A smart meter is usually an electronic device that records consumption of electric energy in intervals of an hour or less and communicates that information at least daily back to the utility for monitoring and billing. Smart meters enable two-way communication between the meter and the central system. Unlike home energy monitors, smart meters can gather data for remote reporting. Such an advanced metering infrastructure differs from traditional automatic meter reading in that it enables two-way communications with the meter.

Scope of the Report:
This report focuses on the Smart Meters in global market, especially in North America, Europe and Asia-Pacific, South America, Middle East and Africa. This report categorizes the market based on manufacturers, regions, type and application.
The largest smart meters markets have been North America, Europe and APAC (particularly China). And the market is supplied by a combination of large multinational firms and smaller local manufacturers. The leading global firms include Landis+Gyr (based in Switzerland but owned by Toshiba Corp. of Japan), GE Digital Energy (United States), Itron (United States), Aclara (United States), Elster Group (Germany), Sensus (United States) and Holley Metering (China), among others. These companies tend to compete against each other globally to supply most of the largest smart meter markets. In many markets, these leading global firms also face competition from local manufacturers. In China, for example, local manufacturers supply the bulk of the market.
The worldwide market for Smart Meters is expected to grow at a CAGR of roughly 9.4% over the next five years, will reach 13500 million US$ in 2023, from 7900 million US$ in 2017, according to a new GIR (Global Info Research) study.

Market Segment by Manufacturers, this report covers
Landis+Gyr
Itron
GE Digital Energy
Siemens
Kamstrup
Sensus
Elster Group
Silver Spring Networks
Aclara
Nuri Telecom
Sagemcom
Trilliant
Iskraemeco
Echelon
Tantalus Systems
ZIV
Sanxing
Linyang Electronics
Wasion Group
Haixing Electrical
Techrise Electronics
Chintim Instruments
XJ Measurement & Control Meter
Clou Electronics
HND Electronics
Longi
Hengye Electronics
Holley Metering
Wellsun Electric Meter
Sunrise
Xiou International Group
Pax Electronic Technlogy
Huayi Electronics
Changyi Group
Gaoke
Shenzhen Kaifa Technology
Risesun Group
Banner
Bada Instruments
Jinling Intelligent Electric Meter

Market Segment by Regions, regional analysis covers
North America (United States, Canada and Mexico)
Europe (Germany, France, UK, Russia and Italy)
Asia-Pacific (China, Japan, Korea, India and Southeast Asia)
South America (Brazil, Argentina, Colombia etc.)
Middle East and Africa (Saudi Arabia, UAE, Egypt, Nigeria and South Africa)

Market Segment by Type, covers
Single-phase smart meter
Three-phase smart meter

Market Segment by Applications, can be divided into
Residential application
Commercial application
Industrial application

There are 15 Chapters to deeply display the global Smart Meters market.
Chapter 1, to describe Smart Meters Introduction, product scope, market overview, market opportunities, market risk, market driving force;
Chapter 2, to analyze the top manufacturers of Smart Meters, with sales, revenue, and price of Smart Meters, in 2016 and 2017;
Chapter 3, to display the competitive situation among the top manufacturers, with sales, revenue and market share in 2016 and 2017;
Chapter 4, to show the global market by regions, with sales, revenue and market share of Smart Meters, for each region, from 2013 to 2018;
Chapter 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9, to analyze the market by countries, by type, by application and by manufacturers, with sales, revenue and market share by key countries in these regions;
Chapter 10 and 11, to show the market by type and application, with sales market share and growth rate by type, application, from 2013 to 2018;
Chapter 12, Smart Meters market forecast, by regions, type and application, with sales and revenue, from 2018 to 2023;
Chapter 13, 14 and 15, to describe Smart Meters sales channel, distributors, traders, dealers, Research Findings and Conclusion, appendix and data source