I-Itron Inc, eyenza ubuchwepheshe bokuqapha ukusetshenziswa kwamandla namanzi, ithe izothenga iSilver Spring Networks Inc., ngesivumelwano esilinganiselwa ku-$830 million, ukuze yandise ukuba khona kwayo emakethe ye-smart city kanye ne-smart grid.
Imishini nezinsizakalo zenethiwekhi yeSilver Spring zisiza ukuguqula ingqalasizinda yegridi yamandla ibe yigridi ehlakaniphile, okusiza ekuphathweni kahle kwamandla. U-Itron uthe uzosebenzisa umkhondo weSilver Spring emikhakheni yezinsizakusebenza ezihlakaniphile kanye nedolobha elihlakaniphile ukuthola imali engenayo ephindaphindayo esigabeni sesofthiwe nezinsizakalo ezikhula ngokushesha.
I-Itron ithe ihlela ukuxhasa lesi sivumelwano, okulindeleke ukuthi sivalwe ngasekupheleni kuka-2017 noma ekuqaleni kuka-2018, ngokuhlanganiswa kwemali kanye nezikweletu ezintsha ezingaba yizigidi ezingama-750 zamaRandi. Inani lesivumelwano elingamaRandi ayizigidi ezingama-830 alibandakanyi imali engu-$118 yezigidi zamaRandi yeSilver Spring, kusho izinkampani.
Izinkampani ezihlanganisiwe kulindeleke ukuthi zihlose ukuthunyelwa kwedolobha elihlakaniphile kanye nobuchwepheshe begridi elihlakaniphile. Ngaphansi kwemigomo yesivumelwano, i-Itron izothenga iSilver Spring ngo-$16.25 isabelo semali. Intengo iyi-premium yamaphesenti angama-25 entengo yokuvala yeSilver Spring ngoLwesihlanu. ISilver Spring inikeza amapulatifomu e-Internet of Things ezinsizakalweni nasemadolobheni. Le nkampani inemali engenayo engaba ngu-$311 million ngonyaka. ISilver Spring ixhuma amadivayisi ahlakaniphile ayizigidi ezingama-26.7 futhi iwaphatha ngepulatifomu yeSoftware-as-a-Service (SaaS). Isibonelo, iSilver Spring inikeza ipulatifomu yokukhanyisa emgwaqweni ehlakaniphile engenantambo kanye nezinsizakalo zezinye izindawo zokugcina.
—NguRandy Hurst
Isikhathi sokuthunyelwe: Feb-13-2022