Global Smart Grid Wide Area Network Market to Grow at a CAGR of 9.8% over Forecast Period 2015-2019
WAN is the core of an electrical utility network. It supports mission-critical operations and cyber security measures to protect the functioning and operations of the utility. It also works as backhaul infrastructure for substation network applications. WAN must be of high bandwidth fiber optics based communications technologies such as SONET/SDH, WDM/DWDM, satellite/VSAT and microwave technologies. Electric utilities continue to be among the largest users of privately owned and operated wide-area networks for communication.
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