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ElectraLink provides the interoperability layer to the electricity market, leading the industry in the transition to Smart Metering. As recognised experts in UK energy processes, it provides data and information management, consultancy and governance services. ElectraLink is dedicated to providing clients with effective and innovative solutions that meet the challenges of a rapidly changing energy landscape.

Isis Innovation is a wholly-owned subsidiary of the University of Oxford, founded to exploit know-how arising out of research at one of the world's premier research institutions. Isis Innovation co-ordinates output from the two Oxford University units below.

The Transport Studies Unit (TSU) at the School of Geography and the Environment, University of Oxford, has an established international research reputation in the fields of transport policy analysis, the development of new methodologies and behavioural studies. The TSU aims to be at the leading edge in national and international transport developments. Particular emphasis is placed on understanding the social, economic and environmental implications of transport over both time and space. The TSU's work ranges in geographic scale from the local to the global, and the full spectrum of quantitative and qualitative research techniques is deployed.

The Department of Engineering Science, Electrical Power Group. The sustainable use of energy is an issue of great concern, especially in light of global warming. The group is actively eng aged in providing technical expertise in the development of hydrogen based cars. It is also developing technologies to help the domestic market red uce their energy needs. The technologie s developed are being exploited by start-up companies in smart metering units and high-torque electric motors.

Verrus, founded in 2000, has pioneered pay by phone services beginning with North America's first pay by phone parking installation in 2001. Today, the company's service is available in over 90 cities and towns throughout North America and Europe making it the most widely-used pay by phone system. Using state-of-the-art IT infrastructure supporting payments via SMS, IVR, and Web, Verrus has established a record of innovation and reliability with millions of payment transactions processed each year.