Vodafone Group plc has announced a new EUR 100 million four-year contract with ScottishPower Energy Networks, or SP Energy Networks, to manage and upgrade performance monitoring and fault identification systems across its electricity transmission and distribution networks covering more than 3.5 million homes and businesses across the UK. Under the contract, Vodafone will operate and enhance remote monitoring data systems across more than 110,000 km of overhead lines and underground cables and more than 30,000 substations in Central and Southern Scotland, Merseyside and North Wales. Vodafone will also provide specialist support to SP Energy Networks to help implement new smart grid technologies and integrate generation from renewable sources such as solar and wind.

Performance data gathered and analysed by Vodafone will assist SP Energy Networks in prioritising network improvement plans; the company is investing more than GBP 6 billion over the next eight years to upgrade and enhance its infrastructure.