Itron, Inc. provides hardware, software, and services to integrate the creation, measurement, collection, management, application, and forecasting of data for electric, gas, and water utilities worldwide. It operates in three segments: Electricity Metering, Meter Data Collection, and Software Solutions. The Electricity Metering segment provides residential electronic and electromechanical electricity meters, commercial and industrial electronic electricity meters, AMR-enabled meters, international meters for use outside the United States and Canada, and generation, transmission and distribution meters, as well as provides related installation and implementation services. The Meter Data Collection segment offers residential and commercial AMR standalone and original equipment manufacturer modules, contract manufacturing and royalties for its AMR technology in other vendors’ electricity meters, mobile and network AMR data collection technologies, handheld computers for meter data collection or mobile workforce applications, and related installation and implementation services. The Software Solutions segment provides software applications for distribution system design and optimization, energy and water management, asset optimization, and commercial, industrial, and residential meter data collection and management, as well as provides mobile workforce solutions, and forecasting and related implementation consulting services. The company sells and provides technical support through distributors, representative agencies, and meter manufacturer representatives and also distributes through original equipment manufacturer arrangements with major meter manufacturers. Itron was founded in 1977 and is headquartered in Spokane, Washington.
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