Mid December 2024, Vodafone and KPN indicated that they would keep their 2G network online for two years longer than planned. The providers initially planned to take their networks offline on December 1, 2025, but have pushed the date back to December 1, 2027.

We already took action at the beginning of 2023 because these types of processes are inherently problematic. And because no policy can be made based on suspicions, as soon as the date of December 1, 2025 was set, we warned our customers and offered a future-proof alternative.

Although even the date of December 1, 2027 can still be pushed back, this is becoming less and less likely. After all, the spectrum that becomes available is worth much more for LTE-M than for GPRS. The switch-off date in other countries is even further in the future (2030).

Of course we now have an excellent successor: the LV8.
This works with LTE-M and roaming SIMs from Deutsche Telekom. The LV8 can last up to 25 years.

What now with LV4 and LV5?

No worries! Because our digital service will continue to exist for all working LV4 or LV5 water meters, as long as they will have sufficient 2G coverage.
However, the LV4s are no longer repaired but recycled.
Until the end of 2027 we will continue to repair your LV5s.
Furthermore, the batteries for both LV4 and LV5 water meters will remain available until the end of 2027.
Please contact us if you have any questions regarding this.

Switch to LTE-M

To ensure a smooth transition to the LV8 (with 4G/5G LTE-M), a discount will be applicable during 2025 and 2026 on the purchase of the future-proof LV8 when replacing LV5 water meters.

Contact us at sales@munisense.com. We are happy to advise you on the smartest (and cheapest) way to switch.

Overigens zijn wij tussen de feestdagen door gewoon bereikbaar.

In vervolg op de eerdere projecten bouwen Leuven en Gent verder in "Nudging down night noise".

De twee grootste studentensteden gaan op verschillende locaties het nachtlawaai meten en herkennen om een breed zicht te krijgen op nachtelijke geluidsoverlast. Hiervoor wordt een geluidsherkenningsmodel gebruikt.

Daarnaast zoeken beide steden ook naar een gemeenschappelijke basis om nachtlawaai te meten en te beschrijven. Stad Gent legt hiervoor de objectieve data uit de metingen van onze noise monitoring stations naast de akoestische modellering.

Bovendien gaan beide steden nachtlawaai preventief aanpakken met nudgingtechnieken. Leuven kijkt naar de opschaling van de projecties en het aansturen van de openbare verlichting. Daarnaast worden ook nieuwe nudgingtechnieken onderzocht.

Beide steden gaan, naast de objectieve data uit de metingen, aan de slag met subjectieve data van bewoners over geluidsoverlast.

Verdere nieuwsartikelen over dit Vlaamse project waarin onze geluidmeters weer centraal staan:

Stad Leuven - Nachtlawaai

Stad Gent - Kunnen we nachtlawaai verminderen met technologie?

efro-projecten.be - Europees project Nudging-down-night-noise

We relieve many provinces, municipalities and institutions - with or without a partner - of the management and maintenance of groundwater networks.

The Municipality of Haarlem also awarded us the management and maintenance of their groundwater network.

Socotec Geotechnics, our partner for the field work for this project, has now equipped the 113 measuring points of the Haarlem municipal water network with our telemetric groundwater meters.

Our equipment measures the groundwater level at least once every hour and sends the measurement data to our powerful data portal at least every four hours.
Taking into account the current barometric pressure at that location and the relevant data from the KNMI weather stations, the measurement data is automatically converted to mNAP.
The measurement data is then automatically validated and visible to the Municipality of Haarlem in their user portal. Naturally, this groundwater monitoring data will then be supplied to the Dutch governmental "BRO" (basic subsurface registration).

Thus we accurately monitor groundwater levels so that the Municipality of Haarlem has a good indication of ​​when and where measures must be taken.

See also: https://www.haarlemsdagblad.nl (in Dutch)

The first group of field workers received the certificate for our Fieldworker Day 2024 on October 16: For consistently good quality installations and groundwater measurements.

Source holders (water well owners) are becoming increasingly strict with regard to data guarantees and data quality. Because we realize that fieldwork is crucial for this quality and guarantees, we initiated the Day of the Fieldworker.

We also used this day to present techniques that we expect to improve quality and guarantees, without taking more time.

Specifically, this concerns TritoSense with manual measurements at mm level, improved air pressure compensation and monitoring well caps that keep rainwater and dirt out while manual measurements are possible without disrupting the measurement setup.

The group of field workers who participated in the Day of the Field Worker on October 16 have at least taken a step forward towards better water data.

Day of the Fieldworker: For consistently good quality installations and groundwater measurements.