• Asia’s rural population and other factors have created a growing demand for smart meters, with 300 million new smart meters expected to be installed by 2016.
• Because Asian governments are focusing on the local manufacturing of smart meters, equipment standardization is challenging, but Trilliant, a Smart Grid Communications Network partnered with Malaysian IT company Comintel, created infrastructure that avoids the pitfalls of limited access to other networks.
• AOL Energy spoke with Bryan Spear, Trilliant Managing Director for the Asia, who says it’s important for rising Asian economies to form partnerships with U.S. smart grid technology groups.

 From the article:

Roughly 220,000 smart meters every single day; that's the installation rate some smart grid players are anticipating in the rapidly-expanding Asian market over the next four years.

Rising populations and limited access to electricity in much of Asia is heightening local pressure to do more with less when it comes to power supply, and utilities are eyeing connecting 300 million more smart meters by 2016 in the region, Trilliant Managing Director for the Asia Region Bryan Spear told AOL Energy in a recent call. …