13 March 2025 – Utilities in India are increasingly turning to Wirepas for reliable and scalable smart meter connectivity, addressing the country’s unique infrastructure and operational challenges. With its award-winning RF mesh technology, Wirepas has already connected over 50 lakh (5 million) smart electricity meters, making it the most widely adopted smart metering connectivity solution in India.

The Indian government’s Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI) push under the Revamped Distribution Sector Scheme (RDSS) aims to deploy 25 crore (250 million) smart meters nationwide to reduce distribution losses, enhance billing efficiency, and ensure better power supply management. However, traditional connectivity solutions—such as cellular networks—often face high operational costs, limited scalability, and unreliable coverage in both dense urban and remote rural environments.

Wirepas Mesh technology uniquely addresses these challenges with:

•  Unbeatable Reliability – Wirepas Mesh exceeds India’s strict 99.9% Service Level Agreement (SLA) requirements, ensuring commands sent to meters are executed with near-perfect accuracy and within strict timeframes.
•  100% Coverage – The self-healing, decentralized nature of Wirepas Mesh ensures robust connectivity, even in the most challenging environments, such as underground metering rooms or dense urban areas.
•  Lowest Total Cost – Unlike cellular-based solutions, Wirepas Mesh eliminates airtime subscriptions, SIM card costs, and frequency obsolescence, offering the lowest total cost of ownership for utilities.

Tackling India’s AMI Challenges with Proven Solutions

India’s power sector faces significant hurdles in scaling smart metering deployments, from high infrastructure costs and a shortage of skilled personnel to integration complexities and consumer adoption barriers. With successful deployments across nine Indian states, Wirepas has proven its ability to streamline AMI rollouts, ensuring cost-effective, large-scale smart meter deployments that meet India’s regulatory requirements.

Wirepas’ RF mesh technology has been widely adopted by leading AMI service providers in India, further strengthening its role in the country’s digital transformation of power distribution networks. The company continues to work closely with smart meter manufacturers, utilities, and solution providers to expand its footprint and support India’s vision of a fully smart metered future.