This whitepaper says Europe’s utilities are being pushed by Energy Systems Integration (ESI) goals and rising customer-experience expectations, driving a shift to more distributed, digital, and secure energy operations, and forcing the parallel communications networks that run grids to modernize too. It explains that ESI is largely enabled by data and information exchange, but utilities today still operate many siloed, parallel networks, so they must plan a unified, consolidated communications infrastructure that can integrate legacy assets while supporting new requirements like remote sensors, smart meters, EV charging, and real-time control. It recommends modern optical and fibre foundations with WDM/OTN, MPLS and SD-WAN, plus 5G where fibre is impractical, and emphasizes capabilities su

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