South Africa's AMI Water Metering Specialists

Intelligent Water
Metering for
Modern Cities

PPD Engineering delivers end-to-end NB-IoT Advanced Metering Infrastructure — from device-level firmware to cloud analytics — helping municipalities and utilities gain real-time visibility over every drop.

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80K+ Meters Deployed
99.4% Uptime SLA
15min Read Interval
R100M+ TCO Savings
Enterprise-grade Security TLS 1.3 · MQTT · AWS af-south-1 · WAF Protected
Trusted by
City of Cape Town EY South Africa IGAGASI Consulting Mace Group MTN SA

What We Do

Full-Stack AMI Solutions

From NB-IoT water meters in the field to SAP IS-U billing integration — we own the entire stack.

NB-IoT Smart Meters

CJ/T 188 protocol compliant water meters operating on MTN SA Band 8 NB-IoT network. Battery-optimised firmware with DLMS/COSEM data encoding and 15-minute read intervals.

Hardware + Firmware

HES Cloud Platform

Scalable Head-End System on AWS af-south-1 handling device onboarding, data ingestion via MQTT/TLS, TimescaleDB time-series storage, and a real-time analytics dashboard.

Cloud + Data

SAP IS-U Integration

26-interface SOAP integration layer bridging the AMI platform to SAP IS-U billing. Covers WAMI and CAMI layers for automated meter data management and revenue assurance.

ERP Integration

Field Deployment & DCU

RS-485 bus topology design, DCU hardware commissioning, and mesh network optimisation across large municipal service areas. Full site surveys and RF propagation planning.

Field Services

Revenue Protection

Tamper detection alerts, non-revenue water analytics, and anomaly detection pipelines. Pinpoint leakage and fraud with sub-hourly consumption profiling.

Analytics

Managed Operations

24/7 NOC monitoring, SLA-backed uptime guarantees, security patching, and platform evolution. One retainer covers hardware, software, and support for the full contract term.

Managed Service

Deployment Process

From Survey to Live Data in Weeks

A structured four-phase methodology refined across large-scale AMI rollouts in South Africa.

01

Site Assessment

RF survey, hydraulic zone mapping, and network readiness evaluation

02

Platform Provisioning

HES cloud setup, SAP integration configuration, and security hardening

03

Meter Deployment

Field installation, NB-IoT commissioning, and UAT with live readings

04

Go-Live & Handover

Operational training, NOC handover, and ongoing managed service

18+ Years in AMI / IoT
26 SAP Interfaces
80K Meters Online
af-south-1 AWS Region

About PPD Engineering

Built for African Infrastructure Realities

PPD Engineering is a specialist AMI and water metering firm delivering enterprise-grade IoT infrastructure for utilities across southern Africa.

  • Deep expertise in NB-IoT, DLMS/COSEM, and low-power wide-area metering protocols
  • AWS-native architecture designed for data sovereignty and local latency requirements
  • Proven SAP IS-U integration across municipal and commercial billing environments
  • In-house firmware, backend, and field engineering — no third-party dependencies
  • Transparent, value-based pricing with clear five-year TCO modelling

Get In Touch

Ready to Modernise Your Metering?

Talk to our team about your project scope, timeline, and budget. We'll put together a TCO model and reference architecture within 5 business days.

info@ppdengineering.co.za We respond within one business day
Cape Town, South Africa Serving utilities across southern Africa
+27 21 000 0000 Mon – Fri, 08:00 – 17:00 SAST