|    Electricty Metering Industry    |    Meter Manufacturers    | |    Home Appliance Manufacturers    |    Network Management System Suppliers    | |    Distribution Businesses    |    Retailers What’s in it for the Electricity Industry? Freestyle is a unique operating system that provides a common platform across all Stakeholders. Integrating the Freestyle common platform, into electrical appliances and into the electricity network enables retailers, distribution businesses and customers to communicate with their appliances and the network architecture. The Freestyle Operating System enables distribution businesses to extract unlimited variable data in real time from meter recordings; retailers can also utilise the data to optimise their purchasing positions; and customers can reduce energy cost by recognising the link between appliance usage and energy cost. Common platform A common platform allows the Distribution Businesses (DB’s) to be able to use any meter, concentrator or IS solution provider, now and in the future, as well as facilitating seamless integration between the DB’s and Retailers Reconfigurable The functionality of the electricity industry’s assets can be remotely reprogrammed. This prevents stranded assets and reduces risk of product recall. In-house Display Freestyle can be incorporated into the In-house Display allowing retail businesses to determine what information is transmitted to the device at any point in time. For the customer, a change of retailer means a change In-house Display information. Data Compression Freestyle supports data compression Security and audit trail All industry devices containing Freestyle can log and report change requests Web interface Customers, Retailers and DB’s can utilise the Freestyle web interface to easily configure and control all Freestyle devices. Remote en-mass updates Reduces network traffic and simplifies product and network control Backend network management tools. Allows total control of the network including priority of network traffic Small footprint A small footprint reduces production costs and Non Return Engineering (NRE). The price of the Operating System for products connected to the electricity grid becomes scalable. Space is saved in the meter. home | features & benefits | FAQs | contact © Freestyle Energy | privacy policy