligence
3
By 2050, there will be 6.4 billion town and city dwellers on our planet, which is 70% of the world's total
population.
4
Dedicated European band for royalty-free remote reading applications (Directive 2005/928/EC)
5
In June 2012, Ondeo Systems was awarded the specification and integration contract for the GrDF remotemetering system
2
absence of intermediary equipment or repeaters. It has already sold 1.5 million remote
meters in Europe.
Pierre Andrade, Deputy Chief Executive Officer of Lyonnaise des Eaux, declares: "We
are glad about this collaboration, which ties in with our innovation strategy to support cities
and their residents in preserving their resources. Over the longer term, this partnership will
evolve towards the co-development of new services for the controlled management of all
flows and environmental data (pollution, geolocalisation, etc.) related to the emergence of
smart cities."
Pierre Barnabé, Executive Vice President of the SFR Business Team, likewise
celebrates: "We are proud to join Lyonnaise des Eaux (SUEZ ENVIRONNEMENT Group) in its
innovation strategy. The combination of our respective competencies and experiences will
enable us to deploy a homogeneous quality service on the world scale."
SFR Business Team - www.sfrbusinessteam.fr
SFR Business Team is one of the leading French providers of fixed and mobile enterprise
communications services, today serving over 165,000 clients, ranging from SMEs to multinational
corporations. The company brings its high-capacity infrastructure, six datacentres and recognized
expertise in IP solutions to bear in offering its customers a better data experience and a
comprehensive range of voice, data, Internet, M2M, data hosting and cloud solutions. SFR works
working with over 300 global partners, including Vodafone and Verizon.
ONDEO SYSTEMS
An expert in the development of technological solutions and in information systems engineering for the
environment, Ondeo Systems was created in 2009 from the merger of several SUEZ ENVIRONNEMENT
and LYONNAISE DES EAUX centres of expertise in industrial and technical data processing. Ondeo
Systems has proven know-how in the development of real-time guidance systems of water and
sanitation networks and multi-fluid smart metering solutions. Present in France and very active abroad,
Ondeo Systems employs 140 engineers and experts.
LYONNAISE DES EAUX
Lyonnaise des Eaux, a subsidiary of SUEZ ENVIRONNEMENT, has 12,000 employees, supplies drinking
water to 12 million residents and provides wastewater treatment for more than 9.4 million people in
France.
Protecting water resources, in both quantity and quality, is at the core of its concerns. In order to
collectively ensure the future of water, Lyonnaise des Eaux launched the Contract for Water Health in
November 2011, a modernised partnership with local authorities which provides innovative suggestions
in terms of governance, innovation and economic models. The effectiveness of its commitments is
placed under the supervision of Vigeo, an independent extra-financial rating agency.
SUEZ ENVIRONNEMENT
Natural resources are not infinite. Each day, SUEZ ENVIRONNEMENT (Paris: SEV, Brussels: SEVB) and
its subsidiaries deal with the challenge of protecting resources by providing innovative solutions to
industry and to millions of people. SUEZ ENVIRONNEMENT supplies drinking water to 91 million people,
provides wastewater treatment services for 63 million people and collects the waste produced by 57
million people. SUEZ ENVIRONNEMENT has 79,550 employees and, with its presence on five
continents, is a world leader exclusively dedicated to water and waste management services. In 2012,
SUEZ ENVIRONNEMENT, a subsidiary in which GDF SUEZ has a 35.7% interest, generated revenues of
EUR 15.1 billion.
SUEZ ENVIRONNEMENT CONTACTS
Press:
Catherine des Arcis
Tel.: +33 1 58 81 54 23
Email: [email protected]
SFR PRESS CONTACT
Sylvie Ah-Moye
Tel.: 01 71 07 64 82
Email: [email protected]
Analysts / Investors
Tel.: +33 1 58 81 24 95