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The notion of power utilities and telecommunications companies combining or working together is not new. The obvious synergies between these real or quasi monopolies have been written about extensively over the past two decades. Both small and large utilities, telcos and cellular companies ("cellcos") have carefully tried partnering in a typically limited fashion. In a small but growing number of cases, the partnership or outright combination is more ambitious.
Too often, however, regulators stand in the way of a more meaningful, holistic strategy for bringing these clearly compatible, symbiotic industries together. That needs to change.
Telco plus utility = Energy savings and modernized infrastructure