Badger Meter announced positive feedback from utilities across the U.S. for its BEACON Advanced Metering Analytics (AMA) solution. With the January 2014 launch of BEACON AMA, Badger Meter became the first major water meter manufacturer to release a cost effective, cellular-based metering solution for system-wide deployment. The BEACON AMA Starter Kit allows utilities to test their managed solution with 10 ORION Cellular endpoints and access to the complete BEACON AMA system, including its hosted software suite.