OREANDA-NEWS. At the 2014 Frost & Sullivan Asia Pacific Best Practices Awards ceremony, held in Singapore on October 16, Toshiba received the "Advanced Metering Infrastructure Company of the Year" award in the field of smart meter systems.

The Asia Pacific Best Practices Awards is an event where Frost & Sullivan, recognizes outstanding efforts in medicine, environment, energy, information technology, security, etc. in the Asia Pacific region, where these fields are expected to grow in the future. Amidst this backdrop, we have received the "Advanced Metering Infrastructure Company of the Year" award in the field of smart meter systems, which has just been created this year.

Frost & Sullivan, a global market analyst and consultant, recognizes best-in-class companies in the Asia Pacific region with its Asia Pacific Best Practices Awards, in business areas including medicine, the environment, energy, information technology and security. This year's awards, featured a new category for smart meters, "Advanced Metering Infrastructure Company of the Year" , and Toshiba was the winner.

This result recognizes our growth potential on a variety of fronts in Asia Pacific, including our track record with the smart meter communication system for Tokyo Electric Power Company, and our synergistic relationship with Landis+Gyr, the global market leader smart meters.