Itron Inc, e etsang theknoloji ho beha leihlo tshebediso ya eneji le metsi, e itse e tla reka Silver Spring Networks Inc., tumellanong ya boleng ba $830 milione, ho hodisa boteng ba yona mebarakeng ya metse e bohlale le ya gridi e bohlale.
Lisebelisoa le lits'ebeletso tsa marang-rang tsa Silver Spring li thusa ho fetola meralo ea motheo ea gridi ea motlakase hore e be gridi e bohlale, e thusang tsamaisong e sebetsang hantle ea matla. Itron e itse e tla sebelisa sebaka sa Silver Spring makaleng a lisebelisoa tse bohlale le litoropo tse bohlale ho fumana chelete e kenang khafetsa karolong ea software le lits'ebeletso tse holang haholo.
Itron e itse e rerile ho lefella tumellano ena, eo ho lebelletsweng hore e tla kwalwa mafelong a 2017 kapa mathoasong a 2018, ka ho kopanya tjhelete le sekoloto se secha sa $750 milione. Boleng ba tumellano ya $830 milione ha bo kenyelletse $118 milione ya tjhelete ya Silver Spring, ho boletse dikhamphani.
Likhamphani tse kopaneng li lebelletsoe ho shebana le ho kenngoa ha metse e bohlale hammoho le theknoloji ea gridi e bohlale. Tlas'a lipehelo tsa tumellano, Itron e tla reka Silver Spring ka $16.25 ka karolo ka chelete. Theko ke premium ea 25% ho theko ea ho koala ea Silver Spring ka Labohlano. Silver Spring e fana ka li-platform tsa Internet of Things bakeng sa lits'ebeletso le litoropo. Khamphani e na le chelete e ka bang $311 milione ka selemo. Silver Spring e hokahanya lisebelisoa tse bohlale tse limilione tse 26.7 mme e li laola ka sethala sa Software-as-a-Service (SaaS). Mohlala, Silver Spring e fana ka sethala sa mabone a bohlale a seterata a se nang mohala hammoho le lits'ebeletso bakeng sa lintlha tse ling tsa ho qetela.
—Ka Randy Hurst
Nako ea poso: Hlakola-13-2022