Cologne, January 18^th, 2016 . – Developer and companies of the OMS - Group are presenting themselves at the E-world 2016 with a joint booth in Hall 4 (Booth 4 - 112). The interest group with more than 50 members has developed a patent-free, multi-vendor and cross-divisional communication system for smart meters. The “Open Metering System” of the OMS-Group is throughout Europe the only solution that covers all energy supplies of supplying companies – electricity, gas, thermal energy and water – it also provides interfaces to the field bus system KNX and it thus can be integrated into building automation. The system also matches the latest security and data transfer stability requirements. Besides the OMS - Group, EBV Elektronik, Metz Connect, Qundis, Weptech elektronik und Zenner International are also exhibiting on the joint booth. The concept and the certification system of the OMS-Group, as well as the first smart meter devices, which match the expanded European OMS specification will be displayed.