The move comes as Glasgow-based Smart Metering Systems (SMS) bids to take advantage of a drive to fit every UK home with a smart meter by 2020.

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When is a smart phone a megaphone and an SMS a group message?

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The services could be rendered on low cost devices in the form of SMS transactions or in the form of mobile applications for smart phones.

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