Cable&Wireless Worldwide and Silver Spring Networks Collaborate on Smart Grid and Smart Metering Initiatives

Cable&Wireless Worldwide and Silver Spring Networks Collaborate on Smart Grid and Smart Metering Initiatives

LONDON, August 4, 2011/PRNewswire-FirstCall/ --

- C&W Worldwide and Silver Spring Aim to Equip the UK With
Ipv6 Network Infrastructure for Successful Deployment of the Smart Grid
- Collaboration Offers Low Risk, Highly Innovative Communications
Solutions Enabling the UK to Extract the Most Value From Smart Grid
Deployments

Cable&Wireless Worldwide and Silver Spring Networks announced that they
are collaborating to accelerate the delivery of smart grid and smart
metering in the UK. The partnership will support the development of the
communications fabric for smart grid and smart metering, so that it is
secure, upgradable in the future, and capable of supporting multiple
applications on a unified network platform.

Together the companies expect to provide a compelling end-to-end smart
grid networking solution for both foundational and enduring smart grid
projects across the full spectrum of the UK electricity value chain. The
collaboration will take advantage of Silver Spring's secure IPv6-based Radio
Frequency network infrastructure, software, and services. C&W Worldwide will
utilise its secure next-generation network and extensive experience in
delivering highly complex, mission-critical communications networks, managed
services and managed data centre services to utility companies.

The collaboration will enable Distribution Network Operators (DNOs) to
embed intelligence deep into the electricity distribution network that will
provide unprecedented visibility and control. It will help address
integration of renewable energy onto the electricity grid and manage the
associated challenges of power quality management and load balancing. The
solution will ensure a capable, low latency, resilient and cost effective
deployment for the smart grid that can be exploited for smart metering.

Matt Key, Managing Director of Enterprise at C&W Worldwide, comments,
"This collaboration with Silver Spring will enable energy suppliers, and the
UK as a whole, to extract value from the intelligence embedded in the smart
grid as additional applications are brought on-line. It will also help DNOs
to serve their regulatory mandates and to extend the life of their existing
infrastructure."

"As the UK Government has made clear, smart grids and smart meters will
be instrumental in achieving energy policy objectives. These programmes will
affect every energy consumer: it's important to get this right the first
time," says Eric Dresselhuys, EVP of Silver Spring. "We are delighted to
partner with C&W Worldwide. Their deep knowledge and long-standing
commitment to the utility industry are strongly aligned with our mission to
bring IP networking into the UK smart grid."

Silver Spring has already allowed utilities across the world to deploy a
broad set of smart grid initiatives quickly and cost effectively. C&W
Worldwide has a strong heritage in the UK utility sector through the
assimilation of Energis, THUS and Your Comms. It has more than 1,100
operational network sites, many co-located at substations and on the
transmission companies' estate, and in excess of 20,000 route kilometres of
fibre wrapped around most of the earth wire of the UK's energy transmission
networks.

NOTES TO EDITORS

Silver Spring Networks enable smart grid solutions across a secure
IPv6-based Radio Frequency network infrastructure. Silver Spring's
Gridscape, an advanced network management suite, and UtilityIQ application
suite, enable advanced meter management, outage detection, demand response,
energy efficiency, and Electric Vehicle management. Distribution Network
Operators (DNOs) will be able to deploy broad, secure, low-cost network
connectivity for the smart grid that will be leveraged across a broad set of
secure, pervasive, IPv6-based smart grid and smart metering initiatives.

For more information please visit
http://www.silverspringnet.com/products/intelligent-endpoints.html

Cable&Wireless Worldwide's smart grid and smart metering partner
ecosystem is founded on its next-generation network, managed network
security, and managed communications service capabilities. Cable&Wireless
Worldwide recognises that smart grid and smart meters require both the
intelligence offered by specialist power management applications for the
utility sector, and a cost-effective hybrid network infrastructure for
reliable and secure data transmission.

About Cable&Wireless Worldwide

Cable&Wireless Worldwide (LSE: CW.) is a leading global telecoms company
providing a wide range of high-quality managed voice, data, hosting and
IP-based services and applications to large multinational companies,
governments, carrier customers and resellers across the UK, Asia Pacific,
India, Middle East & Africa, Continental Europe and North America.
Established in the 1860s, Cable&Wireless Worldwide helps more than 6,000
organisations deliver their goals. The Group's vision is to be the first
choice for mission critical communications.

Reaching 20,500km in length, Cable&Wireless Worldwide owns the UK's
largest fibre network dedicated to business users of telecoms, and provides
ubiquitous nationwide access through a combination of fibre, digital,
microwave, radio and leased circuits. The network has presence in over 400
towns and cities in the UK, with 864 unbundled exchanges covering 56% of the
population.

Internationally, Cable&Wireless Worldwide's global next-generation
network (NGN) stretches to more than 425,000km, including interests in 60
global cable systems, enabling connectivity to more than 150 countries. The
Group's IP-based Multi-Service Platform operates at the core of our NGN,
offering a single environment on which voice and data applications can be
converged to drive business efficiencies. Cable&Wireless Worldwide's network
is uniquely designed with inbuilt resilience.

With more than 6,000 colleagues globally, Cable&Wireless Worldwide is
committed to delivering exceptional customer service and developing long
term partnerships with its customers.

To find out more, please visit http://www.cw.com

About Silver Spring Networks

Silver Spring Networks provides a leading networking platform and
solutions that enable utilities to transform the power grid infrastructure
into the smart grid, helping utilities achieve operational efficiencies,
reduce carbon emissions and empower their customers with new ways to monitor
and manage their energy consumption. Silver Spring provides the hardware,
software and services that allow utilities to deploy and run multiple
advanced solutions, including Advanced Metering, Demand Response Management
and Distribution Automation, over a single, unified network. Silver Spring's
Smart Energy Platform is based on open, Internet Protocol (IP) standards,
allowing continuous, two-way communication between the utility and devices
on the grid. Silver Spring has numerous deployments with utilities in the US
and abroad, including Baltimore Gas and Electric, Florida Power & Light,
Jemena Electricity Networks Limited, Pacific Gas & Electric, Pepco Holdings,
Inc., and United Energy Distribution, among others.

Silver Spring Networks has received other major industry awards
including: CNBC's 2010 Top 15 Green Tech Startups (ranked No. 2); The Wall
Street Journal's Top 10 Venture-Backed, Clean Technology Companies;
Greentech Media's Top 50 VC-Funded Greentech Startups; Fast Company's 2010
Most Innovative Companies: Energy; the 2010 GridVision Awards; the CRO
Responsible CEO of the Year award; The Carbon Trust: CleanTech 100; Number 1
in the 2010 'AlwaysOnGoingGreen Silicon Valley 100', among others.

These recent honors reflect Silver Spring Networks' on-going commitment
to innovation, operational excellence and maintaining strong relationships
with its utility partners.

For additional information, please visit
http://www.silverspringnet.com.

Contacts:

CABLE&WIRELESS WORLDWIDE
Liv Nixon PR Manager +44(0)7822-804-975
Cable&Wireless Worldwide Press Office +44(0)1344-818-888

SILVER SPRING NETWORKS
Paul Young Senior Account
Manager +44(0)20-3128-8211
Hannah Buckley Consultant +44(0)20-3128-8116

Source: Cable&Wireless Worldwide

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