SmartGridCIS Partners with E.ON and QUANTO to Expand International Footprint into Germany
SmartGridCIS, a leading provider of utility billing and CIS solutions for both regulated and deregulated providers, is set to add Germany to its roster of international markets. The company has partnered with E.ON, an international, privately owned energy supplier based in Essen, Germany, and QUANTO AG, a leading international utilities consultancy, to develop a German version of GridLink CIS, its cloud-based energy billing solution.
The German version of GridLink CIS will leverage the core capabilities of the base solution, which includes comprehensive billing, creative rate plans, flexible payment options and multiple communications channels including IVR, auto-dialer, SMS and live chat. Working directly with E.ON subsidiary e.Kundenservice Netz (eKn), SmartGridCIS and QUANTO will optimize these features for the German market.
“Customers expect digital solutions to successfully handle the increasingly complex energy industry, and they want to implement new business models easily and flexibly,” says Malte Sunderkötter, eKn Managing Director. “GridLink CIS comes complete with digital solutions such as consumer-facing web and mobile applications. It even empowers customers to manage their resources and pick the payment options that work for them.”
“Partnering with E.ON as subject matter experts, and QUANTO on the technical side, we can provide a solution that addresses the evolving challenges for German utilities and retail energy suppliers,” says John Bastian, SmartGridCIS president. “Ultimately, we’ll be providing a viable and affordable solution that equips them with the ability to support both traditional, and smart metering infrastructures and to serve customers with greater flexibility and transparency.”
SmartGridCIS expects to launch the German version of GridLink CIS in Q4 2018, with the first German customer onboarded by the end of the year.
“We’re excited to be part of this joint venture, and recognize it is a rare opportunity for a billing vendor,” Bastian says. “Our expansion into Germany marks another step in the continued innovation and growth of SmartGridCIS.”
About QUANTO AG
QUANTO AG belongs to the QUANTO Group, an independent, international consulting with various focus sectors. Their range of services extends from classic management and process consulting along the entire value chain to highly qualified IT consulting in areas including digitization and the Internet of Things. QUANTO is also an SAP® Gold Partner company and provider of proprietary solutions in SAP® and non-SAP® environments. The QUANTO Group currently maintains ten locations in Germany, Austria, Switzerland and Hungary and employees roughly 200 personnel.
About SmartGridCIS
SmartGridCIS is a leading provider of utility billing and CIS solutions for both regulated utilities and deregulated providers that want to better leverage their smart metering infrastructures. Since bringing a prepaid energy platform to the commercial market in 2009, SmartGridCIS has continued to build a steady and diverse customer base while continuously enhancing their product offerings.
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