At the end of the 1990’s, a comparative analysis was carried out to compare the technological development of telephony, especially cellular telephony, versus the meters used for measuring electricity consumption. This analysis showed that there was an enormous gap in the application of new technologies such as the isolated advances in electronics-based metering technologies that were being applied at Cam (ex Ingeniería Manso de Velasco).

At that time, a study was carried out on the impact and advantages derived from the use of electronic technology, in those companies that were then adopting this technology. This study showed that for power distribution companies, there were decisive positive factors that resulted simply from replacing the traditional electro-mechanical or induction meters, by electronic meters. Factors such as better invoicing as a result of lower consumption by the meters themselves, a lineal curve throughout the whole metering range, and increased metering sensibility to low charges, etc, were the main advantages.
 
When the government regulators became aware of these differences, they decided that no new electro-mechanical meters were to be purchased, and that from then on, only electronic meters were to be used. As a result, Cam now has one-and-a-half million meters installed, serving the customers of distribution companies in the Enersis-Endesa Group in Latin America.

As a result of the reliability of this technology, there began to be considerable development of new products to meet other specific needs on the part of our clients. An example of these new products, are the Concentrators for Poles that were developed for Ampla, the Brazilian distributor, as a means to fight energy theft. In Rio de Janeiro alone, Cam has installed over 170,000 of these units.

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